China Golfer Shoots Hole-in-One at 2007 Special Olympics World Summer Games

China Golfer Shoots Hole-in-One at 2007 Special Olympics World Summer Games

October 08, 2007

    SHANGHAI, China, Oct. 8 /Xinhua-PRNewswire/ -- Word of
the ace spread like wildfire through the fairways at the
Shanghai Tianma Country Golf Course at the 2007 World
Summer Games. Special Olympics China athlete Haijuan Shao,
30, shot a hole-in-one, every golfer's dream, on the 3-par,
18th hole.

    (Photo: http://www.xprn.com/xprn/sa/200710080722.jpg )
    (Logo: 
http://www.xprn.com/xprn/sa/200611161203-min.jpg )

    "I thought it was my lucky day," said Haijuan
Shao, who has been playing golf for just one year. "I
played as usual and didn't think about it. It came as a
great surprise to me and the entire Chinese golf
team!"

    That shot helped her to score 58, a second place finish
for the Division 1, Level 4, Stroke Play, nine-hole event on
6 October.

    The entire Special Olympics China team is wearing pink
shirts because, in China, pink signifies good luck. Today,
it was Haijuan Shao's skill that was on display with what
may well be the best shot of the tournament, and certainly
the rarest. But, don't expect them to give up their lucky
pink shirts any time soon.


    For more information, please contact:

     Shavonne Harding 
     Special Olympics International
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