WATCH: Tour star makes longest ace in PGA Championship history

Si Woo Kim makes longest ace in PGA Championship history

The PGA Championship ace count reached a landmark figure on the opening day of 2025’s battle for the Wanamaker Trophy. But who’s had a PGA Championship hole-in-one? Here’s the full record…

Si Woo Kim is the latest man to make a hole-in-one in the PGA Championship – the 51st since the major became a stroke play event in 1958, and the longest in major history.

The 2025 event at Quail Hollow didn’t have to wait long for an ace with 36-year-old American Eric Cold holing out on the 4th hole on the opening afternoon. It was his first hole-in-one in a major and came little more than a year after his first career ace at the Zurich Classic.

The second ace of the tournament came from Si Woo Kim, who holed out with a 5-wood on the 252-yard 6th hole during his second round.

Although the North Carolina layout has only previously hosted the PGA Championship once, there was a hole-in-one to celebrate then, too, when, like Cole, Dutchman Joost Luiten aced the 4th during the first round.

But now, let’s take a look back at the 49 PGA Championship holes-in-one to date…

PGA Championship hole-in-ones record

There have been 18 hole-in-ones at the PGA Championship since the turn of the century with Atlanta, Whistling Straits, and Oak Hill witnessing the feat three times each. Eric Cole was the latest to join the club on the opening day of the 2025 tournament.

2025: Si Woo Kim (6th at Quail Hollow)

Kim was three-under par when he stepped on to the 6th hole at Quail Hollow during Friday’s round. Playing 252 yards, this was actually Kim’s 15th hole after a 10th tee start for his second round. He had already been making moves up the leaderboard, having only dropped one shot on the 17th hole, and back to back birdies on holes one and two.

Kim opted for a 5-wood, which was clearly the perfect club. The ball took a couple of bounces and rolled right into the cup! His ace moved him up to T4, with just three holes to go.

His ace was the longest in both Championship and major history.

2025: Eric Cole (4th at Quail Hollow)

Cole was two-over par as he arrived on the tee of the 186-yard 4th hole (his 13th) during the first round. Having made the turn at one-under, he was going backwards rapidly after a bogey at the 1st and a double at the 2nd. But having steadied the ship at the 3rd, his slinging draw off the 4th bounded across the green and dropped into the cup to spark a wild celebration. Who can blame the man – getting back to level par should always be celebrated.

2024: Sebastian Sodeberg (8th at Valhalla)

In just his second-ever major start, Swedish player Sebastian Soderberg ensured he would be leaving Valhalla with special memories, regardless of whether he ended up making the cut. A pure strike from just shy of 170 yards pitched within feet of the pin, almost slamming in on the second bounce, before spinning the right way for the first ace of the 2024 Championship.

2023: Michael Block – (15th at Oak Hill)

He knew it was good, but it wasn’t until he’d walked 100 yards repeatedly asking the crowd and Rory McIlroy “Did it go in”, that the penny dropped, or more like ‘slam-dunked’ into the hole on Oak Hill’s 15th hole. It was arguably the most iconic moment of the Championship with club pro Block going on to be crowned the ‘People’s Champion’, becoming one of the most influential people in golf overnight. His ace pulled him to the clubhouse in a tie for 15th which earned him an exemption into the 2024 Championship.

“I’m like, ‘Why is Rory giving me a hug?’ Rory is giving me a hug for hitting it 3, 4, 5 feet? That’s weird. I’m like, ‘I think I just made it,’ said Block. “To do it on that hole on this stage was a lifelong dream. It can never be better. That’s it. I can retire. Good night.”

2020: Byeong Hun An (11th at TPC Harding Park)

“And the crowd goes crazy,” joked the commenter as a solitary voice hollas out at the Covid-restricted 2020 edition of the PGA Championship. His high baby draw honed right in on the pin, landing softly with three hops before rolling a couple of feet into the hole. At least it was televised!

2019: Lucas Bjerregaard (17th at Bethpage)

Now this really was the definition of a honing missile. The Dane drilled a 6-iron that never left the flag, carrying the front bunker before pitching a couple of feet short and diving straight into the hole, sending the crowd wild. However, the celebrations didn’t stop there as playing partner Lucas Glover holed out from the sand on his second shot to make them even more frenzied. An ace and a hole-out on the same hole…what are the chances?

2018: Matt Wallace (16th at Bellerive)

“This is Mike Wallace,” announces the commentator just before one of the best shots of the Englishman’s career. Another ball that never left the pin, sailing over the valley on Bellerive’s 16th hole and landing softly with two small hops before rolling gently through the front door. He then horrified everyone by kissing the ball and throwing it into the crowd!

2017: Joost Luiten (4th at Quail Hollow)

Seven over through 12 holes and in desperate need of a break, Dutchman Joost Luiten nailed his 6-iron into the par-3 fourth hole at Quail Hollow which after one bounce, smashed into the pin and dropped for a much-needed eagle. Joost’s effort put an end to the three-year wait for the next ace at a PGA Championship, last achieved by the man next on our list.

2013: Tim Clark (11th at Oak Hill)

There can’t be many better feelings in golf than walking up to the green with Miguel Ángel Jiménez after holing out from 220 yards with a 3-hybrid. It’s just a shame Tim Clark was nine over for the tournament when it happened. Nonetheless, a special moment, and what a hole-in-one it was too. The South African drilled his tee shot straight at it, taking two short hops and diving in.

2010: Tom Lehman (17th at Whistling Straits)

What a backdrop. With the ocean crashing away to the left of Whistling Straits’ 17th hole, Lehman’s 4-iron pitched in the perfect position, settling quickly before taking the slope and rolling five feet into the cup for a spectacular ace at the iconic venue.

2008: Freddie Jacobson (13th at Oakland Hills)

Jacobson brightened a damp final round at Oakland Hills when his tee shot on the 13th hole pitched in the heart of the green and rolled up to the pin on the perfect line before dropping in for a famous score.

2006: Olin Browne (17th at Medinah)

Judged to perfection, Olin Browne took on the precariously positioned pin just over the water on Medinah’s 17th hole. His 6-iron jumped straight in with little fuss before the American leaned back with arms aloft, celebrating as deserved.

2005: Charles Howell III (4th at Baltusrol)

Even par for the Championship, Charles Howell III knocked a 7-iron straight down the throat of the 194-yard 4th hole at Baltusrol, bouncing once before slamming down for his first ace in a tournament.

“I couldn’t think of a better place to have it than a major,” said Howell. “It was absolutely the perfect club when I walked on the tee because it had a little bit of wind helping. But the longer it took from the time I walked on the tee to hitting it, the wind was dying a little bit and I wasn’t sure it was the right club. It wound up being the right club.”

2004: Robert Gamez (17th at Whistling Straits)

The man who holds the record for the longest time between wins on the PGA Tour at exactly 15 years, 6 months aced Whistling Straits 17th hole in 2004, pitching it well short on the tiered green and watching the ball roll straight and true up to the hole. Gamez is perhaps best known for a different eagle, however, when he holed his second shot from the fairway in the final round at the Nestle Invitational in 1990, giving him a one-stroke win over Greg Norman.

2004: Hale Irwin (7th at Whistling Straits)

Irwin registered his second ace at a PGA Championship 29 years after his 1975 effort at Firestone. Unfortunately, we’re yet to see footage of his 2004 hole-in-one on the 7th hole at Whistling Straits – so we will have to leave it to the imagination for now.

2003: Robert Allenby (11th at Oak Hill)

Allenby took on a super-tricky pin, positioned just a few yards on. Half a club short and he would have faced a very tricky up and down from either the front bunker or a nasty-looking patch of deep rough. Chance favors the brave though, with the Australian pitching his approach on a dime and watching it roll straight in. Allenby, who is tied at the top of the PGA Tour’s hole-in-one leaderboard on 10 aces with Hal Sutton, described the Oak Hill ace as “the best shot I’ve ever hit.”

2001: David Toms (15th at Atlanta)

Toms pulled out a 5-wood on the 15th at Atlanta Athletic Club, carrying it 243 yards to the hole where it bounced into the pin and dropped down for one of the most memorable hole-in-ones of all time. The ace was crucial in helping Toms hold off Phil Mickelson by a shot to claim his maiden major title. Toms’ hole-in-one was believed to be the longest ever recorded by a major champion.

2001: Scott Hoch (17th at Atlanta)

Going along nicely on four-under-par, Hoch went straight at the flag on Atlanta’s penultimate hole, getting his yardage spot on as his tee shot carried the water and raced up and into the hole for another spectacular ace at the 2001 Championship. Hoch sits fourth on the PGA Tour all-time hole-in-one leaderboard on seven aces.

2001: Nick Faldo (4th at Atlanta)

Faldo hit the 10th ace of his career on the 204-yard 4th hole at the 2001 PGA Championship, and his first in a major. The World Golf Hall of Famer landed his tee shot seven feet right of the water, bouncing forward and on its last roll, dropped into the side of the hole for a stunning eagle to send the grandstands wild.

“That was a peach,” Faldo said about his first hole-in-one in a major championship. “I hit a really perfect shot. A 4-iron with a wee draw.”

The full list of PGA Championship holes-in-one