Watch this walk-off albatross to advance in the Massachusetts Women’s Amateur

Lillian Guleserian beat Shannon Johnson, 1 up, in their quarterfinal match Wednesday at the Massachusetts Women’s Amateur.

That, however, doesn’t even begin to tell the story. It was no typical 1-up contest.

Guleserian, 19, is from Westwood, an hour southeast of Fitchburg, home to Oak Hill Country Club. She’s soon to be a sophomore at Penn State. Johnson, from Brockton, was the Mass Women's Player of the Year three years ago and has played plenty of high-level golf in the state over the years.

When Guleserian was 3 up with four holes remaining, the final result seemed obvious. But Johnson won holes 15 and 16, the pair tied the 17th and both were in the middle of the 18th fairway after good drives with Guleserian holding the 1-up advantage.

Here’s what happened.

You can see from the video that Guleserian holed her lengthy second shot, a 4-hybrid from 210 yards up the hill, which Mass Golf said was an albatross. The Oak Hill website lists the home hole as a 446-yard par-4, but this championship is playing it as a par-5 from the back tee.

In the video, look closely, you’ll see Johnson then pick up her ball in the middle of the 18th fairway, because she was 1-down, meaning there was no chance she could win the match, even if somehow she also happened to hole her approach for albatross. The official scoring shows that they both made an albatross-2—Johnson a conceded albatross(!)—on the par-5 with Guleserian winning the match 1 up.

Guleserian, who won the New England Women's Amateur back in June, went on to lose in the semifinal Thursday, 5 and 4, to Molly Smith, a UCF senior from Westford. Smith will face Isabel Brozena in the championship match on Friday. Brozena is a junior at Xavier from North Reading. Both golfers just competed in the U.S. Women’s Amateur last week where Smith lost in the Round of 32 and Brozena missed the cut.