European Tour sets new record for most aces made in a season
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European Tour sets new record for most aces made in a season

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Aces have been contagious on the European Tour in 2015. There were another two recorded on Saturday in the third round of the KLM Open, breaking, then re-breaking the record for the most holes-in-one recorded in a single European Tour season.

Magnus Carlsson made the record-breaking 40th ace of the year on the 227-yard par-3 eighth hole at Kennemer Golf and Country Club in the Netherlands, surpassing the 39 carded in 2006. An hour later, Australian Wade Ormsby made the 41st hole-in-one on the campaign with a 7-iron from 169 yards at the 11th hole.

The new record falls short of the PGA Tour's mark of 44 in the 1994 season. So far in 2014-15, there have been 41 aces on the PGA Tour.

Here are all of the holes-in-one recorded this season on the European Tour:

Michael Hollick: 2nd Round, No. 5, Alfred Dunhill Championship
Kristoffer Broberg: 3rd Round, No. 5, Alfred Dunhill Championship
Ulrich Van Den Berg: 2nd Round, No. 6, South African Open Championship
Tom Lewis: 1st Round, No. 7, Abu Dhabi HSBC Golf Championship
Miguel Angel Jiménez (1): 1st Round, No. 15, Abu Dhabi HSBC Golf Championship
Rory McIlroy: 2nd Round, No. 15, Abu Dhabi HSBC Golf Championship
Byeong Hun An (1): 3rd Round, No. 15, Abu Dhabi HSBC Golf Championship
Alvaro Quiros: 4th Round, No. 4, Omega Dubai Desert Classic
Paul Waring: 1st Round, No. 15, Maybank Malaysian Open
Gregory Bourdy: 2nd Round, No. 15, Maybank Malaysian Open
Jake Higginbottom: 2nd Round, No. 15, Maybank Malaysian Open
Thongchai Jaidee: 3rd Round, No. 11, Maybank Malaysian Open
Panuphol Pittayarat: 2nd Round, No. 14, True Thailand Classic
Anthony Wall: 4th Round, No. 14, True Thailand Classic
Prayad Marksaeng: 2nd Round, No. 5, Hero Indian Open
Abhinav Lohan: 2nd Round, No. 17, Hero Indian Open
Titch Moore: 1st Round, No. 5, Joburg Open
J.B. Holmes: 3rd Round, No. 4, WGC-Cadillac Championship
Dustin Johnson: 3rd Round, No. 4, WGC-Cadillac Championship
Morten Orum Madsen (1): 1st Round, No. 8, Tshwane Open
Morten Orum Madsen (2): 1st Round, No. 8, Shenzhen International
Byeong Hun An (2): 1st Round, No. 8, Shenzhen International
Niclas Fasth: 2nd Round, No. 3, Shenzhen International
Johan Carlsson: 4th Round, No. 3, Volvo China Open
Benjamin Hebert: 4th Round, No. 8, Volvo China Open
Ben Martin: 1st Round, No. 17, WGC - Cadillac Match Play
Javier Colomo: 2nd Round, No. 9, AfrAsia Bank Mauritius Open
Miguel Angel Jiménez (2): 2nd Round, No. 8, Open de Espana
Craig Lee: 1st Round, No. 2, BMW PGA Championship
Andrew Johnston: 1st Round, No. 10, BMW PGA Championship
Miguel Angel Jimenez (3): 3rd Round, No. 2, BMW PGA Championship
Trevor Fisher Jr.: 4th Round, No. 2, BMW PGA Championship
Chris Wood: 4th Round, No. 14, BMW PGA Championship
Mark Foster: 2nd Round, No. 4, Nordea Masters
Duncan Stewart: 2nd Round, No. 6, Lyoness Open
Felipe Aguilar: 2nd Round, No. 3, Aberdeen Asset Management Scottish Open
Daniel Brooks: 2nd Round, No. 11, The 144th Open Championship
Gregory Havret: 1st Round, No. 13, Omega European Masters
Michael Hoey: 1st Round, No. 8, Omega European Masters
Magnus A Carlsson: 3rd Round, No. 8, KLM Open
Wade Ormsby: 3rd Round, No. 11, KLM Open

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