The South Korean professional golfer, Sungjae Im, hit an amazing shot from 222 yards into the wind, leaving the game's elite shot-makers in awe at TPC Craig Ranch.

During the second round of the CJ Cup Byron Nelson at TPC Craig Ranch on Friday, Im made a hole-in-one on the par-3 seventh hole from 222 yards. Jordan Spieth watched the shot up close and talked about it after the round.

"That was one of the prettiest hole-in-ones I've ever seen," Spieth said. "Prettier than any one I ever made."

Im carefully hit a 5-iron shot into the wind with the pin placed on the left side. He aimed left of the hole on purpose, let the wind move the ball, and watched it roll into the cup.

"There's only a few people that would land that left of it on purpose," Spieth said. "He might be one of them."

The hole-in-one highlighted a career-best round for Im, who shot a 61 with one eagle, seven birdies, and a lone bogey on the 18th to move into a tie for second place.

Spieth made six birdies in a row on his back nine, matching the best streak of his PGA Tour career, and finished with a 62.

"I was hurting my head trying to figure out what our best ball was," Spieth said. "I think it was 57, which is pretty good."

But Im ended his round with an eagle on the ninth hole, which put even more pressure on Spieth to stay in front heading into the weekend.

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Spieth attributed the mid-round surge to a breakthrough on the greens. He said his putting was the best part of his Friday round after making some changes the night before.

"My putting feels good today," Spieth said. "I felt like I got a nice feel that it allowed me to be more outwardly focused."

Spieth noted that the performance was the result of long-term health and swing adjustments finally aligning.

"This last off-season I said no more compensating," Spieth said. "To be consistent, I've got to get it back to a certain place."

Spieth missed out on completing the career Grand Slam at the PGA Championship last week. He arrived at TPC Craig Ranch without a top-10 finish on tour this season. The low round provided a much-needed momentum shift for the former major champion.

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Written by

Sneha Abraham

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Pulkit Prabhav