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The BMW i7 eDrive50 takes a star turn after Lucy Li holed a smooth 7-iron from 155 yards on Pine Beach Golf Links’ par-3 13th, earning the all-electric flagship with a one-shot masterstroke. The 23-year-old American, currently world No. 97, folded the ace into a tidy 68 to sit four under par after day one at the BMW Ladies Championship in Gwangju, her card as clean and composed as the i7’s silent surge.
Home favourites Sei Young Kim and Hyo Joo Kim set the early pace with 62 and 63 respectively, but with no cut this week, the whole 78-player field has runway to respond. BMW Korea has placed further carrots on the line: a MINI John Cooper Works Countryman ALL4 awaits the first ace at the 8th, while a BMW iX stands ready for the same feat on the 15th. It’s a neat blend of precision golf and electric mobility, the prizes mirroring the sport’s demand for accuracy and control.
Li becomes the fourth player to collect a Hole-in-One Award at this event, joining Kristen Gillman’s 2019 strike and the remarkable 2022 “double” when Na Yeon Choi and Ariya Jutanugarn both found the bottom in the same round. Pine Beach has a habit of rewarding clean contact; this time, it’s paired with the i7’s near-silent glide, long-legged range and limo-grade cabin—an effortless match for a player whose tempo clicked at the right moment.
With three rounds to run, the leaderboard will shuffle, but day one belongs to a single swing and an all-electric saloon. The BMW i7 eDrive50 rolls out of the hospitality display and into Lucy Li’s garage, a fitting payoff for a shot that combined flight, feel and focus—qualities any good driver, or good drive, should deliver.
