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    Watch The Stunning Moment Si Woo Kim Makes First Hole-In-One Of 2024 Open

    By Elliott Heath,

    7 hours ago

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    Si Woo Kim aced the par 3 17th at Royal Troon to make the 1st hole-in-one of the 2024 Open Championship .

    It is the first ever hole-in-one on the 17th at a Troon Open and the longest ever ace in Open history.

    The 238 yard hole was playing as the fourth-hardest of the day but the Korean made it look easy thanks to a stunning long iron shot that landed just short of the green and rolled perfectly into the center of the cup.

    Kim was two-over for the day at the point but his ace got him back to level for the round and five-over for the championship.

    Watch Si Woo Kim's hole-in-one at The Open:

    He parred the 18th to finish up with a level-par round of 71.

    Kim estimated that he has had 6-8 holes-in-one in his career and called it the most "memorable" of the bunch.

    Kim currently ranks 48th in the world and is playing in his sixth Open this week. The 29-year-old has four PGA Tour victories to his name including the flagship Players Championship, which he won at the age of 21.

    The Korean has a surprisingly underwhelming record in the Majors with no top-10s in 30 starts.

    He has continued the trend of holes-in-one at Royal Troon Opens, as Louis Oosthuizen made a 1 on the 14th in 2016 while Ernie Els made a hole-in-one at the Postage Stamp in 2004 when he finished 2nd to Todd Hamilton.

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