Thorbjorn Olesen might not have even been out of bed by the time he lost his 36-hole lead on Saturday morning at the 2025 3M Open.
Kurt Kitayama fired a 60 (and flirted with 59 for much of the day), entering the clubhouse at 17 under, three shots ahead of Olesen before the latter even teed off.
Olesen — fired a 9-under 62 on Thursday, followed by a 66 Friday — had a pedestrian start to his third round. He made par on the first five holes before carding a birdie at the par-5 sixth and another par at the seventh. He stepped up to the tee at the 209-yard par-3 eighth, sitting in a congested pack of players at 15 under, two shots behind Kitayama.
It took one swing for all of that to change.
A HOLE-IN-ONE!
Thorbjørn Olesen aces the Par-3 8th at TPC Twin Cities. pic.twitter.com/AGZVDX9gWz
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Olesen’s tee shot hit the green, bounced once and rolled right into the cup. A proper ace for the 35-year-old from Denmark, who’s seeking his first win on the PGA Tour in his 95th start. He joined a tie for the lead at 17 under just before 3:30 p.m. ET. It marked his first hole-in-one on Tour.
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This article originally appeared on Golfweek: Thorbjorn Olesen makes hole-in-one in third round of 2025 3M Open