TROON, Scotland — South Korea's Si Woo Kim made the longest hole-in-one in Open history when he holed out on the 238-yard par-3 17th hole in the third round at Royal Troon on Saturday.
Kim, who shot a par-71, selected a 3-iron from his bag and hit his ball toward the front edge, where it rolled off the putting surface and into the hole.
“I've made about six holes-in-one before but this is the most memorable,” he said of his moment of magic on the 17th, having never witnessed 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 hole 1 on the fifth hole at Royal Lytham & St Annes in 2001.
Kim was 5 over par after three rounds.
