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It was once in a lifetime.
No, not a hole-in-one. For Bianca Pagdanganan, it was a car Friday that nestled into a spectator’s elbow.
Putting the finishing touches on a 6-under-par 66 round that left her six shots behind leader Haeran RyuPagdanganan laced his drive well off the line to the left on the 530-yard, par 5 18th hole. After a healthy bounce, her Titliest landed in the hook of a spectator’s left arm, cradled in the elbow.
“My caddy told me to hit it up the left side of the fairway and right into her arms, so that’s what I did,” Pagdanganan joked.
“It was funny because I couldn’t see how far it went or if I was going to beat them,” Pagdanganan continued. “So when it landed and she didn’t flinch, I said, ‘OK, she’s fine.’ Then we walked off the tee and they told us it landed in her arm. I was like, ‘Are you sure because she didn’t move at all.”
“So my caddy and I just kept walking and sure enough we walked up and they said ‘Yeah, it landed on my arm and I just threw it back. I was like ‘You could have thrown it in the fairway!'”
Pagdanganan is tied for second at 7-under for the tournament. Ranked 110th in the world, she remained upbeat after going 5-under 31 through the first nine.
“From my day, my putting was really good,” she said. “On the first nine, I felt like I could do everything from anywhere.”
Right after her post-round interview, Pagdanganan excitedly showed off the bee she crocheted for her grandmother. Her loud personality doesn’t outshine her immense skills, which allowed her to climb the leaderboard.
“I still couldn’t believe it happened,” Pagdanganan said. “That was the first time I ever did that.”
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