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Si Woo Kim hits longest hole-in-one in Open history

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.

Eleon

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