BELLEAIR, Fla. – Pavarisa Yoktuan’s seventh career hole-in-one is certainly the most memorable. The Thai player hit an easy 8-iron into the par-3 12th at Pelican Golf Club and joyfully watched it disappear. Every player who aces the 12th hole at the Pelican LPGA Championship wins a Lamborghini.
Austin Ernst was the first to win one during Monday’s pro-am. On Friday morning before her second round, Ernst drove a Lamborghini around the parking lot of the Pelican clubhouse with cameras rolling. After sitting down in the front seat, Ernst yelled out for her husband to get in with her: She’d never driven a manual before.
First time driving a manual is in a Lambo! Austin Ernst is brave
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“It’s a two-year lease,” said Yoktuan, “so I don’t know how much I have to pay for monthly (for insurance). But, yeah. I want to give it a try … we’ll see.”
Yoktuan used to drive a BMW until she crashed it two months ago. She now drives a motorcycle. Last year in Thailand, Yoktuan won $3,000 for making a hole-in-one.
Every shot that’s struck on the par-3 12th during competition rounds of the LPGA Tour’s Pelican Women’s Championship is being streamed live on NBC’s Peacock in what is the first-ever Featured Hole stream in LPGA history.
The 12th hole coverage features live interviews by Amy Rogers and studio coverage from host George Savaricas and analyst Jim Gallagher Jr. Coverage of the watery par 3 will begin at 9:45 a.m. ET over the weekend. It’s free to consumers on the Peacock app.