Most people can only dream of playing three of the most iconic par 3s in golf, let along making a hole-in-one on all of them, but Shane Lowry has collected the best three aces you could possibly imagine.
The Irishman landed the third hole-in-one of his PGA Tour career during the opening round of the Pebble Beach Pro-Am on Thursday - and making it even more sweet was the fact it came in the course's iconic seventh hole.
Lowry only deals in iconic holes-in-one, and adding the seventh at Pebble Beach to his list he's now bagged an ace on three of the very best short holes in golfing history.
As the former Open champion has also conquered the famous 17th at TPC Sawgrass in just one stroke, along with making a hole-in-one at the 16th at Augusta National during The Masters.
According to renowned golfing stats man Justin Ray - Lowry is the first player to ever make a hole-in-one on those three iconic holes during official competition play.
Lowry celebrated with same gusto he did with the other two iconic aces, as he completed an astonishing set of holes-in-one that's surely unmatched anywhere in golf.
With Rory McIlroy also making a hole-in-one at the Pebble Beach Pro-Am Lowry joked that he hoped his close friend would be out in the evening to help him out with the bar tab.
"School night, so unfortunately not for me," Lowry said on if the drinks would be flowing. "If there's a few people there at dinner, I'm sure. Hopefully Rory's there as well, I get to split the bill with him."
Couple of cold ones @McIlroyRory ☝🏻☝🏻 https://t.co/gTf5CEjY8NJanuary 31, 2025
And Lowry, who partnered with McIlroy to win the Zurich Classic of New Orleans last year, couldn't resist a dig at his old mate even after he also had an ace.
"Yeah. Slam dunked it, didn't he?" Lowry said of McIlroy. "Yeah, mine is definitely better."
On his own remarkable hole-in-one achievement, Lowry could barely believe his third on the PGA Tour came on yet another iconic hole.
"Look, when stuff like that happens, I've been very lucky with all the ones. There and Augusta and Sawgrass," he added. "Yeah, I don't know what to say, I guess it's just luck of the Irish or something, I don't know.
"I know I'm pretty good at times, but you know, a bit of luck every now and then is helpful, too."
Lowry added on Sky Sports that picking his favorite of the three was "like trying to pick your favorite child" and told his post-round press conference that if he could pick one more it'd be the other iconic short hole at Augusta.
"I was going to say 12 at Augusta, but I'm just happy with pars on that hole. Yeah, look, I don't know. Anytime any one goes in is a good time."
Shane Lowry's holes-in-one
2024: Pebble Beach Pro-Am - 7th at Pebble Beach in the first round.
2022: The Players Championship - 17th at TPC Sawgrass during the third round.
HOLE-IN-ONE AT THE ISLAND GREEN 🚨@ShaneLowryGolf makes the 10th ace on No. 17 in @THEPLAYERSChamp history. pic.twitter.com/HqSYe4XuZhMarch 13, 2022
2016: The Masters - 16th at Augusta National in the final round.
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