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Katie Rose Higgins Wins 87th Carolinas Women's Amateur Championship

Durham, NC – Final  results of the 87th Carolinas Women’s Amateur Championship hosted by Treyburn Country Club on Thursday, May 23, 2013 (5825 yards, Par 36-36—72 Course/Slope Rating:  73.3/131). 

Katie Rose Higgins of Charleston, SC successfully defends her title after shooting a 3-under par round of 69—213 to win the 87th Carolinas Women’s Amateur Championship.  Higgins knew she needed to shoot low to add another CGA title to her resume.  “My goal was to shoot four under.  We were all pretty tight early on and when Kathryn (Miranda) went birdie-birdie on the first two holes I knew it was going to be a horse race.”  Higgins carded five birdies and two bogeys on the day.  She was heading into the par 4 18th 4-under par (her goal for the day) but unfortunately missed a small putt for par and finished with a bogey.  Either way she maintained her three shot lead over Miranda and was able to take home the most historic trophy for women’s golf in the Carolinas yet again. 

In the Carolinas tees Melissa Sage of Charlotte, NC and Sook Hee Yang of Jamestown, NC finished in a tie for first but Sage won the first place prize in a score card playoff.  This division plays a shorter course.   

Ashley Rose of N. Augusta, SC (228) won the Senior trophy while Carole Jones of Hillsborough, NC won the Super Senior division for the fourth straight year.   - Complete scoring....

Guy and Ratner Share Medalist Honors to Lead Qualifying for NC Amateur

WILMINGTON, NC – Sectional qualifying results of the 53rd North Carolina Amateur Championship hosted by Echo Farms Golf & Country Club in Wilmington, NC on Thursday, May 23, 2013 (6,955 yards, Par 36-36—72, 73.1/132).

The cut line fell at three-over par 75. 15 players advanced to the 53rd North Carolina Amateur Championship that will be played June 13-16 at Forsyth Country Club in Winston-Salem, NC.  Noah Ratner and Trey Guy both shot 69 to earn medalist honors. - Complete scoring......

Kristinsdottir Notches 77 In Round 3

 The Iceland native is 15-over par through three rounds 

ATHENS, Ga.  –  Wake Forest’s Olafia Kristinsdottir notched a 5-over 77 in round three of the NCAA Women’s Golf Championship on Thursday. 

Kristinsdottir made six bogeys and one birdie in her round and is now 15-over par through three rounds. After rounds of 79-75-77, she’ll start the final round in a tie for 108th place in the 126-player field. 

Annie Park of Southern Cal fired a 2-under 70 and has taken the individual lead at 9-under par. Ally McDonald of Mississippi State and 36-hole leader Stephanie Meadow of Alabama are tied for second at 7-under par. 

Kristinsdottir will start the final round at 12:48 p.m. off the tenth tee. She is paired with Emilie Burger of Georgia and Jennifer Ha of Kent State. Golfstat.com will have love scoring of the final round

Mitchell and Power Share Overnight Lead at Willow Creek Heading Into Friday’s Final Round

High Point, NC – With just one round to go in the eGolf Tour’s third annual Willow Creek Open, a final-round showdown is being set, as co-leaders Adam Mitchell of Atlanta, GA and Seamus Power of Ireland share the lead at 11-under 133 heading into Friday’s final round, with 18 players within four shots. Mitchell, a former amateur star, sits on the precipice of finally making good on his vast potential. 

The Willow Creek Open is the 10th of 24 scheduled events on the 2013 eGolf Tour schedule, and is being contested this week at Willow Creek Country Club in High Point, NC.  

Mitchell’s week has been a study in consistency, with 11 birdies and 25 pars through 36 holes of play, leading to rounds of 66-67—133 for his 11-under total. 

After finishing his opening round with three consecutive birdies for a 6-under 66, Mitchell picked up right where he left off on day two, carding five birdies for a second-round 67 – including two of his last three holes, Nos. 7 and 9 (his 16th and 18th). 

“I got off to a terrible start putting, but started laughing and told myself not to get too upset,” said Mitchell, 26. “Watching the basketball last night, I was reminded that Kobe (Bryant) might get off to a bad start, but he just continues to shoot his way through it, so that’s what I did. I was happy to finish strong again and pull it out down the stretch.” 

The 2009 U.S. Walker Cup team member has been competing on the eGolf Tour full-time since 2010, notching six top-5 finishes along the way. The former University of Georgia star has four top-20 finishes thus far in 2013, including a season-best T5 effort at the season-opening Palmetto Hall Championship. 

“I’ve been knocking at the door, and knocking at the door, and trying to do the things it takes to win,” he said. “Winning just happens. All you can do is play the best you can, and hit the best shot you can at that time. You can’t do much more after that.” 

Entering the week with seven tournaments under his belt, the uber-talented Mitchell had been scratching his opening-round head, having posted just one score under par in the first round of any eGolf Tour event on the year (67, Championship at Ballantyne Country Club). - Continue reading.....

 

Clark consults legal counsel after anchoring ban

FORT WORTH, Texas – Disappointed as he was by the news earlier in the day that the USGA and R&A would go forward with efforts to ban anchoring as of 2016, Tim Clark wasn’t all that surprised.

“If there really was a ‘comment period,’ we all know it was all smoke and mirrors," said Clark, standing on the putting green at Colonial Country Club, site of this week's Crowne Plaza Invitational. "Their minds were made up.”

Clark confirmed news that probably won’t come as a surprise to officials at the PGA Tour, U.S. Golf Association and R&A.

“We do have legal counsel,” he said. “We’re going to explore our options. We’re not going to just roll over and accept this.” - Continue reading.......

 

Irwin won't let his age be barrier to competing

Hale Irwin won’t stand down. He just won’t, doesn’t believe in it. 

“I think there’s a lot of things that I’m not ready to give up, one of which is something that has been so, so good to me,” Irwin said. 

“Golf has not been my life, my family has been my life This has been an addition to that and I’m not ready to give it up. It still tastes pretty darn good.” 

List any competitor you admire, baseball’s Bob Gibson, football’s Larry Wilson, hockey’s Brian Sutter … they have nothing on Irwin. In the theater of golf, he is the ancient warrior, the unyielding grinder. 

He is not deep into a conversation about the game’s “greatest player,” not in the context Tiger Woods, Jack Nicklaus or Ben Hogan might be. But when the conversation pertains to the game’s greatest competitor, he is in the front row.

He had a PGA Tour career that included 20 victories and three U.S. Open titles. His last Open came in 1990 at Medinah. He was 45 years old, still the oldest to ever win the national championship. His PGA Tour career was somewhat overshadowed by his environment, one that included the likes of Nicklaus, Tom Watson, Gary Player, Lee Trevino and others. It was a Tour career that, in midstream today, might make Irwin a household name. 

He transitioned into the senior set like no other player before him. In the mid-1990s, the Champions Tour still was somewhat of a traveling salvation show, a place where PGA Tour players could relax and wind down. Irwin doesn’t wind down, he winds up. - Continue reading.....

   
 
 

 

 
 

 

 
 
 
 
 
 

 

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