Teen pulls off rare, ‘million-to-one’ golf feat

THE TEENAGER SPOKE WITH 12 NEWS’S KENT WAINSCOTT ABOUT PULLING OFF ONE OF THE RAREST FEATS IN GOLF. >> THIS IS THE TEE BOX OF 15, THE LADIES’ TEES. KENT: AS 13-YEAR-OLD CAMILLE DELOST TEED OFF ON THE 15TH HOLE IN THE LADIES’ CLUB CHAMPIONSHIP AT KENOSHA COUNTRY CLUB RECENTLY, SHE DIDN’T KNOW THAT HISTORY WAS JUST ONE SHOT AWAY. >> I HIT IT PRETTY GOOD. I WAS JUST TO THE RIGHT OF THE FAIRWAY, SO I HAD A GOOD SHOT INTO THE GREEN ON MY SECOND SHOT. KENT: ON THE TOUGHEST HOLE ON THIS COURSE, WITH A TOURNAMENT ON THE LINE, THE EIGHTH-GRADER’S SECOND SHOT, A 146-YARD SEVEN-IRON, ROLLED RIGHT INTO THE CUP FOR A 2 ON THE WOMEN’S PAR-5 HOLE. >> FROM WHERE I WAS, YOU CAN’T SEE THE GREEN. KENT YOU NEVER SAW IT GO IN THE : CUP? CAMILLE: NO. I COULDN’T BELIEVE IT. I WAS ABOUT TO CRY BECAUSE I DID NOT EXPECT IT TO BE IN THE HOLE. KENT: THAT IS CALLED? CAMILLE: AN ALBATROSS. KENT: AN ALBATROSS, OR DOUBLE-EAGLE 3-UNDER PAR ON THE HOLE IS ONE OF THE RAREST FEATS IN GOLF. LESS COMMON EVEN THAN A HOLE-IN-ONE. THE PGA WEBSITE CALLS AN I WOULD TRUST THE ONE IN A MILLION SHOT, AND SAYS SOME PUT THE ODDS AT 6 MILLION TO ONE. CAMILLE: I BARELY EVEN KNEW WHAT IT WAS, REALLY. I DIDN’T THINK IT WAS REALLY POSSIBLE. KENT: CAMILLE WASN’T DONE. SHE FOLLOWED UP HER AMAZING SHOT BY GOING ON TO BECOME THE YOUNGEST PERSON EVER TO WIN THE LADIES’ CHAMPIONSHIP HERE A DOUBLE SHOT OF HISTORY FOR THE GIRL WITH THE ALBATROSS. WHAT ABOUT TURNING PRO? CAMILLE: YEAH, THAT’S DEFINITELY SOMETHING THAT I WANT TO DO. KENT: IN KENOSHA I’M KENT , WAINSCOTT, WISN-12 NEWS. KRISTI

Teen pulls off rare, 'million-to-one' golf feat

Updated: 3:29 AM EDT Sep 8, 2022

Scoring three-under-par on a single hole is one of the rarest feats in the sport. In golf, it's known as an albatross or a double-eagle. But it's what 13-year-old Camille DeLost accomplished recently, with a tournament championship on the line.The eighth-grader sank her second shot, a seven-iron from 146 yards on the par-5 15th hole at Kenosha Country Club in Wisconsin on Aug. 27, on her way to becoming the youngest person ever to win the Ladies' Club Championship.The PGA website calls an albatross a million-to-one shot, with some putting the odds at six-million-to-one, more uncommon than a hole-in-one.Camille has been playing golf since the age of 7 and tells sister station WISN-12 News her goal is to someday turn pro.Watch the video above to see the full story.

Scoring three-under-par on a single hole is one of the rarest feats in the sport. In golf, it's known as an albatross or a double-eagle.

But it's what 13-year-old Camille DeLost accomplished recently, with a tournament championship on the line.

The eighth-grader sank her second shot, a seven-iron from 146 yards on the par-5 15th hole at Kenosha Country Club in Wisconsin on Aug. 27, on her way to becoming the youngest person ever to win the Ladies' Club Championship.

The PGA website calls an albatross a million-to-one shot, with some putting the odds at six-million-to-one, more uncommon than a hole-in-one.

Camille has been playing golf since the age of 7 and tells sister station WISN-12 News her goal is to someday turn pro.

Watch the video above to see the full story.