With her second-round performance in the books, she heads into the weekend trailing the leaders by a slim margin, aiming to secure her second career LPGA Tour victory.

Jodi Ewart Shadoff provided the fireworks Friday at the Kroger Queen City Championship presented by P&G, carding a hole-in-one during the second round at Maketewah Country Club.

The Englishwoman utilized a 7-iron from 163 yards on the par-3 12th hole to record the seventh ace of her LPGA Tour career. The timing proved perfect; after opening her day with a bogey, the hole-in-one moved her back to even par for the tournament.

The spectacular shot came right after a conversation with her caddie on the previous hole.

"It's funny because we were stood on the 11th green and I said to my caddie, like, 'I have no idea how I'm going to get it close on the next tee shot,'" Ewart Shadoff said. "He was like, 'Well, you can just hit the pin.' We laughed it off, and I hit a really, really good shot. It landed like in the walkway and went up and hit the pin and went in."

Even as the ball left the clubface, Ewart Shadoff did not immediately realize she was tracking a perfect shot.

"I thought it was going to land right on the front edge," she said. "I think the kick that it took, kind of took a left kick, so I thought it was going to be in the middle of the green, to be honest. Yeah, wasn't expecting that."

The ace moves Ewart Shadoff into a tie for No. 2 all-time in hole-in-ones in LPGA Tour history, a milestone that caught the veteran golfer by surprise.

"No, I had no idea actually. Yeah, that's crazy," Ewart Shadoff said of the historical ranking. "I've actually had 17 in my whole career, but, yeah, seven on the LPGA.

"And, I mean, it's awesome. My last one was the one I had at Evian to win the Porsche. It's been a little bit of a while, but yeah, it was nice."

Managing the immediate emotional high of an ace is a challenge for any golfer, but Ewart Shadoff quickly refocused to keep her round on track.

"You kind of have to reset on the next tee and just kind of go through your process and concentrate on each shot," Ewart Shadoff said. "I played really steady. The putts are falling the last two days, so that's been nice. It's a tough golf course. You have to be on the fairway and greens are hard to hit. My ball striking has been good, so I'm kind of in a really good place with my game right now."

Building on that momentum, Ewart Shadoff added three birdies on the inward nine to post a 4-under 66. She enters the weekend in a tie for 10th place, firmly in the mix for her second career victory.

The ace carries significance far beyond the scorecards. As part of the CME Group Cares Challenge – Score 1 for St. Jude, Ewart Shadoff's hole-in-one triggered a $20,000 donation to St. Jude Children's Research Hospital by CME Group.

The ace marks the eighth contribution of the 2026 season, bringing the total raised for childhood cancer treatment and research to $160,000.

"Our partnership with them is incredible," Ewart Shadoff said of the initiative. "Donating that amount of money to help children is — it feels great to be able to do that today and to contribute for sure."

It has been a solid year for the 2022 LPGA MEDIHEAL Championship winner. So far this season, Ewart Shadoff has made the cut in four of her six LPGA Tour starts and secured a top-10 finish, tying for sixth at the Riviera Maya Open at Mayakoba in April.

For a player who has been putting in quiet work away from the tournament cameras, putting herself in contention for another top finish on Sunday provides a welcome bit of validation.

"Absolutely," Ewart Shadoff said. "I finished top 10 in Mexico, which was my last event. It's been a very long couple of years since I last won."

Jodi Ewart Shadoff Cards Hole-in-One in Second Round of Kroger Queen City Championship presented by P&G

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