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Watch: Top LPGA Pro Makes Million-Dollar Ace for Charity at Chevron Championship

In Gee Chun made a wildly impactful hole in one on Saturday at the first major championship of the year.
Watch: Top LPGA Pro Makes Million-Dollar Ace for Charity at Chevron Championship
Watch: Top LPGA Pro Makes Million-Dollar Ace for Charity at Chevron Championship

In Gee Chun did something remarkable on Saturday at the Chevron Championship, both for her scorecard and for the tournament’s charitable efforts. 

Chun, the 11th ranked player in the world, made an epic hole in one during the third round of the major championship on the 17th hole of The Club at Carlton Woods. The incredible shot, which moved her to 1 under for the tournament, happened to occur on “The Chevron Challenge” hole.

According to the LPGA’s Twitter handle, the challenge is set up so that a hole in one on the 17th would trigger a $1 million donation to be shared by the featured charitable partners of the championship. 

Those partners include NBSE, Techbridge, LPGA Foundation, Girls Golf of Greater Houston Catalyst, Brothers in Arms and Women in Golf Foundation. 

Given her extensive personal charitable contributions. Chun was the perfect Chevron Challenge winner. When she won the U.S. Women’s Open at Lancaster Country Club in Pennsylvania, Chun opened the “In Gee Chun Lancaster Country Club Educational Foundation” for local student scholarships. 

When she realized what she had just accomplished, Chun immediately began to jump up and down out of excitement and high-five her playing partners. 


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Gabrielle Herzig is a Breaking and Trending News writer for Sports Illustrated Golf. Previously, she worked as a Golf Digest Contributing Editor, an NBC Sports Digital Editorial Intern, and a Production Runner for FOX Sports at the site of the 2018 U.S. Open. Gabrielle graduated as a Politics Major from Pomona College in Claremont, California, where she was a four-year member and senior-year captain of the Pomona-Pitzer women’s golf team. In her junior year, Gabrielle studied abroad in Scotland for three months, where she explored the Home of Golf by joining the Edinburgh University Golf Club.

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