Teenage novice Ann Jang has recorded a uncommon albatross in a spectacular begin to the Australian Open third spherical in Sydney.
Jang holed her second shot on the par-5 first gap at The Australian Golf Membership on Saturday to leap from three over to even par for the championship in a single fell swoop.
A member of the close by NSW membership in La Perouse, 16-year-old Jang is the most recent novice to announce their arrival on the massive stage this week, rocketing as much as a share of eleventh on the leaderboard halfway by her third spherical.
The albatross even overshadowed a gap in a single within the males’s Open on Saturday from Scotland’s Calum Hill, who aced the par-3 eleventh with a seven iron from 174 metres.
Jang’s blazing begin left her 9 pictures behind South Korean midway chief Jiyai Shin, who will tee off later at 9 below.
South Africa’s defending champion Ashleigh Buhai is 2 strokes again in second, with one other South Korean, Jenny Shin, an additional shot behind in solo third.
With large weapons Minjee Lee and Steph Kyriacou slipping off the tempo on Friday, a trio of younger amateurs had been main the Australian problem coming into transferring day.
Justice Bosio was outright fourth at 4 below, one forward of fellow Queenslander Sarah Hammett and South Australian Caitlin Peirce.
LPGA Tour star Grace Kim was the main Australian skilled coming into the weekend in seventh spot at two below.
Kyriacou was tied for eighth at one below, with Lee and Gabriela Ruffels degree with the cardboard and trailing Shin – the 2013 champion, two-time main winner and former world No.1 – by 9 pictures.
Legendary four-time champion Karrie Webb is the one Australian to win the ladies’s Open previously quarter of a century.
Chasing a summer time double of Australia’s two flagship occasions, Min Woo Lee will tee off after halfway after establishing a three-shot second spherical lead within the males’s Open over American Patrick Rodgers and Scotland’s Connor Syme.
Adam Bland has been the massive early mover on Saturday, choosing up six pictures by 16 holes to climb in to a tie for fourth at eight below with fellow Australian Sam Brazel, Chilean star Joaquin Niemann and Venezuela’s Jhonattan Vegas.
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