The girls’ portion of the Matt Cunningham Preview high school golf tournament hosted by Baylor was held at Sweetens Cove in South Pittsburg, where one of the most startling endings possible took place Tuesday. Another miraculous feat had happened a little earlier.
Coffee County’s Ashley Gilliam, a sophomore who has committed to Mississippi State, came to the 130-yard No. 9 closing hole with her team trailing by one stroke. Then, on her final swing of the day, her hole-in-one gave the Lady Raiders a 293-294 win over Rossview.
“I don’t know that there’s been a better finish throughout golf history,” Baylor coach Gary Partrick said. “Of course, not many courses end with a par-3. But still, she won it with a one.”
Clarksville’s McKinley Cunningham and Rossview’s Sadie Pan, both freshmen, earlier made consecutive holes-in-one on the ninth hole on consecutive swings.
The back-to-back aces defied 17-million-to-1 odds, according to the National Hole-in-One Registry.