9-20-2025 10:42pm

Hole In One Challenge Worth $250,000

Beth Callahan Editor

KINGS MILL, OH --During the recent Kroger Queen City Championship presented by P&G's LPGA Tour held at TPC River's Bend, the tee off on hole #7 was the place to be during Tuesday evening's Pro-Am Pairings Party. Spectators gathered around to watch 15 Pros and 10 local high school girl golfers take on the $250,000 Hole In One Tide and Downy Perfect Shot Challenge.

And, two of the high school players chosen to participate in the challenge were from Warren County: Sydney Lewis and Ellie Sharp, both seniors at Kings High School

Last year, both girls participated in the challenge with three other members from their school team. "This year our coach said we had two spots, and since we were the two seniors on the team, we were asked," explained Ellie.

Kings High School Varsity Coach Brian “Bip” Parkhurst, who is in his 10th year of coaching girls golf, was there to support and cheer the girls on hoping that they would be the ones to take the win of the $250,000 check.

The rules were as followed:

If a LPGA Tour professional made the ace, they’d pocket the cash.
Should a high school student win the prize, the earnings would be split between their local First Tee chapter and their high school.

While no one made a hole in one, there were two winners who walked away with a winning $5,000 check. They were:

AIG Women’s Open champion Sophia Popov, who thrilled the fans with a near ace that finished seven inches from the cup, and
Maggie Meyer of Madeira High School, who hit a 7-wood to the par three to earn the closest to the pin prize in the high school division and was awarded a $5,000 check for her school.

You can view Ellie and Sydney's attempt to make the Hole In One in the video below....