Denver native Mark Hubbard makes the longest of his 4 career holes-in-one on PGA Tour; he cards 2 eagles in 3-hole stretch
By Gary Baines – 4/17/2025
It’s been an unusually rough stretch lately for Denver native Mark Hubbard on the PGA Tour.
After missing just four cuts in 30 PGA Tour starts in 2024, Hubbard came into this week having failed to advance to the weekend in six of his last seven events.
But Thursday started particularly well for the Colorado Academy graduate at the Corales Puntacana Championship in the Dominican Republic.
Not only did Hubbard make two eagles in a stretch of three holes, but one was of the hole-in-one variety. The 35-year-old aced the 240-yard second hole with a 4-iron. Two holes later, he eagled the par-5 fourth hole.
Considering Hubbard had just two eagles through the first 11 PGA Tour events of 2025 combined, matching that in a single round was quite a feat.
The 240-yard ace was the longest of Hubbard’s PGA Tour career — though he had a 238-yard hole-out for eagle on a par-4 in the 2020 PGA Championship. His previous longest PGA Tour ace was a 216-yarder at the 2022 Rocket Mortgage Classic. He’s since also added a 198-yard hole-in-one at the 2023 Wells Fargo championship, where fellow Denver native Wyndham Clark picked up his first PGA Tour victory. Hubbard also aced a 195-yard hole at the 2014 Frys.com Open.
Overall, Hubbard said via text that he has recorded 11 holes-in-one in his lifetime. That includes a couple on the Korn Ferry Tour.
On Thursday, Hubbard ended up shooting a 4-under-par 68 in the Dominican Republic. Former University of Colorado golfer Jeremy Paul, a PGA Tour rookie, is even higher on the scoreboard as he opened with a 6-under 66.
For all the scores from the Corales Puntacana Championship, CLICK HERE.
About the Writer: Gary Baines has covered golf in Colorado continuously since 1983. He was a sports writer at the Daily Camera newspaper in Boulder, then the sports editor there, and has written regularly for ColoradoGolf.org since 2009. The University of Colorado Evans Scholar alum was inducted into the Colorado Golf Hall of Fame in 2022. He owns and operates ColoradoGolfJournal.com