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Gerina Piller, Taking Maternity Leave, Vows to Play Again

NAPLES, Fla. — The 9-year-old girl waited expectantly for Gerina Piller to emerge from the scoring area after her second round at the L.P.G.A.’s Tour Championship on Friday. The young fan, Gianna Clemente, has replayed dozens of times the recording of Piller’s eight-foot putt that clinched the United States’ victory at the 2015 Solheim Cup.

Although Piller’s three-over 75 that day at Tiburon Golf Club featured no such highlights, she smiled when she saw Clemente, who wore a sponsor’s visor that was identical to hers. Piller posed for a photograph and conversed briefly with Clemente, who then pirouetted away in pleasure.