Watch: Carlos Ortiz makes another hole-in-one on 16th hole at WM Phoenix Open

February 13, 2022

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SCOTTSDALE, Ariz. — For the second day in a row, there was an ace on the famous par-3 16th hole at TPC Scottsdale.

On Sunday, just before lunchtime, Ortiz, who was playing the back nine first, took to the tee box, sized up the green with a pin just six paces off the back edge, and let a 9-iron fly from 178 yards.

The ball hit some 10 feet short of the hole, bounded forward, rolled up close and then dove in from the side.

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The coliseum had gone seven years between aces. Francesco Molinari made a hole-in-one there, the ninth in tournament history, in 2015 before Sam Ryder made the place erupt with his Saturday afternoon ace.

It’s now the 11th ace on the hole. It was his third career PGA Tour ace following the 2020 American Express and the 2016 Wells Fargo Championship. The last time aces were made on the same hole in one year was 1997 at 16, by Tiger Woods and Steve Stricker.

Ortiz followed the ace with an eagle 2 at 17, becoming the first player to have back-to-back eagles this season.

And, in case you were wondering, yes, it created another beer-can shower. Clean up on aisle 16!