PGA Tour season began with a bang Thursday at the 2025 AT&T Pebble Beach Pro-Am. Playing his first round of the PGA Tour's second signature event on Spyglass Hill, the four-time major champion took the lid off the place when his tee shot on the par-3 15th found the bottom of the cup for a hole-in-one.

Rory McIlroy made a subtle change to his equipment before the start of the 2025 AT&T Pebble Beach Pro-Am, then aced the 15th hole at Spyglass Hill.

Rory McIlroy will be making his PGA Tour season debut this week, but Pebble Beach is not the golf course to deploy him. Pebble is one of the least driver-heavy golf courses on the PGA Tour, and it consistently mitigates McIlroy’s advantage off the tee, which properly explains his porous 66th-place finish at this event last year.

Rory McIlroy is looking to get his 2025 season off on the right foot this weekend as he is competing in his first PGA Tour event this year at the AT&T Pebble Beach Pro-Am. McIlroy opened his tournament with a 6-under 66 on Thursday at Spyglass Hill,

Breaking down three matchup bets for the AT&T Pebble Beach Pro-Am including Collin Morikawa to defeat Rory McIlroy.

Twenty-seven players in the world top 30 will play for the $3.6 million winner’s check (from a $20 million purse), with the only players missing being world No. 2 Xander Schauffele ( rib injury) and LIV golfers Tyrrell Hatton and Bryson DeChambeau.

Ludvig Aberg, who finished runner up in 2024, has withdrawn prior to his second round at the AT&T Pebble Beach Pro-Am.

Starting on the back nine at Spyglass Hill, McIlroy launched his tee shot down the hill and it landed straight into the hole on the 119-yard, par-3 15th. The outburst from the crowd added punctuation for the thrilling shot.

Sepp Straka got most of his work done before the weather started to turn Friday in the AT&T Pebble Beach Pro-Am, posting another 7-under 65 for a three-shot lead that left Rory McIlroy, Scottie Scheffler and everyone having to chase him.

Rory McIlroy's first PGA Tour start of the year got off to a bang when he aced his sixth hole in Round 1 of the AT&T Pebble Beach Pro-Am. McIlroy, who started on the back nine at Spyglass Hill, flew his tee shot into the hole at the 119-yard, par-3 15th (video above).

On the short little par-3 15th at Spyglass Hill, which measures only 119 yards on Thursday, Rory McIlroy found nothing but the bottom of the cup. He slam-dunked an ace, as his tee shot did not hit any grass around the hole,