Aaron Cockerill stole the early moments of first round action from the Abu Dhabi HSBC Championship.
The Canadian had turned in a 33, but was in danger of letting a strong start slip when he made a double-bogey at the tenth and dropped another shot on the 12th.
But an ace on the 159-yard next saw him return to three under for the day as his nine-iron from the tee landed slightly right of the pin before feeding down to the cup.
Cockerill’s ace meant he had a scorecard containing every number from one to six in his first 13 holes.
Coming into the week lying 47th on the Race to Dubai Rankings in, with the top 50 progressing to next week’s season-ending DP World Tour Championship, the 32-year-old finished with five consecutive pars to complete an opening 69 in the opening event of the DP World Tour postseason.
Cockerill is the 31st different player to have made a hole-in-one on the DP World Tour on the 2024 Race to Dubai.