GUIDONIA MONTECELIO, Italy — Viktor Hovland confirmed the left-overs of his Ryder Cup staff what’s conceivable at the trim par 4 5th gap at Marco Simone with a superb hole-in-one in observe on Thursday.

It was once Europe’s ultimate observe ahead of the Ryder Cup begins on Friday. The 5th gap at Marco Simone is 302 yards, entire with a greenside puddle at the left facet of the green.

🚨 VIKTOR HOVLAND MAKES A HOLE-IN-ONE ON A PAR 4! #TeamEurope pic.twitter.com/OnsEG19UC6

— Ryder Cup Europe (@RyderCupEurope) September 28, 2023

His teammates and fellow observe companions Tyrrell Hatton, Matt Fitzpatrick and Ludvig Aberg had effectively pushed the golf green, however it was once Hovland who produced the products with a pinpoint three-wood off the deck.

Oath reached his teammates at the 6th gap, with Rory McIlroy asking captain Luke Donald who’d produced the ace: “It was Viktor, but with his second ball.”

There were six holes-in-one in match historical past — Peter Butler (1973), Nick Faldo (1993), Constantino Rocca (1995), Howard Clark (1995), Paul Casey (2006), Scott Verplank (2006). And there has best been one ace on a par-4 in PGA Excursion historical past from Andrew Magee on the 2001 Phoenix Detectable.