Sweden’s Sebastian Soderberg aced the 173-yard par-three 8th hole during the second round of the PGA Championship at Valhalla.
The 33-year-old Gothenberg resident, making only his third Major start, delivered the 49th overall hole-in-one in PGA Championship history.
Soderberg, who fired a two-over par 73 in his opening round on Thursday, opened Friday with a bogey but made birdie at par-three 3rd and followed with four pars before his ace put him on level par overall and a birdie at 9 dropped him to one under.
Soderberg became the second Swede with an ace at a PGA Championship after Freddie Jacobson in the final round of the 2008 PGA Championship at Oakland Hills.
In his only prior Major starts, Soderberg missed the cut at the 2016 US Open and shared 53rd at the 2022 US Open.
Soderberg captured a European Tour title at the 2019 European Masters, winning with a birdie on the first playoff hole in a five-man showdown that included Rory McIlroy.
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