SEQUIM — Brigham Young University’s Lauren Atkinson shot a 1-over-par 73 and holds a two-shot lead after Tuesday’s first day of the Washington State Golf Association’s Women’s Amateur at SunLand Golf & Country Club.
Her round included bogeys on holes No. 4, 10 and 11, and birdies on holes No. 6 and 12, along with 13 pars.
Atkinson, who graduated from Burlington-Edison High School, was a three-time Skagit Valley Herald Girls Golfer of the Year recipient in high school.
Her uncle is Matt Thurmond, the men’s golf coach at the University of Washington.
Victoria Fallgren of Spokane, Lauryn Keating of Elma and Marianne Li of Bellevue are tied for second place after shooting rounds of 3-over-75.
Fallgren is an assistant women’s golf coach and former player at Gonzaga University.
She was a three-time All-West Coast Conference honoree during her career with the Bulldogs.
Keating won two Class 1A state championships at Elma High School, and just completed her freshman season at the University of Colorado.
Li wrapped her freshman season at Cal-Berkeley by competing in the NCAA Championships.
Alex McMenamin, who will be a senior at Sequim High School this fall, sits seven strokes behind Atkinson.
McMenamin shot 40 on both nines, bouncing back after carding double bogeys on the 1st and 10th holes.
She closed her round with a birdie on the 449-yard par-5 18th hole.
Tukwila’s Leslie Folsom shot a 6-over-par 78 and leads the Women’s Mid-Amateur Championship.
Final results for the first day of the Women’s Senior and Super Senior Championships at SunLand were unavailable.
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Compiled using wsga.org.
