{"id":313780,"date":"2025-11-28T06:35:10","date_gmt":"2025-11-28T06:35:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/313780\/"},"modified":"2025-11-28T06:35:10","modified_gmt":"2025-11-28T06:35:10","slug":"world-no-887-daniel-gale-lands-300k-ace-at-australian-pga-championship","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/313780\/","title":{"rendered":"World No.887 Daniel Gale lands $300k ace at Australian PGA Championship"},"content":{"rendered":"

An ace won Daniel Gale a new car worth nearly $300,000 and catapulted the ecstatic Australian into a position he\u2019s confident he can make the most of at the Australian PGA Championship<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Gale told his pro-am playing partners \u201cthis baby\u2019s mine\u201d when he lined up next to the BMW M5 Touring on show at Royal Queensland\u2019s par-three 11th on Wednesday.<\/p>\n

He was handed the keys on Thursday after an eight-iron into the 154-metre par three disappeared into the cup.<\/p>\n

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\u201cI played the pro-am yesterday and said, \u2018this baby\u2019s mine\u2019,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n

\u201cYou always want to believe and you semi-joke, tell your girlfriend and your family it\u2019ll be yours, and it actually happened.<\/p>\n

\u201cI checked the prizes earlier in the week and saw they\u2019d changed it from just a weekend prize for the first to make it.<\/p>\n

\"DanielDaniel Gale was all smiles after his hole-in-one earned him a new car worth almost $300,000. Credit: AAP<\/p>\n

\u201cI celebrated, then quickly thought, \u2018hopefully no-one else has won it before me\u2019.<\/p>\n

\u201cThere\u2019s always that guy, you know what I mean?<\/p>\n

\u201cIt got confirmed about 30 seconds after it was all mine.\u201d<\/p>\n

Gale, who birdied the next hole, was outright second at five-under through 12 holes when storms arrived and play was suspended.<\/p>\n

Spain\u2019s Sebastian Garcia led at seven-under through 15 holes while Ryan Fox and Anthony Quayle are among seven a shot behind Gale.<\/p>\n

Impressed with how he\u2019d settled, the 29-year-old said the premature stoppage allowed him to refocus and aim at the $450,000 first prize and playing opportunities in Europe that come with it.<\/p>\n

\u201cWinning changes everything,\u201d he said of his plans for next year.<\/p>\n

\u201cMy form\u2019s been trending … things are coming together, I was in the hunt at the NSW Open (tied 10) feeling pretty good.<\/p>\n

\u201cI like this golf course and the biggest thing was, I reset and made a nice birdie on 12.<\/p>\n

\u201cIt hasn\u2019t sunk in yet in all honesty, but it helps relax me a lot because it\u2019s quite a nice prize.<\/p>\n

\u201cBut I\u2019ve got a job to do this week and the focus doesn\u2019t change.\u201d<\/p>\n

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