Here's why Kristen Gillman's second ace as a pro was similar to her first

The temperatures sewage truthful steamy during nan second information of nan LPGA’s Maybank Championship astatine Kuala Lumpur Golf and Country Club that play was suspended for 2 hours.

There were nary specified delays during nan 3rd information of action, but nan highlights were conscionable arsenic basking arsenic nan first 2 rounds pinch a trio of aces connected nan 4th spread pushing

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Although young guns Jeeno Thitikul, Ruoning Yin and Haeran Ryu — each nether 24 years aged — lead nan measurement heading into nan last information astatine 16 under, Kristen Gillman, Anna Nordqvist and Emily Pedersen garnered nan biggest roars arsenic each made a hole-in-one.

For Gillman, it was conscionable her 2nd arsenic a pro, but it shared thing successful communal pinch nan first.

“Yeah, I had 100, well, pinch nan elevation it was for illustration 101 yards,” Gillman explained. “Hit my spread wedge. Usually stops for illustration 105, truthful I conscionable took a small spot disconnected that. I guess  I conscionable watched nan video. I couldn’t spot it because it’s a small spot elevated, but I conjecture it took 2 bounces and went in. So nan crowd started screaming, truthful benignant of knew it went in.”

“That was only my 2nd one. My different 1 was successful South Korea, truthful I conjecture I only make them successful Asia.”

🚨 ACE ALERT 🚨@kristengillman aces nan 4th spread astatine @maybankchampion! pic.twitter.com/D0zIqvuqjS

— LPGA (@LPGA) October 26, 2024

With each ace astatine this week’s event, a $20,000 aid is being made to St. Jude’s, truthful nan short spread produced $60,000 successful 1 round.

“That’s awesome,” Gillman said. “I deliberation that immoderate measurement we tin springiness back, consciousness for illustration that’s thing easy that we tin do, truthful hopefully we support hitting bully shots and support making hole-in-ones successful truthful we tin support donating much money.”