The pantheon of American heroes welcomed a new member this Fourth of July weekend. There in those hallowed halls, talongside the likes of George Washington, Abraham Lincoln, the men's 1980 Olympic ice hockey team and, of course, Rocky Balboa [ficitonal division], this golfer took his rightful place amongst legends with an ace even the world's most prolific hole-in-one havers could only dream of. Behold.

It doesn't get much better than a hole-in-one on the Fourth of July with literal boatloads of patriotic patrons watching on. The roar they produced as the ball disappeared into the cup put the galleries at Shinnecock last month to shame, and our new national mascot responded in kind, ripping his shirt off as he sprinted down the fairway to collect his keepsake. As far as ways to celebrate America's 250th birthday go, this sure beats cake, candles and getting eviscerated by the Belgians.