Lowry emulated his Ryder Cup team-mate later in the day, finding the cup with his effort from the tee on the seventh hole. After finishing his round, the 37-year-old taunted McIlroy by insisting that his ace was the better of the two.

Rory McIlroy and Shane Lowry decorated stunning views Thursday with a hole-in-one for each on different courses. Russell Henley birdied his last two holes for an 8-under 64 and the lead. And there was Scottie Scheffler,

Shane Lowry, like Rory McIlroy, make a hole-in-one Thursday at the AT&T Pebble Beach Pro-Am. But Lowry's came on one of golf's most famous holes.

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Rory McIlroy and Shane Lowry both had a hole-in-one in the opening round of the Pebble Beach Pro-Am. Starting on the back nine at the Spyglass Hill course, world number three McIlroy struck the second ace on his PGA Tour career at the par-three 15th.

Rory McIlroy hit just the second hole-in-one of his PGA Tour career on Thursday, a remarkable slam dunk ace on Hole 15 of the Pebble Beach Pro-Am at Spyglass Hill.

Shane Lowry stole some of Rory McIlroy’s thunder when he followed the Holywood star’s lead and made a hole-in-one in the AT&T Pebble Beach Pro-Am.

The popular CBS reporter gave the Irishman his flowers following his hole-in-one at Pebble Beach, which further added to the impressive list of tournaments in which he has achieved the feat

Rory McIlroy and Shane Lowry two shots off the lead after hitting holes-in-one during first round of Pebble Beach Pro-Am; Justin Rose carded seven-under 65, one shot behind clubhouse leader Russell Henley;

Rory McIlroy and Shane Lowry didn’t manage to claim the first round lead in the AT&T Pebble Beach Pro-Am – that honour fell to American Russell Henley – but the two Irishmen stole the highlight reels in each recording holes-in-one in the $20 million PGA Tour signature event, as each used their aces to move into contention.

WENDY Lowry amusingly poked fun at Shane and his pal Rory McIlroy hitting holes-in-one within hours of each other. First up at Pebble Beach was Rory who hit a perfect tee shot on the 15th. That