Young described her effort as “a total fluke”.
Her semifinal opponent Lynne Holmberg would probably agree. Young watched as her ball flew right only to hit a greenside mound and kick left towards the green.
“You’re not going to like that,” said Young, who could not see the bottom of the pin from the tee so had no idea where the ball had ended up.
She got up to the green. No ball in sight. It wasn’t in the bunker, leaving only one other location.
It was back to the job at hand after that high but it didn’t end successfully for Young as Holmberg won on the 18th.
Nelson, who Young knocked out of the champs in the quaterfinals, took the direct route to her ace.
She saw it fly straight at the pin and thinks it went in “on the fly” as there was no pitchmark.
Her reaction?
“A little bit of disbelief really.”
Both players have won multiple women’s and pairs club titles over the decades.
Nelson, now on a 19-handicap, has been as low as a 3 in her heyday which included equalling the-then women’s course record of 73 in September 2004
Young, now on 18, has been one of the club’s most consistent players over the years and is a member of an elite group who have had birdies on all three par-3s at the Bay in the same round.
Before Wednesday, Nelson unofficially had an ace to her name. She sank a 5-iron, also on the second, while playing by herself in August 2007.
The closest Young had been prior to Wednesday was also on the second — her ball “sitting on the edge” of the hole.
