{"id":574097,"date":"2026-03-30T11:53:18","date_gmt":"2026-03-30T11:53:18","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/574097\/"},"modified":"2026-03-30T11:53:18","modified_gmt":"2026-03-30T11:53:18","slug":"adam-scott-breaks-hole-in-one-drought-with-houston-heroics-australian-golf-digest","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/574097\/","title":{"rendered":"Adam Scott breaks hole-in-one drought with Houston heroics \u2013 Australian Golf Digest"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>He\u2019s still got it. Aussie veteran Adam Scott produced a moment of magic in the final round of the Texas Children\u2019s Houston Open, firing a stunning hole-in-one at Memorial Park Golf Course.<\/p>\n<p>MORE: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.australiangolfdigest.com.au\/why-tiger-woods-has-never-been-in-greater-legal-jeopardy\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Why Tiger Woods has never been in greater legal jeopardy<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Scott\u2019s ace came at the par-3 11th, where he flushed a 189-yard 8-iron to the front of the green before watching it roll straight into the cup, igniting the crowd. <\/p>\n<p>Watch the magic unfold here:<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Ace for Adam Scott! \ud83d\udea8<\/p>\n<p>It&#39;s his third on TOUR and his first in 14 years!<\/p>\n<p>\ud83d\udcfa NBC<\/p>\n<p>(Presented by <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/TruGreen?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">@TruGreen<\/a>) <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/hmIYxWpQj8\" rel=\"nofollow\">pic.twitter.com\/hmIYxWpQj8<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; PGA TOUR (@PGATOUR) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/PGATOUR\/status\/2038333908320752084?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">March 29, 2026<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script>\n<\/p>\n<p>It capped a big day of fireworks in Houston, with Ireland\u2019s Shane Lowry earlier making an ace of his own at the second hole from 170 yards. Popular American Gary Woodland then sailed home with a comprehensive five-shot victory, capping off a remarkable comeback from brain surgery. <\/p>\n<p>For Scott, who\u2019s enjoying somewhat of a late career resurgence ahead of next week\u2019s Masters Tournament, it marks the third hole-in-one of his PGA Tour career and his first in 14 years, and propelled him to a final-round 71 and T-21 finish.<\/p>\n<p>    <script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"He\u2019s still got it. Aussie veteran Adam Scott produced a moment of magic in the final round of&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":574098,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[566],"tags":[24990,5487,64,63,755,34403,276984,243208,1747,85,276985,446,7137],"class_list":["post-574097","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-golf","tag-ace","tag-adam-scott","tag-au","tag-australia","tag-golf","tag-hole-in-one","tag-memorial-park-golf-course","tag-par-3","tag-pga-tour","tag-sports","tag-texas-childrens-houston-open","tag-video","tag-watch"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/574097","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=574097"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/574097\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/574098"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=574097"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=574097"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=574097"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}