Rory McIlroy played often in the "offseason" and looked sharp in his first PGA Tour round of the real season, shooting 66 at the AT&T Pebble Beach Pro-Am.

Rory McIlroy and Shane Lowry didn’t manage to claim the first round lead in the AT&T Pebble Beach Pro-Am – that honour fell to American Russell Henley – but the two Irishmen stole the highlight reels in each recording holes-in-one in the $20 million PGA Tour signature event, as each used their aces to move into contention.

Rory McIlroy’s first PGA Tour start of the year got off to a bang when he aced his sixth hole in Round 1 of the AT&T Pebble Beach Pro-Am. McIlroy, who started on the back nine at Spyglass Hill, flew his tee shot into the hole at the 119-yard,

Shane Lowry had himself a day at Pebble Beach, sinking an ace and going wild afterward as he sits near the top of the leaderboard.

Rory McIlroy marked his PGA Tour season debut with a sensational hole-in-one. SAN FRANCISCO (AFP) – Rory McIlroy marked his PGA Tour season debut with a sensational hole-in-one on his way to a six-under-par 66 in the opening round of the PGA Pebble Beach Pro-Am tournament on Thursday.

Shane Lowry stole some of Rory McIlroy’s thunder when he followed the Holywood star’s lead and made a hole-in-one in the AT&T Pebble Beach Pro-Am.

PEBBLE BEACH, Calif. — Rory McIlroy's first round on the PGA Tour this season included an ace. McIlroy aced the 15th hole at Spyglass Hill in the AT&T Pebble Beach Pro-Am on Thursday. The world's third-ranked player rattled the flagstick from 119 yards out with a wedge, and the ball dropped into the cup.

Rory McIlroy hit his second career hole-in-one on the PGA Tour in the opening round of the Pebble Beach Pro-Am. Starting on the back nine at Spyglass Hill, McIlroy struck his ace on the par-three 15th.

After making birdies on six of his first 11 holes to share the early first-round lead at the AT&T Pebble Beach Pro-Am, Collin Morikawa gave most of it back. The