Shane Lowry lived every golfer’s dream on Thursday by making a hole-in-one on Pebble Beach’s iconic seventh hole. But if you’ve been paying attention to Lowry’s career, this was almost to be expected.
First, Lowry’s latest ace during Thursday’s opening round of the AT&T Pebble Beach Pro-Am. Rory McIlroy had already made one earlier in the day over at Spyglass Hills (and a slam-dunk one to boot), but his Ryder Cup buddy just couldn’t let him have all the glory.
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So Lowry stepped onto the tee of Pebble Beach’s short seventh hole, arguably the most famous par 3 on the planet, and did this:
The golf shot of my dreams 😍 ☝🏻
pic.twitter.com/IHXwfeYs05— Shane Lowry (@ShaneLowryGolf) January 30, 2025
Talk about a memory for a lifetime. Only this is getting to be old hat for Lowry.
As stats guru Justin Ray pointed out after, the Irishman now has three career PGA Tour aces. And they are all about as special as it gets.
Shane Lowry now has 3 career aces on the PGA Tour. They have come at:
17th at TPC Sawgrass
16th at Augusta National
7th at Pebble Beach— Justin Ray (@JustinRayGolf) January 30, 2025
That is just an insane list right there for the 2019 Open winner. Just having one of those would be amazing, but all three?! Talk about being #blessed.
According to Ray, Lowry is the only person to pull off that ace trifecta in official competition, although Ryan Moore just needs Pebble to join the exclusive club. And, yes, Lowry is well aware of his incredible timing.
“Like look, when stuff like that happens, I’ve been very lucky with all the ones,” Lowry said after. “There and Augusta and Sawgrass. 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.”
Indeed, Shane. And congrats. Now where can we find odds of him making another ace on Augusta’s 12th hole? Seems like it’s only a matter of time with this guy.
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