Shane Lowry made a blistering start to his final round at the Houston Open with a hole-in-one at the second hole.

Trailing overnight leader Gary Woodland by 13 shots going into the final round, Lowry opened with a par at Memorial Park before acing the 170-yard second to move to seven under for the tournament.

It was Lowry’s fourth hole-in-one on the PGA Tour, with his last one coming at the Pebble Beach Pro-Am last year, where he aced the iconic seventh hole.

Indeed, his two other holes-in-one came at legendary designs, the 17th at Sawgrass in 2022 and the 16th at Augusta National during the 2016 Masters.

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Lowry failed to build on his flying start, giving a shot back at the fourth hole to turn in one-under 34. He carded a single birdie and eight pars on the back nine to card a two-under 68 and finish on seven under for the tournament.