Newsday (N.Y.): Stefani gets first hole-in-one in Merion's five Opens

By Art Spander
Special to Newsday

ARDMORE, Pa. — Rookie pro Shawn Stefani made a hole-in-one Sunday on one of Merion's toughest holes, the 229-yard 17th, with his 4-iron shot bouncing off the banking to the left of the green and rolling about 50 feet into the cup. It was the first ace in any of Merion's five U.S. Opens but the 43rd in Open history.

"When the crowd went crazy,'' he said, "I knew it went in."

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