The roars were sparse on a grueling Friday at the 125th U.S. Open – but France’s Victor Perez fixed that.

Perez, 32, made a hole-in-one at the 192-yard, par-3 sixth in the second round at Oakmont Country Club. The three-time DP World Tour winner struck a 7-iron that landed roughly 15 feet short of the flag, took a couple hops on the firm putting surface and caught the left side of the cup before curling in. It was part of a second-round, even-par 70 for Perez, and he enters the weekend in a tie for sixth at 1-over 141, just four behind 36-hole leader Sam Burns.

Perez has a chance to win the U.S. Open, and if he does, the ace will become further entrenched in Oakmont history.

"Obviously I was trying to hit something maybe 15, 20 feet past the hole and it maybe spun a little bit more and bounced in, so a little fortunate which I'll definitely take going into the weekend," said Perez, who rallied after a triple bogey on the par-5 12th, his third hole of the day.

Perez’ shot was electric, as was the ensuing celebration – he raised his arms into the air and raced to chest-bump his caddie. “Major-league chest bump,” exclaimed Mike Tirico on the Peacock broadcast. Perez again pumped his fist as he left the tee box, and he received a hearty ovation as he removed his ball from the cup and acknowledged the western Pennsylvania patrons. The hole-in-one moved Perez to even-par through 15 holes of his second round and 1-over for the tournament, a fine showing on a vexing venue. He finished with three straight pars to maintain the positive momentum into his afternoon respite.

"You try to just make pars and survive and when you get kind of a chip-in, bonuses, something like that, it definitely is nice to let off a little emotion," Perez said of his celebration.

"Obviously it wasn't an ideal start, and I kind of put myself a little bit behind the 8-ball after three holes. I had two chances on 10, 11, tripled 12, so it was a bit unfortunate. Was able to keep my head going and bounce back and put up a good round."

Perez joined rare air with just the second hole-in-one in a U.S. Open at Oakmont, the first since Scott Simpson on the par-3 16th hole during the first round in 1983. This marks the 10th U.S. Open at Oakmont, the most of any venue for America's national open.

Perez qualified for the U.S. Open via 36-hole Final Qualifying at Lambton Golf & Country Club outside Toronto. This marks his sixth career U.S. Open appearance and 17th major start overall. He has yet to make a cut in a U.S. Open, but his electric hole-in-one all but solidified a weekend tee time at Oakmont.

Perez entered the week at No. 105 on the season-long FedExCup standings, with the top 70 after the Wyndham Championship in August qualifying for the FedExCup Playoffs. Every point helps, particularly at a major championship – and regardless of how this week plays out, Perez will carry that hole-in-one roar with him forever.