The Safeway Open began with a roar on Thursday when PGA Tour rookie Jon Rahm aced his second hole of the tournament, the 176-yard par-3 11th. Of course, there’s no video of the shot, but Rahm was sure to make sure everyone knew he had hit his first ace ever by buying the media center a whole bunch of wine.
Ball don’t lie.
“Hole in 1.” pic.twitter.com/5VpJwgLkBx
— PGA TOUR (@PGATOUR) October 13, 2016
Make a hole-in-one.
Make the media’s day.
A solid start to the season, Jon Rahm! pic.twitter.com/BHKulE5K5h
— Charlie Kane (@PGATOURKane) October 13, 2016
Rahm’s ace was the best shot of the day… for a couple of hours. Morgan Hoffmann one-upped the 21-year-old Spaniard’s hole-in-one/eagle with an even bigger bird: an albatross.
Morgan Hoffmann…
for albatross…
from 251 yards… #QuickHits https://t.co/EQw1qijyey
— PGA TOUR (@PGATOUR) October 13, 2016
Hoffmann would fire an opening-round 2-under par 70. The one-upsmanship continued, however, with first-round leader Scott Piercy shooting a course-record setting 10-under par 62 to hold a two-shot lead over Paul Casey and Patton Kizzire.
Here are the day’s full highlights.
The complete leaderboard can be found here.
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