7:29 am, August 12, 2026
A McLaren product and training manager has hit what could be the longest hole-in-one ever recorded in England after holing his tee shot from 411 yards.
Matt Vigurs, 32, achieved the extraordinary feat at Great Barr Golf Club in Birmingham, finding the cup with his drive on the par-four third hole.
Vigurs, who works as a product and training manager at McLaren, used an oak tree as his line from the tee and played what he described as ‘a little cut’.
His playing partners all found their drives, but Vigurs’ ball was nowhere to be seen.
He initially searched around 50 yards short of the green, where he expected it to have finished, before checking behind the green.
With no sign of the ball, he eventually looked in the hole.
Vigurs told England Golf: ‘At that point I looked a bit silly, so I thought I might as well check the hole – and there it was, nestled in the bottom.
‘I had to take two or three looks. I couldn’t believe it. They didn’t believe me till I pulled it out of the hole and we just went mad.’
England Golf says the 411-yard ace could be the longest hole-in-one ever made in England.
Vigurs admitted the adrenaline made it difficult to focus afterwards, adding: ‘It was so weird – I couldn’t concentrate for the next hole!’
He still went on to win his scratch match, while Droitwich Golf Club secured promotion by winning the league on the same day.
The celebrations were apparently substantial, with Vigurs adding: ‘It was an expensive one!’
Vigurs previously worked for dealer group Rybrook at its McLaren dealerhop in Bristol. He has worked for McLaren Automotive since 2023 and is currently the brand’s product.,pricing and training manager.
The +1 handicap golfer already had three holes-in-one to his name, including two as a junior at Gaudet Luce.
Just weeks before his Great Barr feat, he added another during the Droitwich Club Championships, holing a six-iron from 191 yards at the par-three 15th.
The Times reported that Vigurs described the 411-yard hole-in-one as the ‘close second best moment of my life’, behind getting married last year.
England Golf championships director James Crampton said: ‘We hear of holes-in-one all the time, but a 411-yard one – it’s the stuff of golfers’ dreams!
Vigurs has kept the ball and is hoping Great Barr will help him commemorate the achievement.
He added: ‘I’m trying to get in touch with Great Barr so they can give me a flag – I want to get it framed.
‘They were talking about putting a plaque on the hole as well, which would be nice!’
Picture: Matt Vigurs, LinkedIn