This was not your usual hole-in-one. Not by a long shot.

Akshay Bhatia arrived at the 17th hole at Caves Valley on Saturday at two over for the BMW Championship and needing better play over the rest of the weekend to reach the top 30 in the FedEx Cup who make next week’s highly lucrative playoff finale at the Tour Championship.

Bhatia already had pulled off one great shot for the round, holing out from the fairway for eagle with a sand wedge at the par-4 seventh.

The 17th is a brute, playing at 214 in the third round, according to Bhatia, and not one that anyone would expect to ace. Bhatia pulled a 5-iron and his ball tracked the flag the entire way.

“I told myself just don't be afraid to hit it, execute it, because it's easy to bail out there. When that golf ball goes in, it was the c

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