Engaged in the LPGA Drive On Championship, Yuka Saso returned a superb shot on par 5 of 2 (her eleventh hole of the day) from almost 200 meters for an improbable albatross.
Yuka Saso achieved the coup of the tournament, even that of the season this Friday on the Superstition Mountain Golf and Country Club in Arizona.
Indeed, the winner of the US Open 2021 more than improved the par 5 of the 2 by returning her second shot from 217 yards, or 196 meters.
It was one of my dreams, but we all know how hard it is to make one.
FOR ALBATROSS‼️????@SasoYuka_315 holes out from 217 yards at the LPGA Drive On Championship! pic.twitter.com/phihUaVned
— LPGA (@LPGA) March 25, 2023
« We didn’t really know where the ball had landed and where it ended up so we were walking to the green and everyone started clappingexplained the Japanese player from the Philippines. But my ball wasn’t on the green and I wondered why the crowd was cheering if it wasn’t on it. It was one of my dreams, but we all know how hard it is to make one. They say you’re lucky if you get one in your golf career. I think I was very lucky to have made it ».
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It wasn’t the first albatross on this course this week. Indeed, an amateur had also achieved this feat during the Pro-Am on Wednesday on the same track. Luckily for this golfer, the cameras of the LPGA had captured this magical moment.
Amateur Albatross ????
What are the chances?!
While testing cameras during the LPGA Drive On Championship pro-am, @GolfChannel captured this shot of a lifetime ???? pic.twitter.com/aZZpZQgqZa
— LPGA (@LPGA) March 22, 2023
