Rory McIlroy doesn't have a cure-all solution to golf's pace-of-play problem, and he knows the ideas he does have won't make everyone happy.

On the broadcast, fans could simply hear the ball crash into the flag before staying in the cup which put a massive grin on McIlroy’s face as he celebrated by high fiving his caddie, Harry Diamond, and his playing partners, Ryder Cup teammate Ludvig Aberg and amateurs Jeff Rhodes and Jimmy Dunne.

Rory McIlroy celebrates his second career hole-in-one during the Pebble Beach Pro-Am, marking a strong return to the PGA Tour.

Northern Irish professional golfer Rory McIlroy has presented a solution to address the slow pace of play that has become a issue on the PGA Tour.

McIlroy has committed to a reduced playing schedule – having played 27 times last season, juggling the PGA Tour and the DP World Tour – for the year ahead, with three prime targets: firstly, the Masters in April; the 153rd Open Championship at Royal Portrush; and the Ryder Cup at Bethpage Black in New York in September.

After recovering from a freak injury suffered during the holidays, Scottie Scheffler is back on tour and ready to hopefully have a good showing this weekend. The world No. 1 might be a little rusty after so much time off, but whenever the big man is on the course, Scheffler is always a contender.

Rory McIlroy and Shane Lowry both had a hole-in-one in the opening round of the Pebble Beach Pro-Am. Starting on the back nine at the Spyglass Hill course, world number three McIlroy struck the second ace on his PGA Tour career at the par-three 15th.

At tonight’s TGL golf match between Tiger Woods’ Jupiter Links and Rory McIlroy’s Boston Common, one man stole the show: Dallas resident Tom Kim. Kim made waves with his vociferous celebrations and clutch shots on the night.

Rory McIlroy made the ideal start to his 2025 PGA Tour season when he made just the second ace of his US career in the AT&T Pebble Beach Pro-Am.

Rory McIlroy made a hole-in-one in his PGA Tour season debut, but Russell Henley sat atop the leaderboard after a low-scoring first day at the ATT Pebble Beach Pro-Am on Thursday in Pebble Beach, Calif.

Rory McIlroy made a hole-in one early in his PGA Tour season debut at the 2025 AT&T Pebble Beach Pro-Am. Watch it here.