Victor Perez makes U.S. Open hole-in-one at Oakmont

For many in the field at this week’s U.S. Open, Oakmont Country Club may have the last laugh but Victor Perez had more than enough reason to celebrate a victory over the course as he made a hole-in-one in Friday's second round.

At the 192-yard par-three sixth, the Frenchman struck an arrow-like seven iron straight towards the pin, with his ball pitching around 15 feet short and then bouncing three times before rolling into the hole.

The moment of brilliance was met by loud roars from fans behind the green and back on the tee, with Perez chest-bumping his caddie James Erkenbeck before taking congratulations off American playing partners Jacob Bridgeman and Adam Schenk.

The hole-in-one moved Perez to even-par through 15 holes of his second round and one over for the tournament, comfortably ahead of the projected cut in Pennsylvania as many of the world's best - including World Number One Scottie Scheffler - battled to make the weekend.

It is just the second recorded hole-in-one to ever be made in a U.S. Open at Oakmont, after Scott Simpson made an ace at the 16th in 1983.

Perez said: "It's not the easiest pin at the front. I'd just birdied the hole before so I had a bit of momentum going into the sixth.

"But with that pin location there's not really anywhere to miss it. I think the right bunker or the left bunker's not great.

"I was trying to hit it maybe just past the hole and it came up maybe a little bit more spinny.

"It's one of those where luck goes your way and it does go in.

"Really good, really happy and it's obviously a huge bonus."

Three-time DP World Tour winner Perez, who came through 36-hole Final Qualifying in Canada earlier this month, is yet to make the cut in his previous five U.S. Open starts, with this his 17th Major appearance overall.