The temperatures got so scorching during second round of the Maybank LPGA Championship at Kuala Lumpur Golf and Country Club this piece was suspended for two hours.
There were no such delays during the third round of action, but the highlights were just as hot as the first two rounds with a trio of aces at the 4th hole pushing
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Although youngsters Jeeno Thitikul, Ruoning Yin and Haeran Ryu – all under the age of 24 – lead the way heading into the final round at 16, Kristen Gillman, Anna Nordqvist and Emily Pedersen garnered the biggest roars by each making a hole in the match. A.
For Gillman, it was only his second as a pro, but it shared something in common with the first.
“Yeah, I had 100, well with the elevation it was about 101 meters,” Gillman explained. “I hit my gap. Usually it stops at 105, so I just took a little off. I guess I just watched the video. I couldn’t see it because it’s a little high, but I guess it took two bounces and Then the crowd started screaming, so she knew she was going in.
“This was only my second one. My other one was in South Korea, so I guess I only make them in Asia.”
With every ace at this week’s event, a $20,000 donation is made to St. Jude’s, so the short hole produced $60,000 in a single round.
“It’s awesome,” Gillman said. “I think whatever way we can give back, we feel like it’s something easy that we can do, so hopefully we’ll continue to make good shots and make good holes. ‘one shot so that we can continue to give more money.’
This article was originally published on Golfweek: Here’s why Kristen Gillman’s second ace as a pro was similar to her first
