The 132-yard par 3 17th hole at Royal Liverpool is a terrifying threat to any player's card. Go left, there's a pot bunker. Fall short, there's another bunker. Go right, there's a steep dropoff and then another bunker. The good options are few, the possibility of carnage everywhere.
Friday morning, though, Travis Smyth figured out the easiest way to play the hole: Just put the ball in the bottom of the cup from the tee.
Smyth, an Australian player who currently competes on the Asian Tour, has also played in several LIV events. This year's Open Championship is his first major.
This is the first ace at the Open since Jonathan Thomson at Royal St. George's in 2021, and the first at Royal Liverpool since Richard Sterne and John Senden in 2006. Young Tom Morris recorded the first hole in one at an Open all the way back in 1869. No winner has carded an ace in his round since 1961, the earliest year for which detailed records are available.
This year's Open marks the debut of the short 17th, dubbed "Little Eye." On Day 1, it caused problems for several players. Lucas Herbert saw his lead vaporize when he triple-bogeyed the hole, and Phil Mickelson began a disastrous close to his round with a double bogey on the hole. Little Eye is likely to play a significant role in the outcome of the Open, but at least Smyth will have happy memories of it.
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