Yan Liu had an albatross to offset three front-nine bogeys and rebounded from a late bogey for an even-par 72 and a one-stroke lead over four players Friday in the Chevron Championship, the first women’s major tournament of the year.

Liu pulled off the rarest of shots in golf — a double eagle, commonly known as an albatross. The 2 on the par 5 8th hole vaulted her into the lead at the Chevron Championship. Thursday’s first-round co leader, Liu jumped to 8 under for the tournament with her remarkable shot, holing out from 170 yards using a 7-iron.

China’s Yan Liu recorded a rare albatross — a three-under-par score on a hole — and emerged with the lead after the second round of the Chevron Championship on Friday in The Woodlands, Texas. On the par-5 eighth hole at The Club at Carlton Woods,