WATCH: Patrick Reed’s wild ace at LIV Golf’s Watering Hole unleashes instant mayhem

ADELAIDE, Australia — Patrick Reed gifted LIV Golf another viral hole-in-one only 15 minutes into the first round of LIV Golf Adelaide when he bagged a wild ace at the Australian event’s party hole.

The 2018 Masters champion used an 8-iron at The Grange GC’s par-3 12th, dubbed the Watering Hole, at LIV Golf Adelaide on Friday. “Yeah, it was unreal,” Reed said after his round. “My throat still hurts from [the celebrations].”

The former U.S Ryder Cup star sent the 5,000 fans packed around the 165-yard, arena-style par 3 crazy when his three-quarter swing drew the ball toward the hole, which was cut in the middle of the green. His shot spun hard to the left and dropped into the hole for the second hole-in-one at the Watering Hole in three editions of LIV Adelaide. The first came in 2023 when Chase Koepka made a dramatic ace, which went viral around the sporting world.

Similarly, the grandstands erupted and showered Reed with plastic beer cups while the Texan continued to wind up the crowd with his arms. Reed was congratulated by his 4Aces teammates Harold Varner III and Thomas Pieters. He couldn’t even remember if he felt any beer cups hit him.

“I couldn't feel anything at that point; I was just pumped up with adrenaline when that thing went in,” he said. “I saw cups and beers and liquid flying everywhere. I guarantee you … my golf bag looked a little sticky when I was walking off the golf course.”

Reed admitted his focus waned after the ace and he made four more bogeys and two birdies during a one-over-par 73, which left him six shots back of first-round leader England’s Sam Horsfield (66). “The crazy thing was the adrenaline afterwards; I was shaking going back to the tee and I just couldn’t calm down and settle into the round after that point. It’s just one of those things you don’t really expect,” he said.

Asked by Golf Digest after his press conference, Reed said it was his fourth ace of his career during a tournament while his first ever hole-in-one came as a high school student while his grandmother was walking with him. “I had one at Houston on the PGA Tour, one at the U.S. Open a Winged Foot, one in Singapore, and one here,” Reed said.