SEQUIM — Brigham Young University’s Lauren Atkinson has a chance to go wire-to-wire and win the Washington State Golf Association’s Women’s Amateur at SunLand Golf & Country Club today.
But she’ll have some competition for the trophy.
Atkinson shot a round of 2-over-par 74 Wednesday, and leads Bellevue native and Cal-Berkeley freshman Marianne Li by one stroke heading into today’s final round.
Atkinson fared well on the front nine in Wednesday’s round, picking up birdies on three of the first five holes.
She struggled at the turn, bogeying the ninth and made a double-bogey 7 on the par-5 12th hole.
But she rallied to close the day with a birdie on the 18th hole to reclaim the lead.
Li posted five five’s on her scorecard on the front nine, to make the turn at 4-over-par 40.
She rallied in a big way on the back nine, birdieing the 10th and closing with birdies on the par-3 17th and par-5 18th to finish at 1-over-par on the day.
Spokane’s Victoria Fallgren shot a 77 and is five shots back of the lead at 8-over-par 152.
Sequim’s Alex McMenamin had a rough day, shooting an 89, and sits tied for 11th at 169 in the 20-player competition.
The final round will begin this morning at SunLand.
Mid-Amateur
Tukwila’s Leslie Folsom (+13) leads Allison Murdoch of Victoria by four strokes entering today’s final round.
Senior Amateur
Olympia’s Lisa Smego knocked in a 25-foot par-saving putt on the first playoff hole, SunLand’s par-5 first hole, to win her fourth Senior Women’s Amateur championship.
Smego edged Kathy Provazek-Ross of Mercer Island in the playoff after the pair shot rounds of 78 and 83 in the 36-hole competition to finish tied at 11-over-par 161.
Sequim’s Marine Hirschfeld (+44) and Barbara Burrows (+61) also competed.
Super Senior Amateur
East Wenatchee’s Karen Madison won the Women’s Super Senior Amateur by seven strokes over Carol Dick.
Madison shot identical rounds of 7-over-par 79 to finish at 158.
Port Townsend’s Wanda Synnestvedt was the highest-placing area competitor, finishing sixth in the 14-person event after rounds of 90 and 88.
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Compiled using wsga.org.
