Will Zalatoris hugging his caddie after making a hole-in-one Photo Credit: ESPN+
By Reice Shipley on

The second round of the Genesis Invitational on Friday featured some fireworks at the 14th hole provided by one-time PGA Tour winner Will Zalatoris that you have to see to believe.

An interesting twist to the Genesis Invitational is a giveaway that the host of the tournament is doing each day. Each day, the first player to produce a hole-in-one on either the Par 3 14th hole or the Par 3 16th hole will win themselves a brand new Genesis GV80 car, along with winning their caddie an electric Genesis Electrified GV70.

There were no hole-in-ones during the first round of the tournament on Thursday, but Zalatoris got the crowd going with a spectacular shot on the 14th hole that found the bottom of the hole.

The first thing Zalatoris did after seeing the shot go down was hug his caddie Joel Stock, who will also obviously benefit from his player’s shot at Riviera Country Club with a brand new car.

This is just the second ever hole-in-one from Zalatoris on the PGA Tour, his last coming at the 2020 U.S. Open.

Fans took to social media to offer their reaction to the impressive feat from Zalatoris.

The shot completely boosted what was otherwise a below-average round for Zalatoris, finishing the round at one-under par for a tie for eighth place in the tournament overall thus far at -6.

He only sits three shots outside of the lead at this point in Round 2. So we will surely see him in contention near the end of this tournament if he can piece together a good final two rounds.

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About Reice Shipley

Reice Shipley is a staff writer for Comeback Media that graduated from Ithaca College with a degree in Sports Media. He previously worked at Barrett Sports Media and is a fan of all things Syracuse sports.

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