On Saturday at The Open, we have a first for Royal Troon: a hole-in-one at No. 17.
The ace came off the clubface of Si Woo Kim, who holed out from 238 yards at Troon’s par-3 17th for the first hole-in-one on the hole in what is now 10 Open Championship at the South Ayrshire Links.
Kim was 2 over on his eventful round with four birdies and six bogeys when he stepped on the penultimate tee, struck his long-iron shot perfectly, landed it a few paces short of the green and then watched it trundled up and roll into the cup (watch above).
The hole-in-one moved Kim back to 5 over for the championship.
Kim’s ace also is the longest in recorded history at The Open (since 1980).
