French golfer Victor Perez makes history at US Open with rare ace

Victor Perez's clip connected the notoriously challenging Oakmont play people Friday proved to beryllium memorable. The French golfer carded a uncommon ace during second-round contention astatine the U.S. Open.

It was conscionable the 2nd hole-in-one connected grounds successful a U.S. Open astatine Pennsylvania's Oakmont Country Club. Perez aced connected the par-3 sixth spread Friday, utilizing a 7-iron to deed the changeable from 192 yards.

The shot bounced a fewer times earlier yet rolling astir 3 feet into the cup.

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Victor Perez reacts aft his putt connected the eighth greenish during the archetypal circular of the U.S. Open successful Oakmont, Pa., June 12, 2025. (Bill Streicher/Imagn Images)

An animated Perez raised his arms earlier giving his caddie a thorax bump. Perez besides celebrated with his playing partners, Adam Schenk and Jacob Bridgeman, arsenic spectators applauded. 

Perez admitted nailing an ace isn't solely based connected skill.

"Obviously, a hole-in-one takes a small spot of luck," Perez said. "Honestly, I was trying to deed thing possibly 15-20 feet past the hole. Maybe it spun a small much and bounced in. I was a small fortunate, which I'll decidedly take."

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According to Perez, it was the ninth ace of his career. He said helium made 2 successful the Bahamas — astatine his location people — but nary 1 could corroborate it due to the fact that helium was playing unsocial astatine the time.

Victor Perez of France waves aft hitting a hole-in-one connected the sixth spread during the 2nd circular of the 125th U.S. Open Championship astatine Oakmont Country Club June 13, 2025, successful Oakmont, Pa. (Ben Jared/PGA Tour via Getty Images)

"They didn't judge maine astatine location due to the fact that I was playing by myself," Perez said. "Now, they'll know."

The past known ace erstwhile Oakmont hosted a U.S. Open happened successful 1983. Scott Simpson carded an ace that twelvemonth connected the 16th spread successful the archetypal round.

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The ace helped Perez retrieve from a unsmooth second-round start. He ended the 2nd circular successful a necktie for sixth spot astatine 1-over. 

Sam Burns ended the time astatine the apical of the leaderboard astatine 3-under. Burns finished past year's U.S. Open successful a necktie for ninth place.

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