Justin Lower Makes Wild Hole-in-Three Par at Island 17th Hole at TPC Sawgrass

Justin Lower walked away from the 17th at TPC Sawgrass with an unlikely par in Round 1 of the Players Championship.

Justin Lower made a hole-in-three at the 17th hole during the first round of the 2025 Players Championship. / Kyle Terada-Imagn Images

The famous par-3 17th at TPC Sawgrass has delivered countless moments of excitement over the years. One of those moments was Fred Couples’s hole-in-three par in 1999.

Early in Thursday’s first round of the Players Championship, Justin Lower made a Hole-In-Three of his own.

After flying the green into the water on his tee shot, the 35-year-old re-teed in the drop zone and decided to play a low-flighted shot into the back-left hole location. The ball took one bounce and then fell into the cup, giving Lower a par on the hole.

Zero putts. One water ball. Two swings.

Three.

Take a bow (and a breath), @JustinLower_1.

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Lower sat at even par through his first eight holes, but more importantly, will leave TPC Sawgrass Thursday with an unforgettable moment at the famous island green.