Aaron Cockerill reveals his impressive hole-in-ones count after making the latest in Abu Dhabi

Aaron Cockerill discloses his hole-in-one count after shooting an ace at the Abu Dhabi HSBC Championship. In the first round of the DP World Tour event, Cockerill dropped the ace on the 13th hole of the first round. He also made four birdies on the front nine, along with a bogey.

Next, Cockerill shot one birdie on the last nine along with a bogey and a double bogey. His total score was 3 under with 69 in the first round. Following that, he joined a Q&A session with the DP World Tour and claimed that he's made a total of 11 eagles until now.

“That is 11, third on Tour, I believe in the last three years so pretty good clip. I just three putted the last hole so I was probably taking a little more agressive line than I should have. It was kind of a back left pin, water off the right,” Aaron Cockerill said.

He added, “It was just a little chippy, nine iron for me, and yeah, it was perfect. It just bounced like 2 or 3 short and look like just kind of trickled in. We didn't really see it, but, my wife was up there and she is always saying she wants to see a hole in one that was the first one she has seen. So, yeah. Fun day.”

Cockerill is in the 45th place on the Abu Dhabi HSBC Championship leaderboard. Johannes Veerman leads the table with a score of 15 under.

How did Aaron Cockerill perform in the 2024 DP World Tour season?

Aaron Cockerill had four top-ten finishes on the DP World Tour, including a T4 at the Hero Dubai Desert Classic and a T6 at the Bahrain Championship. Here's the list of all his 2024 performances:

Joburg Open: T32, 3 under 277
Investec SA Open Championship: T25, 3 under 285
Alfred Dunhill Championship: T15, 6 under 282
Hero Dubai Desert Classic: T4, 10 under 278
Ras al Khaimah Championship: T23, 12 under 276
Bahrain Championship: T6, 8 under 280
Commercial Bank Qatar Masters: Missed cut
Magical Kenya Open: T42, 4 under 280
Jonsson Workwear Open: T55, 8 under 280
Porsche Singapore Classic: T37, 6 under 282
Hero Indian Open: T55, 1 over 289
Volvo China Open: Missed cut
Soudal Open: T22, 11 under 273
Italian Open: T10, 7 under 277
BMW International Open: Missed cut
D+D REAL Czech Masters: Missed cut
Danish Golf Championship: Missed cut
Omega European Masters: T47, 1 over 281
Amgen Irish Open: T9, 2 under 282
BMW PGA Championship: T35, 9 under 279
acciona Open de España pres. by Madrid: Missed but
FedEx Open de France: T13, 10 under 274
Estrella Damm N.A. Andalucía Masters: T43, 7 under 281
Genesis Championship: Missed cut
Abu Dhabi HSBC Championship: T45 (ongoing)

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