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Joel Dahmen’s first career hole-in-one was the highlight of the opening round of the PGA Tour’s Charles Schawb Challenge as world No.266 John Pak jumped out as a surprise three-shot leader at -7.
All eyes were on PGA champion Scottie Scheffler at Colonial Country Club in his home state of Texas, and he looked to put on a show from the outset with an eagle to start the tournament at the par 5 first.
Two-under par is where his score remained however, as he never really clicked into gear.
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The world no.1 made two birdies and two bogeys after his opening eagle as he hit just five fairways in his round of 68.
Dahmen meanwhile also did not catch alight after producing a stunning movement.
The 37-year-old, who developed a strong following off the back of Netflix’s Full Swing documentary, aced the 186-yard par 3 13th, his fourth hole of the day, by flying it over the water and landing the ball at the back of the green before spinning it back viciously and into the cup.
“A little surprised,” Dahmen said post-round round of his hole-in-one.
“It’s kind of back in a bowl today, so you can hit one close, but when it disappears, you’re pretty shocked.
“Nine years out here, that’s a lot of par 3 attempts. A lot have looked good, and to finally go in was pretty cool.”
Dahmen finished the round on a disappointing note with four straight bogeys to sign off on a four-over par 74, and he said that will delay any celebrations of the ace.
“Well, unfortunately, I played more golf after that, and it didn’t go very well,” he said.
“I’m going to celebrate by putting my little man to bed tonight. I’m going to wake up early, try to make a bunch of birdies, and try to play the weekend. Then, if not, I might celebrate tomorrow afternoon.”
Like Scheffler, leader Pak eagled his first hole but the difference was that his came courtesy of a hole-out with a 9-iron from 147 yards at the par 4 10th.
The 26-year-old never look back from then on as he fired a career-best, bogey free seven-under par round of 63 to sit four shots clear of Patrick Rodgers, Ryo Hisatsune, Matti Schmid, Matt Wallace, Beau Hossler, Bud Cauley and J.T. Poston who share second place.
Pak missed the cut in his last start on the PGA Tour at the Myrtle Beach Classic earlier this month, and he has just one top 20 result this year with a tied 17th at the Mexico Open.
His next best finish was tied 52nd at the Texas Open, and Pak said his turnaround in form was brought on by his anger after the New York Knicks’ heartbreaking loss to the Indiana Pacers in game one of the NBA’s Eastern Conference finals on Thursday Australian time.
“I’m a diehard Knicks fan, and that was historically one of the worst losses I’ve ever seen in my life,” Pak said.
“There was a fire lit under me, yeah, this morning. I was a little pissed off about that.”
Pak is also known to golf fans as part of Good Good Golf, the popular YouTube and social media channel.
Karl Vilips, who like Pak graduated from the secondary Korn Ferry Tour at the end of last season, was the best of the two Australians in the field with an even par round of 70.
The PGA Tour rookie started bogey-birdie-bogey but was quite solid for the remainder of the day as Cam Davis’ round suffered courtesy of a triple bogey seven at the 481-yard par 4 fifth.
Rated the hardest hole on the course, the fifth caused many headaches but none greater than for Davis as he duffed a chip off the back of the green, and missed two roughly three feet putts.
The 30-year-old, who finished tied 19th at the PGA Championship last week, ended his round with a six-over par 76.
