PGA Tour season began with a bang Thursday at the 2025 AT&T Pebble Beach Pro-Am. Playing his first round of the PGA Tour's second signature event on Spyglass Hill, the four-time major champion took the lid off the place when his tee shot on the par-3 15th found the bottom of the cup for a hole-in-one.

On the short little par-3 15th at Spyglass Hill, which measures only 119 yards on Thursday, Rory McIlroy found nothing but the bottom of the cup. He slam-dunked an ace, as his tee shot did not hit any grass around the hole,

Rory McIlroy marked his first round of his PGA Tour year with that rarest of holes-in-one: an ace that did not even take a bounce or a roll before disappearing into the hole.