Albatrosses! Gore makes one at Torrey, Jang does in the Bahamas

Albatross was the Word of the Day early on Saturday at a pair of professional golf tournaments.

At the PGA Tour’s Farmers Insurance Open, Jason Gore recorded the first albatross of his golf life. On the par-5 18th hole on Torrey Pines’ South Course, his ninth hole of the round, Gore smashed a 3-wood from 250 yards which hit the green with some fade roll and ran right into the cup for the rare 2.

Meanwhile, in the Bahamas, Ha Na Jang, the 13th-ranked player in the world, made LPGA history in the third round of the Pure Silk Bahamas Classic. On the par-4 eighth hole at the Ocean Club Golf Course on Paradise Island, Jang sank her 218-yard tee shot to make the first hole-in-one on a par 4 in tour history.

The ace improved Jang’s score from 1 under to 4 under, and she finished with a 5-under 68 on Saturday to jump up the leaderboard.

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