OAKMONT, Pa. — The easiest way to deal with Oakmont's vicious rough and slick greens? Just put the ball in the cup from the tee. It's so simple, why doesn't everyone do it? Victor Perez carded the first ace of the 2025 U.S. Open Friday on the 192-yard par-3 6th: 🚨 ACE ALERT 🚨Victor Perez 🇫🇷 with a great shot and an even better celebration!pic.twitter.com/cmkThegam2 — U.S. Open (@usopengolf)June 13, 2025 The shot was a brilliant one. The chest-bump celebration with his caddie might have been even better. Those are tough tasks for golfers to pull off, and Perez could've gotten hurt. The ace moved him to +1, well insidethe Friday cut lineand within five strokes of J.J. Spaun's clubhouse lead. This marks the 54th hole-in-one in U.S. Open history, but only the second at an Open played at Oakmont. The only previous ace at the course, which is hosting its 10th U.S. Open, came in 1983, when Scott Simpson aced the 16th hole. A little more than 10 minutes later, Brooks Koepka nearly aced the sixth as well, landing his tee shot just inches from the hole.