In what was an otherwise forgettable round, Chella Choi hit a shot she’ll never forget Sunday at the Chevron Championship.
Choi, a 31-year-old veteran of the LPGA Tour, hit a hybrid club on the 181-yard 17th hole and her orange ball landed on the green and rolled 20 feet perfectly into the hole.
She and her caddie, who is also her dad Ji Yeon Choi, jumped in celebration back near the tee box, and she ran to the gallery to high-five anyone she could find.
“You know, it’s a very tough hole, that hole, and I have like a between club, 4 hybrid and 3-hybrid, so I was trying to close my club face and I was trying to hit a hard-driving shot,” she said. “I hit it really good, and I made it. It’s amazing!”
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And it’s not just the two strokes under par she was excited about. A hole-in-one on the 17th hole brings with it a BMW. The burgundy BMW iX All-Electric Sports Activity Vehicle was parked next to the tee box and Choi ran over to it and gave it a big hug.
Choi finished the round at 1-under par and the tournament at even par.
It was the second hole-in-one of the day at the Chevron Championship. Earlier, 2018 champion here, Pernilla Lindberg, aced the 166-yard fifth hole. Unfortunately for Lindberg, that was not a “car hole.”
