Golfer nails historic ace on infamous island green hole

This isn't something that happens very often: Will Wilcox made a hole-in-one on the infamous par-3 17th on Saturday at The Players Championship.

There had not been an ace on one of the most famous short holes in golf since Miguel Angel Jimenez accomplished the feat for the sixth time in tournament history in 2002, when he had much shorter hair.

Wilcox is the first player to also make an ace at The Players using a non-white ball, using a yellow Srixon ball to make the 1, which moved Wilcox to 5 under par for the tournament.

"I was kind of hovering around the cutline at that point and for it to happen right there on 17 is pretty surreal," Wilcox told the Golf Channel.

"My whole family is here ... I just can't believe that happened.

"To have everybody there with me is really cool. In the last 10 years, I have come a long ways and this is another stepping stone ... maybe a couple more people know who I am now," he grinned.

The hole-in-one is the 27th in Players history and the first on any hole in the championship since 2013.

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