Venable Has Tenable Women's Am Lead

Simpsonville's Lea Venable Leads By Two Shots

PAWLEYS ISLAND, S.C. (May 16, 2016) -- First round results of the 90^th Carolinas Women's Amateur Championship at The Reserve Club in Pawleys Island, S.C. on May 16 (6,064 yards, Par 36-36--72, Course Rating: 74.9/131).

 

Conditions were tough for the first round of the 90^th Carolinas Women’s Amateur at The Reserve Club in Pawleys Island, S.C. The wind seemed to be blowing opposite of its typical prevailing direction, which did not seem to bother three-time CGA champion, Lea Venable of Simpsonville, S.C. “I don’t mind the wind,” said Venable, who lead the field of 83 players Monday with a one-over-par 73. The beginning of Venable’s round was plagued by a couple of mishit shots due to poor ball striking. Fortunately, her putter came through for her throughout the day, “I made a clutch putt on my first hole to get [the round] going and I felt like the putter was going to be hot so I was pretty confident with that.”

Venable recorded three birdies on her scorecard to four bogeys. Her bogey-bogey finish concluded on The Reserve Club’s ninth hole, which played most the difficult Monday. “Everything was good up until the last couple of holes. Then play got a little slow but overall it was a pretty solid round.” Venable believes that with the way the golf course is set up, there is a definite potential for low rounds to be recorded over the course of the next two days. As for her thoughts heading into tomorrow, “I will absolutely be taking good thoughts with me from today.”

Defending champion Katie Kirk of Greenville, N.C. is trying to join just five other women who have won this championship three consecutive years. After an opening round 84, Kirk is T-26 and will need to make up ground over the final 36 holes.

Venable's scheduled playing partners for Tuesday's second round are both half her age.  Ashley Sloup, 20, of Southport, N.C. is a rising junior at Winthrop University, she finished T-5 at last year's championship. Twenty-year-old Maddisen Cox of Easley, S.C. is a rising junior at James Madison University. Both Sloup and Cox made three birdies during their rounds to post three-over 75. On Monday, the inward nine at The Reserve Club played a full shot tougher than the first nine. Starting on hole ten, Cox made back-to-back bogeys on holes 13 and 14. A one-under 35 on her final nine holes propelled her into a tie for second with Sloup.

The Overall Champion and the Senior Champion (age 50+) will be determined from the contestants playing in the Championship Division. Kim Briele, 55, of New Bern, N.C. and Lea Anne Brown, 56, of Mount Pleasant, S.C. are tied for the top Senior spot at 8-over 80. Briele is the 2015 North Carolina Women's Senior champion. Brown earned her second consecutive Women's South Carolina Golf Association Senior Player of the Year award in 2015. The Director of Membership at Bulls Bay won the WSCGA Senior and placed runner-up at the WSCGA/SCGA Mixed Team Championship. 

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Scoring will be provided by the CGA throughout the championship, offering 9 and 18-hole updates. Live updates will also be available on the CGA’s official Twitter, @cgagolf1909. Continue to visit the CGA website throughout this championship and all year long for complete championship coverage including scores, interviews, photos, and recaps.

The championship is conducted at 54 holes of stroke play (no cut). All players, regardless of Handicap Index, have the option to play in the Championship Division or the Carolinas Division. The Overall Champion will be determined from the contestants playing in the Championship Division. Awards will also be given for the low senior in the Championship and Carolinas divisions (age 50-64), the low Super Senior in the Carolinas Division (ages 65 and older), and the medalist in the Championship Division (low score after 36 holes). A tie for Overall Champion is determined by an on-course playoff. Low senior and low super-senior awards will be split. A tie for medalist after 36 holes will be split. All other ties for merchandise will be broken by scorecard playoff.

Entry is open to any female amateur golfer who has reached her 13th birthday by May 16, 2016, is a legal resident of North Carolina or South Carolina, is a member in good standing of a club which is a member of the Carolinas Golf Association (CGA) and has an active GHIN USGA Handicap Index at a CGA member club that does not exceed 40.4.

 

90th Carolinas Women's Amateur Championship
The Reserve Club | Pawleys Island, S.C.
May 16, 2016

First Round Results
Par 36-36--72 

Championship Division

1   Lea Venable, Simpsonville, S.C. - 38-35--73

T2   Ashley Sloup, Southport, N.C. - 37-38--75

T2   Maddisen Cox, Easley, S.C. - 35-40--75

T4   Bailey Cocca, Myrtle Beach, S.C. - 41-35--76

T4   Kate Collom, Charlotte, N.C. - 39-37--76

T6   Juliana Sebastian, Columbia, S.C. - 36-41--77

T6   Reona Hirai, Summerville, S.C. - 38-39--77

T8   Abbey Hartsell, Hickory, N.C. - 43-36--79

T8   Carley Cox, China Grove, N.C. - 42-37--79

T8   Gabrielle Weiss, Southern Pines, N.C. - 38-41--79

T8   Jaelyn Tindal, Rock Hill, S.C. - 40-39--79

T8   Mallory Hetzel, Waynesville, N.C. - 39-40--79

T8   Savanna Wood, Boone, N.C. - 40-39--79

T8   Tiffany Robbins, Fort Mill, S.C. - 41-38--79

T15   Julie Streng, Greensboro, N.C. - 41-39--80

T15   Kim Briele, New Bern, N.C. - 38-42--80

T15   Lea Anne Brown, Mt. Pleasant, S.C. - 39-41--80

T15   Mary-Katelyn Holanek, Cary, N.C. - 40-40--80

T15   Susan Beaupied, Pittsboro, N.C. - 38-42--80

T20   Annie Collom, Charlotte, N.C. - 39-42--81

T20   Rachel Jones, Asheboro, N.C. - 40-41--81

T20   Taylor Kate Mayers, Summerville, S.C. - 39-42--81

T23   Catherine Ashworth, Fuquay-Varina, N.C. - 41-42--83

T23   Patty Moore, Charlotte, N.C. - 40-43--83

T23   Stacey Tomlinson, Greeleyville, S.C. - 41-42--83

T26   Angela Stewart, Greenville, N.C. - 45-39--84

T26   Ashley Thompson, Clyde, N.C. - 38-46--84

T26   Chandler Case, Rock Hill, S.C. - 41-43--84

T26   Katie Kirk, Greenville, N.C. - 42-42--84

T26   Morgan Laird, Waxhaw, N.C. - 43-41--84

T26   Pendleton Bogache, Myrtle Beach, S.C. - 44-40--84

T32   Ansley Vaughan, Edisto Beach, S.C. - 43-42--85

T32   Savannah Hallman, Mt. Pleasant, S.C. - 42-43--85

T32   Taylor Dodson, Aiken, S.C. - 44-41--85

T35   Bethany Renee Galloway, Charlotte, N.C. - 45-41--86

T35   Kristina Blaylock, Cary, N.C. - 42-44--86

T35   Terrie Allemang, Hilton Head, S.C. - 43-43--86

T38   Alexandria Bare, Kannapolis, N.C. - 46-41--87

T38   Alexis Kershaw, Winston-Salem, N.C. - 43-44--87

T38   Anna Wears, Durham, N.C. - 43-44--87

T38   Danielle Haizlip, Statesville, N.C. - 43-44--87

T38   Kelli Smith, Murrells Inlet, S.C. - 43-44--87

43   Savannah Thompson, West End, N.C. - 39-49--88

T44   Laura Bird, Maxton, N.C. - 49-40--89

T44   Samantha Wallace, Charlotte, N.C. - 45-44--89

T46   Anne Washington, Conway, S.C. - 45-46--91

T46   Annika Winebarger, State Road, N.C. - 46-45--91

T46   Payton Culler, Hendersonville, N.C. - 42-49--91

49   Cayla Smith, Easley, S.C. - 48-44--92

50   Katherine DeVore, High Point, N.C. - 50-48--98

51   Cynthia Smith, York, S.C. - 55-46--101

52   Mary Katherine Donovan, Hampstead, N.C. - WD-WD--WD

Carolinas - First Flight

1   Sook Hee Yang, Jamestown, N.C. - 41-35--76

2   Charlotte Twitty, Chapin, S.C. - 39-41--80

3   Louise Givens, Columbia, S.C. - 40-42--82

4   Leigh Coulter, Hopkins, S.C. - 42-41--83

5   Suzanne Moro, Myrtle Beach, S.C. - 43-41--84

T6   Carole Jones, Hillsborough, N.C. - 43-45--88

T6   Suzann Bartley, Columbia, S.C. - 43-45--88

8   Natalie Huff, Elgin, S.C. - 41-52--93

9   Anna Moore, Wilmington, N.C. - 45-50--95

10   Dianne Yelovich, Pinehurst, N.C. - WD-WD--WD

Carolinas - Second Flight

1   Kristen Rooke, Greenville, S.C. - 41-40--81

T2   Clate Aydlett, Elizabeth City, N.C. - 45-40--85

T2   Lily Lee, Chapel Hill, N.C. - 44-41--85

T2   Peggy Yountz, Denver, N.C. - 43-42--85

T5   Cynthia Curry, Charlotte, N.C. - 44-42--86

T5   Karen Zeip, Myrtle Beach, S.C. - 39-47--86

7   Barbara Munnett, Winston Salem, N.C. - 46-42--88

8   Susan Harden, Beaufort, S.C. - 43-46--89

9   Bonnie Montgomery, Jamestown, N.C. - 44-46--90

10   Kelly Whitley, Greensboro, N.C. - 44-47--91

11   Marjorie Rogers, Surfside Beach, S.C. - 47-45--92

12   Ellen Miller, Pawleys Island, S.C. - 50-46--96

Carolinas - Third Flight

1   Laura Rawl, Charleston, S.C. - 42-42--84

2   Kathy Judge, Pawleys Island, S.C. - 41-47--88

3   Peggy Hall, Belmont, N.C. - 41-48--89

T4   Mary Rhodes, Greensboro, N.C. - 44-50--94

T4   Teddy Stockwell, Charleston, S.C. - 46-48--94

6   Kyoko Tsuchiya, Mt Pleasant, S.C. - 44-51--95

7   Beverly Cassels, Charlotte, N.C. - 50-52--102

8   Brenda Frye, Mt. Pleasant, S.C. - 55-52--107

9   Sara Murphy, Georgetown, S.C. - 54-54--108

10   Barbara Sobolewski, Murrells Inlet, S.C. - 60-54--114

11   Joyce Robinette, Lake Wylie, S.C. - 67-62--129

 

Defending Champions:

Champion: Katie Kirk of Greenville, N.C.
Senior Champion: Dr. Angela Stewart of Greenville, N.C.
Super Senior Champion: Carole Jones of Hillsborough, N.C.

 

Championship Schedule
Monday, May 16
Round 1 – 18 holes stroke play
(tee times begin 8:00 a.m.)
Lunch immediately following play for players
Monday, May 17
Round 2 – 18 holes stroke play
(tee times begin 8:00 a.m.)
Lunch immediately following play for players
Monday, May 18
Round 3 – 18 holes stroke play
(shotgun start at 9:00 a.m.)
Lunch and awards immediately following play for players

                      

                  
About the Carolinas Golf Association (CGA)

The CGA is a 501(c)(3) not-for-profit educational organization that was founded in 1909 to promote and to protect the game of golf in the Carolinas by providing competitions, education, support and benefits to golf clubs and golfers. The CGA is the second largest golf association in the country with over 700 member clubs represented by nearly 150,000 individuals.

The CGA annually conducts 43 championships and five team match competitions for men, women, juniors, and seniors. It also runs over 140 One-Day (net and gross) events and qualifying for USGA national championships. The CGA serves golf in the Carolinas with numerous programs such as: the USGA Handicap System; tournament management software and support; course measuring and course/slope ratings; agronomy consultation; answers about the Rules of Golf, Rules of Amateur Status, and Handicapping; Carolinas Golf Magazine; Interclub series; Tarheel Youth Golf Association; Carolinas Golf Hall of Fame; expense assistance for USGA Junior and Girls' Junior qualifiers from the Carolinas; and the Carolinas Golf Foundation (CGF). The CGF has distributed more than $1,500,000 since 1977 to benefit Carolinas' golf initiatives including junior and women's programs. For more information about the CGA, visit our website.

 

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