Cayla Smith Takes SC Junior Girls' Match Play title

Lancaster, SC—Cayla Smith of Easley, SC had to go extra holes, but was up to the challenge and captured the SC Junior Girls’ Match Play Championship defeating Annika Bovender of Mt. Pleasant, SC on the 20^th hole.  Bovender, a rising high school junior, took an early lead in championship match, but Smith birdied five out six holes to take a three up lead through number 11.  The match stay tied through fifteen when Bovender battled back and won the last three holes to send the match into extra holes.  Smith then secured the junior title with a par four on the second extra hole.

 

This annual junior championship was conducted by the Carolinas Golf Association.  

 

Girls’ Championship

Round of 16

Ashley Czarnecki, Greenville, S.C. (2016) def. Carly Burkhardt, Greenville, S.C. (2016), 1 up

Sydney Legacy, Lexington, S.C. (2014) def. Morgan Cox, Easley, S.C. (2016), 5 and 3

Annika Bovender, Mount Pleasant, S.C. (2015) def. Blake Hodges, Duncan, S.C. (2015), 5 and 4

Kasidy Beckel, Okatie, S.C. (2015) def. Kathleen Sumner, Charleston, S.C. (2017), 5 and 4

Cayla Smith, Easley, S.C. (2014) def. Savannah Hallman, Mt. Pleasant, S.C. (2014), 4 and 2

Hailey Cleary, Lexington, S.C. (2016) def. Jaelyn Tindal, Rock Hill, S.C. (2015), 19 holes

Savanah Goodman, Easley, S.C. (2016) def. Chandler Case, Rock Hill, S.C. (2014), 4 and 3

Maddisen Cox, Easley, S.C. (2014) def. Emily Cox, Lancaster, S.C. (2017), 3 and 2

 

Quarter-finals

Sydney Legacy, Lexington, S.C. (2014) def. Ashley Czarnecki, Greenville, S.C. (2016), 6 and 5

Annika Bovender, Mount Pleasant, S.C. (2015) def. Kasidy Beckel, Okatie, S.C. (2015), 2 and 1

Cayla Smith, Easley, S.C. (2014) def. Hailey Cleary, Lexington, S.C. (2016), 5 and 4

Maddisen Cox, Easley, S.C. (2014) def. Savanah Goodman, Easley, S.C. (2016), 2 and 1

 

Semi-finals

Annika Bovender, Mount Pleasant, S.C. (2015) def. Sydney Legacy, Lexington, S.C. (2014), 4 and 3

Cayla Smith, Easley, S.C. (2014) def. Maddisen Cox, Easley, S.C. (2014), 21 holes

 

Final

Cayla Smith, Easley, S.C. (2014) def. Annika Bovender, Mount Pleasant, S.C. (2015), 20 holes