Jag joy for Swede at the Belfry

Sweden’s Fredrik Andersson Hed just missed out on his first European Tour hole-in-one today – but still collected a Jaguar XF sports car.

The 36-year-old’s four-iron to 22 inches at the Belfry’s 208-yard 12th hole earned him the special ’nearest the pin’ prize in the final round of the Quinn Insurance British Masters.

“I’ve had seven holes-in-one in my life and the only thing I’ve won for them is a picture, so it’s pretty nice to win a car when the ball didn’t go in,” said Andersson Hed, who was five inches inside the shot from England’s Robert Giles.

Spain’s Alvaro Quiros did ace the hole earlier in the tournament, but as it was the wrong day his reward was only a magnum of champagne.