When the year started, Nick Dunlap was a sophomore on the Alabama men’s golf team. On Friday, he scored a hole-in-one as a professional on the PGA Tour.

In the second round of the Cognizant Classic in the Palm Beaches, Dunlap came to the par-3, 197-yard seventh hole at 2-under par for the day after a birdie on the first, a bogey on the second and an eagle on third to open the round.

Dunlap dropped his tee shot on the seventh at PGA National Resort in Palm Beach Gardens, Fla., just short of the cup, and the ball took a bounce, then rolled into the hole as he moved to 8 under for the tournament.

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Dunlap turned pro after he became the first amateur to win a PGA Tour event since 1991 when he captured the American Express tournament on Jan. 21.

Mark Inabinett is a sports reporter for Alabama Media Group. Follow him on Twitter at @AMarkG1.