John Parry drains first hole-in-one at this year's Open

Field Level Media|published: Sat 19th July, 11:32 2025

Jul 17, 2022; St. Andrews, SCT; John Parry takes a shot on the 17th green during the final round of the 150th Open Championship golf tournament at St. Andrews Old Course. Mandatory Credit: Rob Schumacher-Imagn Images

England's John Parry delivered the first hole-in-one of this year's Open Championship on Saturday at Royal Portrush in Northern Ireland.

The 38-year-old European tour veteran aced the 192-yard, par-3 13th hole when his 8-iron off the tee landed in front of the green, bounced a couple of times and dropped into the cup.

"The atmosphere was absolutely amazing," Parry said of his celebration on the tee, where he shared a high five with playing partner and 1997 Open champion Justin Leonard.

Parry carded a 4-under 67 in the third round to move to 3-under for the tournament, just his second appearance in the Open.

Parry estimated it was "about" the 10th hole-in-one of his career. "Definitely the best one, 100 percent," he said.

He said he was not expecting the ball to go in.

"No. I did hit a really good shot for once, so it was quite nice," he said. "It was quite a comfortable shot where I knew I had a big window to land the ball in. It was either going to pitch short and hit the downslope and feed down or -- it went in a bit stronger than I thought it would from that distance for what club I hit. But I felt like it was going to be close."

--Field Level Media

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