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June 23, 2026
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Justin Rose rolls in the first hole-in-one in Olympics history

Justin Rose’s caddie said not to go right at the flag. Rose didn’t listen and put it right in the hole for the first ace at the Olympics.

by Brendan Porath
Jason Getz-USA TODAY Sports

The sample is extremely small, but there’s never been a hole-in-one in the history of the Olympics. There hasn’t been a round in 112 years, but it took only a few hours after the return to the Summer Games to record our first.

The ace came from Englishman Justin Rose, whose caddie told him he didn’t need to go at the flag at the fourth hole. Fortunately for Rose, whether by design or not, he didn’t listen.

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