Which golfers have had a hole-in-one at the Masters?
It’s a pretty cool thing to have on your CV. So, who has the honour of having had an ace on the grandest stage of all? Let’s take a look
Stewart Cink, take a bow. The 2009 Open champion made a hole-in-one on the 16th hole at the 2022 Masters.
Ace! Stewart Cink makes a hole-in-one on No. 16. #themasters pic.twitter.com/Wss03ghX21
— The Masters (@TheMasters) April 8, 2022
Cink is the 34th player to have made an ace in tournament play at Augusta National. And he is the most recent player to make a Masters hole-in-one too.
Let’s run down the others…
Every Masters hole-in-one
4th hole
The 4th has seen the fewest hole-in-ones – with only one player managing the feat.
1992: Jeff Sluman, 213 yards, 4-iron
6th hole
Leland Gibson used a 4-iron to hole out on the 6th in 1954. Almost 70 years later, Corey Conners needed just an 8-iron.
1954: Leland Gibson, 190 yards, 4-iron
1954: Billy Joe Patton (a), 190 yards, 5-iron
1972: Charles Coody, 190 yards, 5-iron
2004: Chris DiMarco, 198 yards, 5-iron
2013: Jamie Donaldson, 177 yards, 7-iron
2021: Corey Conners, 182 yards, 8-iron
12th
There hasn’t been a Masters hole-in-one at number 12 for 34 years but three players have achieved the feat.
1947: Claude Harmon, 155 yards, 7-iron
1959: William Hyndman (a), 155 yards, 6-iron
1988: Curtis Strange, 155 yards, 7-iron
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16th hole
The hole with the most aces – with the majority coming since the turn of the century. In 2004, Padraig Harrington and Kirk Triplett were in consecutive groups when they aced 16.
1934: Ross Somerville (a), 145 yards, mashie niblick
1935: Willie Goggin, 145 yards, spade mashie
1940: Ray Billows (a), 145 yards, 8-iron
1949: John Dawson (a), 190 yards, 4-iron
1968: Clive Clark, 190 yards, 2-iron
1992: Corey Pavin, 140 yards, 8-iron
1996: Raymond Floyd, 182 yards, 5-iron
2004: Padraig Harrington, 177 yards, 6-iron
2004: Kirk Triplett, 177 yards, 6-iron
2005: Trevor Immelman, 177 yards, 7-iron
2008: Ian Poulter, 169 yards, 8-iron
2010: Nathan Green, 176 yards, 6-iron
2010: Ryan Moore, 176 yards, 7-iron
2012: Bo Van Pelt, 202 yards, 6-iron
2012: Adam Scott, 202 yards, 7-iron
2016: Shane Lowry, 181 yards, 8-iron
2016: Davis Love III, 181 yards, 7-iron
2016: Louis Oosthuizen, 181 yards, 7-iron
2017: Matt Kuchar, 170 yards, 7-iron
2018: Charley Hoffman, 178 yards, 6-iron
2019: Bryson DeChambeau, 179 yards, 7-iron
2019: Justin Thomas, 179 yards, 8-iron
2021: Tommy Fleetwood, 170 yards, 9-iron
2022: Stewart Cink, 166 yards, 8-iron
Now have your say
What’s the best Masters hole-in-one you have seen? When will the next one come at the 4th? Let us know by leaving a comment on X.
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