Rory McIlroy aced the par-3 15th hole Thursday at Spyglass Hill Golf Club in the opening round of the AT&T Pebble Beach Pro-Am.

Rory McIlroy's first PGA Tour start of the year got off to a bang when he aced his sixth hole in Round 1 of the AT&T Pebble Beach Pro-Am. McIlroy, who started on the back nine at Spyglass Hill, flew his tee shot into the hole at the 119-yard, par-3 15th.

McIlroy, 35, played his first match with his Boston Common Golf team on Monday, losing to fellow TGL co-founder Tiger Woods in overtime. He then traveled from Florida to California to make his first start of the 2025 PGA Tour season.

Playing on the back nine at Spyglass Hill, McIlroy launched his tee shot down the hill and it landed straight into the hole on the 119-yard, par-3 15th. The outburst from the crowd added punctuation for the thrilling shot.

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 the 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.

Rory McIlroy makes his 2025 PGA Tour debut this week at the AT&T Pebble Beach Pro-Am. This comes on the heels of his TGL debut and also his season opener on the DP World Tour, which took place a couple weeks ago.

Rory McIlroy made a slam-dunk hole-in-one on Thursday during the first round of the AT&T Pebble Beach Pro-Am at Spyglass Hill's par-3 15th. With a wedge in hand from 119 yards, McIlroy hit it sky-high,

Rory McIlroy and Shane Lowry didn’t manage to claim the first round lead in the AT&T Pebble Beach Pro-Am – that honour fell to American Russell Henley – but the two Irishmen stole the highlight reels in each recording holes-in-one in the $20 million PGA Tour signature event, as each used their aces to move into contention.

Rory McIlroy brought the theatrics to Round 1 of the AT&T Pebble Beach Pro-Am, dunking an ace from 119 yards out on hole 15 -- just his second career ace on the PGA Tour.

Rory McIlroy didn't appear too interested in indulging a reporter's question about the PGA Tour's declining TV ratings and pace of play issues.