It is the second straight ace at The Open in recent years as Travis Smyth recorded one last year at Royal Liverpool, ironically also on Hole 17. As things stand, Kim is currently tied for 50th ...

The R&A knows it because the Open regularly visits Royal Liverpool on the Wirral and ... back nine that flows between huge dunes (the 17th hole is pictured above). The par-3 10th hole is a superb ...

Si Woo Kim plays No. 17 at Royal Troon like a fiddle, landing his tee shot just short of the green and letting it roll up and into the cup for the hole's first ace in an Open Championship.