An amateur golfer has resigned from his membership at a St. Louis-area club after admitting to a now-viral cheating scandal in which he faked making a hole-in-one. Zach Holland, a former college golfer who now reportedly is a 2 handicap, told ESPN Radio in St. Louis that he placed his golf ball in the cup at the par-3 fourth hole before the start of a membership event at Wing Haven Country Club, located in O'Fallon, Missouri. Holland then lied about acing the hole during the tournament and offered the ball as proof of a hole-in-one to his playing partners.

"You do something as dumb as I did, there are consequences for that," Holland said Friday during an interview with "The Morning After" show on 101 ESPN St. Louis. Nathan Charnes, the acting PGA of America president and general manager at Wing Haven, confirmed the incident in a statement to GOLF.com, adding that the club "promptly addressed the matter." The member-member tournament includes a hole-in-one prize pot, according to Holland. Security footage reviewed by Wing Haven staff showed Holland driving near the fourth green well before his scheduled tee time.

Holland said he ultimately admitted to club officials that he faked the hole-in-one and resigned his membership. "There's no excuse for what I did, and I was completely in the wrong," Holland said. "There's really no motivation. Just complete stupidity..." Holland said during the interview that he and his family have received online threats and, despite the scandal, insisted that he is "not a cheater on the golf course." He added that he wishes his critics "would tread lightly on my family," saying his wife and two young children don't deserve the online vitriol. "I made a terrible mistake," he said. "The lack of moral character -- I can take the banter and the chatter and the heat because I deserve that from a golf perspective."