Representing Malaysia, where she was born and for who she won a bronze medal at the Southeast Asian Games this year, Wong’s ace came at the par-3 7th when her pitching wedge found its way to the bottom of the cup.

“Really exciting,” was the 17-year-old’s simple summation of the one-bounce effort that is the fourth hole-in-one of her young life.

Just the second eagle of the whole tournament, it lifted Wong briefly to three-under-par, however two more bogeys to one birdie for a two-under round sees her at the same score overall with 36 holes to play. The soon to be Pepperdine University player struggling with the greens, like many in the field.

“The putting is a bit hard to gauge on the slope and line, so I feel that is the hardest for me,” she said.

Playing her golf at Metropolitan, where Golf Australia Architecture Editor Mike Clayton jokes he hasn’t had a bad lie in 40 years, Wong is taking her time adjusting to the grainy conditions of the Waterside Course at Siam Country Club.

“A little bit, if you put your ball on the downslope, you can’t really expect to stop the ball within three feet, it kind of goes nine feet past. Especially if you are in the rough, you can’t really stop it.”

With her two-under score, Wong is seven back of leader and defending champion Mizuki Hashimoto who leads by one from Korea’s Jiyoo Lim.