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RIO DE JANEIRO — Justin Rose knows how to make an entrance.

As golf returned to the Olympics for the first time in 112 years, Rose only needed four holes to grab the spotlight Thursday at the Olympic Golf Course.

On the par-3 fourth at the Olympic Golf Course, Rose took back his 7-iron and then watched his tee shot go into the cup 189 yards away for the first hole-in-one in Olympics history.

“It’s one of the icing on the cake moments,” Rose said. “When you’re the first to do anything no one can ever take that away from you. That was definitely a cool moment.”

He didn’t stop hitting good shots and finished with a 4-under-par 67 to stand four shots behind pace-setting Australian Marc Fraser.

“It was kind of a day where you were on edge the whole day,” Rose said. “That might have something to do with the Olympic Games. … I played nicely and I made a hole-in-one. Not a bad day.”

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