Rory McIlroy had just opened his PGA Tour season Thursday with a bogey-free six-under 66 at Spyglass Hill that included his second career hole-in-one, and it didn’t take long before he was asked about the burning questions of the day—the state of the tour,

McIlroy aced the 15th hole at Spyglass Hill in the AT&T Pebble Beach Pro-Am on Thursday. The world's third-ranked player rattled the flagstick from 119 yards out with a wedge, and the ball dropped into the cup. The hole-in-one helped McIlroy shoot a 6-under 66 in the first round.