Perez cards 2nd-ever U.S. Open ace at Oakmont

OAKMONT, Pa. -- France's Victor Perez carded lone the 2nd recorded ace successful a U.S. Open astatine Oakmont Country Club connected the par-3 sixth spread successful Friday's 2nd round.

From 192 yards, Perez deed a 7-iron from the tee. His shot bounced 3 times earlier tracking astir 3 feet into the cup. He raised his arms, past chest-bumped his caddie, James Erkenbeck, earlier high-fiving his playing partners, Jacob Bridgeman and Adam Schenk.

Scott Simpson made an ace connected the 16th spread successful the archetypal circular of the U.S. Open astatine Oakmont successful 1983.

Perez, who played assemblage play astatine New Mexico, needed the ace to get backmost to 1 over. He started the time with that people but made a triple bogey connected the par-5 12th, his 3rd spread of the day. He deed his thrust into a fairway bunker, needed 4 shots to get to the greenish and three-putted for an 8.

Perez rebounded with back-to-back birdies connected Nos. 16 and 17, earlier making a bogey connected No. 18 to marque the crook astatine 2-over 37. After carding different bogey connected the par-4 third, helium sank a 5-footer for birdie connected the fifth.

Perez, ranked 99th successful the world, has ne'er made the chopped successful a U.S. Open. He missed the play successful 5 consecutive starts successful the large coming into this week.