Michael Phelps To Team With Richie Ramsay In Omega European Masters Pro-Am

Olympic swim sensation Michael Phelps will line-up alongside Richie Ramsay in tomorrow’s Omega European Masters Pro-Am.

Michael Phelps to play alongside Scotland's Richie Ramsay in Wednesday's Omega European Masters Pro-Am.  (Photo - www.golfbytourmiss.com)

Michael Phelps to play alongside Scotland’s Richie Ramsay in Wednesday’s Omega European Masters Pro-Am. (Photo – www.golfbytourmiss.com)

The American is playing golf for a first time in Switzerland and is now an ambassador for Omega.

Ramsay is the defending Omega European Masters defending champion.

Phelps competed in the 2012 Alfred Dunhill Links Championship and all his work with golf instructor Hank Haney seemed to pay off when he holed a 153-foot putt during the second round of the event at Kingsbarns.

Phelps decided to use his putter from just off the green in an attempt to cozy his ball up near the hole for an impressive two-putt. But instead of just getting it close, Phelps holed the putt, threw his arms in the air, and delivered a Tiger-esque fist pump to celebrate the moment.

The putt obviously pales in comparison to the 18 Olympic gold medals and countless records he set in the pool, but get this: Phelps may have set a record for the longest televised putt in golf history.

According to sources Phelps putt set a new record in Scotland and longer then BBC Radio broadcaster Sir Terry Wogan, who holed a 99-foot putt at Gleneagles in 1981.



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