TROON, Scotland – South Korea’s Si Woo Kim made the longest hole-in-one in Open history when he holed a 238-yard par-3 on the 17th hole during his third round at Royal Troon on Saturday.
Kim, who shot a par 71, pulled a 3-iron from his bag and hit his ball toward the front fringe where it rolled across the putting surface and into the hole.
“I’ve had about six holes-in-one before but that’s the most memorable,” he said of his magical moment on the 17th, which had never seen a hole-in-one in previous Opens at Troon.
The previous longest hole-in-one at The Open was Frank Lickliter II’s 212-yard ace on the fifth hole at Royal Lytham & St Annes in 2001.
Kim was 5 over after three rounds.
