Casey wins Shot of the Year award

BBC just reported, that Paul Casey’s stunning hole-in-one at the Ryder Cup has been voted the RBS Shot of the Year for 2006. His four iron from 213 yards on the 14th at the K Club sealed his and David Howells 5&4 win over Stewart Cink and Zach Johnson.

“I knew I had struck it very well, turning it on the wind, but when the crowd erupted at the back of the green it was a bizarre moment.

“I didn’t want to celebrate too soon in case it hadn’t gone in.”

“That’s why you can see my delayed reaction before throwing my arms in the air. It was amazing.”

Second place went to Marc Warren for his superb approach to the final green on the last day of the Scandinavian Masters in August, forcing a play-off with Sweden’s Robert Karlsson which the Scot eventually won.