OlympicTalk · May 23, 2016
Gerina Piller set to swing from ‘Big Break’ to Olympics
In 2009, golf was re-added to the Olympic program, and Gerina Piller was world-ranked in the 400s and competing on Golf Channel’s “Big Break” series for aspiring professional golfers.
Now, Piller is ranked No. 15 and in qualifying position for the Rio Olympics. If she remains in the top 15 come July 11, Piller will be one of three to four U.S. women on the first Olympic golf team since 1904.
Piller, the wife of PGA Tour golfer Martin Piller, has finished 13th or better in eight straight LPGA tournaments since March, in the top 10 in six straight and tied for third at the Kingsmill Championship last weekend. That last finish moved her into the all-important top 15.