First Olympic Hole In One: Justin Rose

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As far as we know there were none in the previous versions of Olympic golf, so the honor goes to Justin Rose.

He described it this way, with a big tip of the cap to his caddie Mark Fulcher:

Q. What did you hit (for a hole-in-one on the 4th hole)?

JUSTIN ROSE:  7 iron, 187?  189?  I was going to hit 8iron and he told me 7 iron and I went with him for a change, worked out.  Yeah, Fooch can have that one.

Q.  You didn't see that going in, did you?

JUSTIN ROSE:  It was one of those, almost like an infinity edge where the pin wasn't where the cup sets and where the back edge falls off the green.  So it was either in or it was off the back wedge.  And the way reaction was from the few people up around the green, figured that it went in and not over the back.

The celebration:

 

 

And the video here at NBCOlympics.com.