Lauren Coughlin Makes LPGA History With Nine Straight Birdies
Coughlin opened her round at the Walmart NW Arkansas Championship with an unprecedented run of birdies, setting a new tour record.
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Lauren Coughlin made LPGA Tour history on Saturday at the Walmart NW Arkansas Championship, opening her round with nine consecutive birdies, a feat no player had previously achieved on the LPGA Tour.
The streak began on Coughlin's first hole and continued unbroken through nine holes, putting her name into the tour's record book for the best start to a round in tour history.
Sustaining that level of precision over an entire nine-hole stretch is exceedingly rare in professional golf, where a single missed putt or errant approach shot is usually enough to break a run of birdies. Coughlin's consistency across greens, fairways and putting placed her in rare company among LPGA players.
The achievement instantly became one of the standout individual performances of the LPGA season and will likely be remembered as a highlight of the Walmart NW Arkansas Championship regardless of how the rest of the tournament unfolds for her.
Coughlin's round adds to a growing list of standout individual performances on the LPGA Tour this season, and it offers a reminder of how quickly a player's name can enter the record books with the right run of holes.
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