Aberdeenshire man wins £44k from golf bet

An Aberdeenshire man won an incredible £44,000 after successfully predicting the winners of two golf tournaments.

Stephen Kelly, who now lives in London, stuck £10 on a double of
S.S.P. Chawrasia to win the Hero Indian Open and Adam Hadwin to win the
Valspar Championship at odds of 4,343/1.

After Chawrasia (below) won the Indian Open by seven shots
early on Sunday, Stephen went out with friends to watch the Old Firm
derby before heading home to watch the final round action on the PGA
Tour.

Hadwin had started his final round with a four-shot lead over Patrick
Cantlay but, after finding the water on the 16th hole, it was all tied
up with both players on 14-under.

However, thankfully for Hadwin (below), Cantlay bogeyed the
final hole to give him his first PGA Tour win and $1.1m and Stephen –
who went live on Facebook at the time – that substantial £44,000
jackpot.

Stephen told MailOnline:
“It’s just about starting to sink in now. At the time it was just
relief as I had been waiting for most of the day knowing that Chawrasia
had won.

“At the start of the day I wasn’t too concerned, but after a few
beers and watching the football I began to get nervous at the thought of
missing out on that kind of money.”

He said he plans to ‘have fun’ with some of the money but invest the
majority of it adding: “I’m going to put away around £38,000. I’ve never
had savings like this so it gives me the opportunity to potentially get
a property in the future when I settle down.”

Here’s the full video of Stephen’s reaction, which his friend Lewis
Walker – who was down from Aberdeenshire visiting him for the weekend –
filmed.