Francesco Molinari's hole-in-one to make U.S. Open cut Photo Credit: NBC
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Round Two of the U.S. Open featured some incredible shots at opportune times. But perhaps no singular shot on the entire day mattered more to one golfer than Francesco Molinari’s final shot of the day on the ninth hole at Pinehurst No. 2.

Molinari didn’t have the best day and hasn’t had the best tournament overall, going into the hole at +7. The projected cut line to play the weekend at the time he stepped up to the ninth tee box sat at +5, meaning that he would need a hole-in-one on the Par 3 hole to even have a chance at making the cut.

He did just that, hitting his tee shot to the front of the green, trickling down near the hole, and ultimately going in.

You would be hard-pressed to find a more clutch golf shot in this entire tournament, if at all considering where Molinari was sitting coming into the hole.

Fans had plenty to say about the unbelievable shot, taking to social media to praise Molinari for the timely hole-in-one.

Molinari finds himself ten strokes back from the lead after two rounds. So the chances of him actually contending on the weekend are still very slim.

But with that being said, making the cut at the U.S. Open will result in a pretty nice payday for the former Open Championship winner as long as he finishes in the top 60. Anyone in the top 60 gets paid at least $42,000, with prizes going as high as $3.9 million if Molinari is able to miraculously climb to the top of the leaderboard on the weekend.

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About Reice Shipley

Reice Shipley is a staff writer for Comeback Media that graduated from Ithaca College with a degree in Sports Media. He previously worked at Barrett Sports Media and is a fan of all things Syracuse sports.

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