Thorbjorn Olesen makes hole-in-one on long par 3 Saturday at the 3M Open
Kurt Kitayama fired a 60 (and flirted with 59 for much of the day), entering the clubhouse at 17 under, three shots ahead of Olesen before the latter even teed off.
Olesen — fired a 9-under 62 on Thursday, followed by a 66 Friday — had a pedestrian start to his third round. He made par on the first five holes before carding a birdie at the par-5 sixth and another par at the seventh. He stepped up to the tee at the 209-yard par-3 eighth, sitting in a congested pack of players at 15 under, two shots behind Kitayama.
It took one swing for all of that to change.
Olesen's tee shot hit the green, bounced once and rolled right into the cup. A proper ace for the 35-year-old from Denmark, who's seeking his first win on the PGA Tour in his 95th start. He joined a tie for the lead at 17 under just before 3:30 p.m. ET. It marked his first hole-in-one on Tour.
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