LOS ANGELES — Talk about a dream start to the U.S. Open.
Playing in his third U.S. Open, Matthieu Pavon made the first hole in one of the 2023 championship during Thursday’s opening round. The 30-year-old from Médoc, France, put a one on the scorecard after he aced the 124-yard, par-3 15th hole.
Pavon landed his tee shot a good 10 feet past the hole, then spun his back back towards the pin and into the bottom of the cup. It was a rather muted celebration with some high-fives from playing partners Ryo Ishikawa
Kevin Streelman, given the fact he just made a hole-in-one at a major championship.
ACE ON 15
— U.S. Open (USGA) (@usopengolf) June 15, 2023
Pavon made his U.S. Open debut in 2018 with a T-25 finish at Shinnecock Hills. In his last appearance in 2019 at Pebble Beach he missed the cut.
Pavon’s ace is the 49th in U.S. Open history and the first since Cameron Young made one last year in the second round at The Country Club in Brookline, Massachusetts.