India, Aug. 11 -- Amateur golfer Zach Holland has resigned his membership at a St. Louis-area country club after admitting to a bizarre cheating incident in which he staged a hole-in-one during a member-member tournament.

The incident took place at WingHaven Country Club, where participants in the event contributed to a prize pool that would be awarded to any golfer who recorded a hole-in-one during the tournament.

What was intended as a fun side competition instead became the center of controversy after Holland was accused of manipulating the outcome.

Holland later resigned from WingHaven following the controversy but initially remained silent about what had happened. He eventually addressed the incident publicly during an appearance ...