Steph Kyriacou nearly aced the par-3 fifth hole Sunday at the AIG Women’s Open, her ball settling an inch from the cup.
Mimi Rhodes used that proximity to her advantage.
Rhodes, playing next on the 184-yard hole, hit her tee shot so closely to Kyriacou’s that it clipped the Aussie’s ball and ricocheted in for a 1.
The unusual ace pushed the three-time LET winner to 4 under par and inside the top 10. She finished in a tie for 19th following a 74.
Kyriacou, who aced the par-3 eighth in the second round, made triple bogey on her first hole Sunday at Royal Porthcawl and then bogeyed the third. The tap-in birdie at No. 5, however, was her first of five the rest of the day. She shot 71 and tied for eighth.