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Sam Burns Had a Priceless Reaction to His Hole in One at U.S. Open

Burns was amped up for his first career hole in one on the PGA Tour.

Gabrielle Herzig

Sam Burns Had a Priceless Reaction to His Hole in One at U.S. Open
Sam Burns Had a Priceless Reaction to His Hole in One at U.S. Open /

Sam Burns made the second hole-in-one of the day at the U.S. Open at LACC on the same 124-yard par-3 and, naturally, it was cause for an animated celebration. 

Burns, playing alongside Dustin Johnson and Keith Mitchell, pulled out a wedge on LACC's 15th hole, which he landed just a few feet short of the pin. 

The ball took one hop before it zipped back into the cup, prompting Burns to immediately launch his club into the air—out of NBC’s camera frame—and turn to his caddie in elation. 

Burns whipped off his cap and acknowledged the amped-up crowd, high-fiving Mitchell and Johnson along the way. 

According to NBC's broadcast, it was only the third time in U.S. Open history that two aces were recorded on the same hole. The shot got Burns into red numbers for the day, and helped him soar into the top 10. 

Earlier on Thursday, France’s Matthieu Pavon made the 49th hole in one in U.S. Open history. Burns’s was the 50th, and it was his first career hole in one on the PGA Tour. 

Over the weekend, the USGA could potentially set up the 15th hole at just 78 yards, which would make it the shortest hole in U.S. Open history. 

At the 1989 U.S. Open, four aces landed on the same hole—the championship record. That unfathomable feat happened at Oak Hill Country Club, the site of last month’s PGA Championship. 

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Gabrielle Herzig
GABRIELLE HERZIG

Gabrielle Herzig is a Breaking and Trending News writer for Sports Illustrated Golf. Previously, she worked as a Golf Digest Contributing Editor, an NBC Sports Digital Editorial Intern, and a Production Runner for FOX Sports at the site of the 2018 U.S. Open. Gabrielle graduated as a Politics Major from Pomona College in Claremont, California, where she was a four-year member and senior-year captain of the Pomona-Pitzer women’s golf team. In her junior year, Gabrielle studied abroad in Scotland for three months, where she explored the Home of Golf by joining the Edinburgh University Golf Club.

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