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Keegan Bradley’s Players Championship Ace Moves Him Closer to Unusual PGA Tour Feat

Keegan Bradley aced the par-3 13th in the final round of the Players Championship, leaving him one more hole in one away from history.

Max Schreiber

Keegan Bradley aced the par-3 13th in the final round of the Players Championship.
Keegan Bradley aced the par-3 13th in the final round of the Players Championship. / Kyle Terada-Imagn Images

During the Players Championship, everyone’s eyes are on the 17th hole's famous island green, hoping for a hole-in-one. 

In the final round at TPC Sawgrass, Keegan Bradley carded the week’s first ace—just not on one of golf’s most iconic holes.

Instead, the U.S. Ryder Cup captain drained a 7-iron on the par-3 13th from 153 yards, with the ball landing a few feet left of the hole before spinning in. It’s the 13th ace on No. 13 during a Players Championship.

It might have not been on TPC Sawgrass’s penultimate hole, but it’s still an indelible moment. 

Now, Bradley is on the brink of history. 

Last month, the 38-year-old also aced the par-3 3rd at Torrey Pines during the final round of the Genesis Invitational. 

In 2024, Joe Highsmith, who recently won the Cognizant Classic, had three aces, setting the record for the most holes-in-one during a single season since 1983. 

Bradley’s ace also moved him to T13 on the leaderboard at 4 under as he looks to automatically qualify for the U.S. Ryder Cup this September.

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Max Schreiber
MAX SCHREIBER

Max Schreiber is a contributor to the Breaking and Trending News team at Sports Illustrated, covering golf. Before joining SI in October 2024, the Mahwah, N.J., native, worked as an associate editor for the Golf Channel and wrote for RyderCup.com and FanSided. He is a multiplatform producer for Newsday and has a bachelor's in communications and journalism from Quinnipiac University. In his free time, you can find him doing anything regarding the Yankees, Giants, Knicks and Islanders.

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