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Watch: Sam Ryder aces TPC Scottsdale's No. 16, sparking wild celebration from fans

You'll always remember your first ace on the PGA Tour ... especially when it comes at golf's unruliest mecca.

A moment six years in the making happened when Sam Ryder stepped in the tee box with over rowdy 20,000 fans in TPC Scottsdale's par-3 16th coliseum during the WM Pheonix Open's third round. Ryder hit a perfect shot 124 yards to the green before the ball kicked directly to the left before dropping in the cup.

It was the first hole-in-one at No. 16 since Francesco Molinari's in 2015. It was also Ryder's first Tour ace and No.