Piller, a University of Texas at El Paso graduate, is tied for second place with New Zealand’s Lydia Ko and is only two shots back of leader Inbee Park of South Korea after three rounds of the women’s Olympic Golf Tournament at the Olympic Golf Course in Rio de Janeiro.
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She almost had a second consecutive eagle on the par-four ninth, when her approach shot landed beyond the pin but spun back and almost dropped in.
The final round will be played on Saturday.
Chun said afterward she was able to hold herself together in the midst of the adventure. “But because I’ve been wanting to play in it for a long time, I think I put too much pressure on myself”.
“If something comes in my head and I use that as motivation and just a lot of confidence, I think that’s going to do me a lot of good”.
“I could have been shaken up, but I reminded myeslf, ‘This is how golf is, ‘” she said.
South Korea’s Chun In-gee celebrates her eagle putt at the 18th hole during the second round of the Rio de Janeiro Olympic women’s golf tournament on August 18, 2016.
Rose also made the first hole-in-one in Olympic history on day one, hitting hit tee shot at the par-three fourth hole 188 yards into the cup. She said she felt she was due for at least a birdie at the 18th.
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Kim, 23, said she first decided she wanted to compete at an Olympics in 2004, while watching the national judo team in action in Athens. I had two chances at KPMG (Women’s PGA Championship) that kind of chose to not go in.
