THE reward for hitting a hole-in-one in a professional golf tournament often takes the form of cash or a luxury item.
But Rangers-daft Ewen Ferguson’s stunning effort landed him something much more unconventional.
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The Scot was taking part in the KLM Open in Amsterdam over the weekend in the DP World Tour.
He finished respectably in fourth place, tied with fellow Scotsman Richie Ramsay and England‘s Jack Senior at three under par.
They take home just over £85,000 in prize money but the ace has landed Ferguson something extra sweet.
The 28-year-old is now the proud owner of 750 stroopwafels, a local dough and syrup based cookie-like delicacy.
His tasty triumph came at the seventh yesterday, one of only four holes where the prize was on offer to mark the 105th KLM Open.
Afterwards, he said: “After three aces during practice rounds it was good to get one in a tournament.
“I got onto the tee and given the toughness of the seventh hole, I thought ‘a three here would be good’, especially after a birdie the hole before.
“Stroopwafels is just what I’m needing, so I will have them sent to my mum and dad. We’ll have our own stroopwafel party,” the Glasgow golfer joked.
He wasn’t the only representative of Scotland with something to celebrate, as one of his countrymen topped the table.
Connor Syme clinched his first DP World Tour title in more than 180 attempts, with a final round of 70 to win the KLM Open.
The 29-year-old took a two-shot lead on Sunday in Amsterdam and finished on 11 under par, two ahead of nearest challenger Sweden’s Joakim Lagergren who signed off with an eagle at 18.
Syme kept his composure in tricky conditions to record his first victory since winning on the Challenge Tour in 2019 at the Turkish Airlines Open.
He two-putted from 70 feet to join the likes of Colin Mongomerie, Gordon Brand Jr and Ken Brown as Scottish winners of the KLM Open.
It earns the Fifer a cheque of around £350,000 and takes his career earnings to over £3 million.
Another Scot finished under par too as Grant Forrest ended up one under, tying him in 13th place.
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