22nd December 2024

A 16-year-old novice has lit up the scoreboard on the third morning of the Australian Open, hitting a uncommon albatross.

In calm however muggy circumstances, Ann Jang made the uncommon two on the primary gap of The Australian Golf Membership in Sydney’s east, which performs as a par-five for the ladies this week.

Having began the morning at three-over, that one shot took her again to even-par for the event, earlier than she dipped into crimson figures with a birdie on the par-Four seventh.

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She sat in a tie for eighth place as she approached the flip, nonetheless some eight pictures off in a single day chief Jiyai Shin, who will start her third spherical this afternoon.

Ann Jang hit an albatross on the par-five 1st gap throughout the third spherical of the Australian Open. (Golf NSW)

Elsewhere, Calum Hill grew to become the second participant this week to hit a hole-in-one, draining his tee shot on the par-3 11th.

Having shot back-to-back 70s at The Australian and The Lakes in his first two rounds, Hill arrived on the 11th one-under for the day.

The Scot hit a easy 7-iron on the 174m gap.

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His eagle took him to three-under, and six-under for the event. It tied him for 16th, six pictures again from chief Min Woo Lee.

The leaders in each the lads’s and ladies’s competitions will tee off on Saturday afternoon.

After the primary two rounds have been break up throughout The Lakes and The Australian because of the huge area dimension, weekend motion will probably be performed solely at The Australian.

Protection begins on 9now and Gem from noon (AEDT).

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