MEMPHIS, TN. — Sam Burns pulled off the rare slam-dunk hole-in-one during the third round of the FedEx St. Jude Championship Saturday morning in Memphis.
On the par-3 No. 12, the Shreveport, Louisiana, native lifted his tee shot over the water hazard and a small bunker, hitting nothing but cup from 157 yards out. It is Burns’ second ace of the season. His only other hole-in-one on the PGA Tour came at the U.S. Open.
Burns’ ace is the first of the weekend in Memphis. He came into the day 3 over.
Burns’ dunkaroo wasn’t the only impressive shot of the early-round action Saturday. Beau Hossler’s 127-yard hole-out eagle on No. 1 wasn’t a bad way for the Californian to start his day. Hossler was 2-under through two rounds.
Party time!@Samburns66 aces the 11th!#FedExChamp pic.twitter.com/YnYH5HkEFS https://t.co/yApP88NmDV
— FedEx St. Jude Championship (@FedExChamp) August 12, 2023
Lucas Glover (-10) sits atop the leaderboard, one stroke up on Jordan Spieth. Five players (Sungjae Im, Taylor Moore, Tommy Fleetwood, Emiliana Grillo and Tom Kim) ended play Friday tied for third, each at 8-under.
