Bohyun Park made history Thursday. Her name will forever be tied to the Augusta National Women’s Amateur thanks to her tee shot on the par-3 eighth hole.
Park, the 20-year-old from Farmers Branch, Texas, stepped to the tee at Champions Retreat Golf Club in Evans, Georgia, at 1 over par for the tournament. The 142-yard hole goes over a creek and had a front pin location. The sophomore at Texas hit her tee shot, and the ball landed short of the hole and bounced a couple times before rolling into the left side of a cup.
Boom, an ace. A historic hole-in-one, as Park hit the first ace in the history of the ANWA.
🚨 ACE 🚨@TexasWGolf's Bohyun Park claims the first Augusta National Women's Amateur hole-in-one on No.8 🤯
Watch coverage of the second round on https://t.co/mRzvotXbgt and @GolfChannel#ANWAgolf | @bohyunniee pic.twitter.com/1b7qOfL9nw
— Augusta National Women's Amateur (@anwagolf) March 30, 2023
It moved her to 1 under for the tournament and into the top 10 on the leaderboard.
The top 30 players and ties make the 36-hole cut and will play at Augusta National Golf Club in the final round on Saturday. All 72 players in the field will play in a practice round Friday at Augusta National.
