Carson Claims Lead at Carolinas Women's Amateur

 

BERMUDA RUN, N.C. (June 3, 2020) -- The results from the second round of the 94th Carolinas Women’s Amateur Championship at Bermuda Run Country Club in Bermuda Run, N.C. from June 2 - 4, 2020. Championship Division (6,241 yards, par 36-36--72) Carolinas Division (5,125 yards, par 36-36--72).

 

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Kathryn Carson of Mooresville, N.C. took the lead at the 94th Carolinas Women’s Amateur Championship on Wednesday after a 3-under-par, 69 showing, which tied the low-round of the day. Carson’s two-day total of 2-over-par, 146 will give her a one-stroke lead heading into the final round.

 

“I started off a little shaky then knocked it close on No. 3, made that birdie and got a little momentum going,” Carson said. “Then I just kept knocking it close. I made a bunch of four-footers for birdie.”

 

Carson, a rising senior on the East Carolina University golf team, finished above par on her first two holes but finished by making birdie on six of the last 16 and no worse than par down the stretch. She’s won major tournaments before - she is the defending North Carolina Women’s Amateur champion and last won a CGA event at the 2017 North Carolina Junior Girls’ Championship - and has a plan in mind for how she’s going to do it again.

 

“I’m going to go home, get some rest and show up fresh for tomorrow morning,” Carson said. “I’m hitting it great, I feel like my putting is where it should be now so I’m feeling good.”

 

Morgan Ketchum of Winston-Salem, N.C. also had a strong round, finishing at 3-over-par, 147 total going into the final round.
 

“I started out well, I didn’t do as well around the middle, but I brought it back,” Ketchum said. 

 

Ketchum played solid golf today, ending with 12 pars and three birdies. She said that she was happy with the way she was hitting it throughout the day.  

 

Ketchum plans to stay consistent going into tomorrow, focusing on making a few more putts. “I’m excited, I didn’t really come into this tournament thinking I would place or anything, so I’m feeling pretty good,” Ketchum said.

 

Kayla Smith of Burlington, N.C., Rachel Kuehn Asheville, N.C. and Nicole Adam of Pinehurst, N.C. enter the final round of the tournament tied for third and four strokes back each at 6-over-par, 150 total. Smith’s second round 69 tied Carson’s for the low round of the day, and the pair of 69’s are the only sub-par rounds in 36 holes of competition.

 

Finally, in the Carolinas Division, there wasn’t much movement on the leaderboard as Lea Anne Brown of Mt. Pleasant, S.C., Pam Prescott of Piedmont, S.C. and Patty Moore of Pinehurst, N.C. still hold the top three spots, just as they entered the day. Brown, at 10-over-par, 154 total, leads Prescott and Moore by three and five strokes respectively.

 

The final round of action at Bermuda Run Country Club begins tomorrow, Thursday, June 4, at 7:30 a.m. with a double-tee start.

 

The Carolinas Women's Amateur Championship was inherited by the Carolinas Golf Association from the Carolinas Women's Golf Association in 2013. The championship began in 1922 and annually crowns the women's amateur champion of the Carolinas.

 

The championship is conducted at 54 holes of stroke play with a Championship division and Carolinas division (shorter course).

 

This competition includes gross scores only for the Championship division and gross and net scores for the Carolinas division. Players in the championship division are flighted using 36-hole scores. Players in the Carolinas division are pre-flighted within their division by Handicap Index®.

 

Entry is open to any female amateur golfer who maintains a residence in North Carolina or South Carolina, is a member in good standing of a club which is a member of the Carolinas Golf Association and has an active GHIN® USGA Handicap Index®.

 

94th Carolinas Women’s Amateur Championship

 

Bermuda Run Country Club, Bermuda Run, N.C.

Second Round Results

 

Championship Division
Pos.	Player	City, State	To Par	R1	R2	Total
1	Kathryn Carson	Mooresville, NC	+2	77	69	146
2	Morgan Ketchum	Winston-Salem, NC	+3	73	74	147
T3	Rachel Kuehn	Asheville, NC	+6	75	75	150
T3	Nicole Adam	Pinehurst, NC	+6	74	76	150
T3	Kayla Smith	Burlington, NC	+6	81	69	150
6	Anna Morgan	Spartanburg, SC	+7	79	72	151
T7	Gina Kim	Durham, NC	+8	78	74	152
T7	Victoria Huskey	Greenville, SC	+8	75	77	152
9	Emily Dunlap	Greenville, SC	+9	76	77	153
10	Mallory Fobes	East Bend, NC	+10	79	75	154
T11	Alice Hodge	Moorseville, NC	+11	72	83	155
T11	Hailey Joy	Reidsville, NC	+11	79	76	155
T11	Callista Rice	Mars Hill, NC	+11	80	75	155
T14	Jessica Spicer	Bahama, NC	+12	81	75	156
T14	Emily Hawkins	Lexington, NC	+12	78	78	156
T14	Sasha Hayes	Winston salem, NC	+12	78	78	156
T14	Isabella Britt	Chesnee, SC	+12	81	75	156
T18	Madison Moosa	Charlotte, NC	+13	80	77	157
T18	Carly Burkhardt	Greenville, SC	+13	82	75	157
T18	Karlee Vardas	Lexington, SC	+13	82	75	157
T18	Zhangcheng Guo	Pinehurst, NC	+13	77	80	157
T18	Grace Holcomb	Wilmington, NC	+13	78	79	157
T18	Carrie Catherine Ganim	Greensboro, NC	+13	77	80	157
24	Mara Hirtle	Pinehurst, NC	+14	78	80	158
25	Jodee Tindal	Rock Hill, SC	+15	79	80	159
26	Lydia Randell	Winston-Salem, NC	+16	84	76	160
T27	Kelley Topiwala	Matthews, NC	+17	82	79	161
T27	Jenna Nagy	Apex, NC	+17	84	77	161
T29	Kayleigh Reinke	Rock Hill, SC	+18	80	82	162
T29	Sarah Spicer	Bahama, NC	+18	79	83	162
T29	Megan Kanaby	Chapel Hill, NC	+18	81	81	162
T29	Abigayle Hatcher	Roebuck, SC	+18	82	80	162
T33	Victoria Hall	Moore, SC	+19	80	83	163
T33	Kerington Lamb	Easley, SC	+19	76	87	163
T35	Mia Gray	Conway, SC	+21	89	76	165
T35	Kennedy Carroll	Mount Pleasant, SC	+21	81	84	165
T35	Katie Kirk	Charlotte, NC	+21	83	82	165
T35	Ana Tsiros	Asheville, NC	+21	91	74	165
T39	Emma Charles	Hartsville, SC	+22	86	80	166
T39	Victoria Cook	Reidsville, NC	+22	85	81	166
T39	Anna Parramore	Greenwood, SC	+22	88	78	166
T42	Courtney  Mckim	Raleigh, NC	+23	88	79	167
T42	Madison Isaacson	Greensboro, NC	+23	84	83	167
T42	Brooke Hutto	Aiken, SC	+23	85	82	167
T42	Nicole Kramer	Charlotte, NC	+23	86	81	167
T42	Becca Connolly	Winston Salem, NC	+23	85	82	167
T42	Layla Meric	Wesley Chapel, NC	+23	86	81	167
48	Rachel Rich	Mount Pleasant, SC	+24	87	81	168
49	Hannah Rose Bruxvoort	Charlotte, NC	+25	89	80	169
50	Gillian O'Brien	Clemson, SC	+26	86	84	170
T51	Sarah Coltrane	Asheboro, NC	+27	85	86	171
T51	Sarah Hardin	West Jefferson, NC	+27	86	85	171
T51	Grace Ridenour	Raleigh, NC	+27	85	86	171
T54	Kayla Dowell	Mebane, NC	+28	87	85	172
T54	Ryann Sinclair	Mooresville, NC	+28	85	87	172
T54	Julie Streng	Greensboro, NC	+28	86	86	172
T57	Victoria Ladd	Greensboro, NC	+30	88	86	174
T57	Myranda Vogan	New Bern, NC	+30	91	83	174
59	Maria Cassas	Cary, NC	+32	92	84	176
T60	Lauren Denhard	Salisbury, NC	+33	90	87	177
T60	Jayla Rogers	Wilmington, NC	+33	86	91	177
T62	Michaela Cox	Greensboro, NC	+35	87	92	179
T62	Anna McDonald	Hickory, NC	+35	86	93	179
64	Karli Jump	Winston-Salem, NC	+40	99	85	184
Carolinas Division
Pos.	Player	City, State	To Par	R1	R2	Total
1	Lea Anne Brown	Mt. Pleasant, SC	+10	74	80	154
2	Pam Prescott	Piedmont, SC	+13	78	79	157
3	Patty Moore	Pinehurst, NC	+15	80	79	159
4	Sook Hee Yang	Jamestown, NC	+16	80	80	160
5	Kelly Whitley	Greensboro, NC	+26	87	83	170
6	Natalie Huff	Elgin, SC	+28	87	85	172
7	Julie Shore	Raleigh, NC	+31	87	88	175
T8	Chrissie Spidell	Anderson, SC	+33	92	85	177
T8	Suzy Ellison	Columbia, SC	+33	87	90	177
10	Bonnie Montgomery	Jamestown, NC	+34	92	86	178
11	Maria Malone	Greensboro, NC	+36	86	94	180
T12	Julie Snider	Columbia, SC	+40	100	84	184
T12	Barbara Munnett	Winston-Salem, NC	+40	91	93	184
14	Nancy Holcombe	Pickens, SC	+41	92	93	185
15	Peggy Yountz	Denver, NC	+47	93	98	191
16	Lee Heelan	Tryon, NC	+49	100	93	193
17	Paige Donnelly	Raleigh, NC	+53	100	97	197
18	Stephanie Cuomo	Raleigh, NC	+57	98	103	201
19	Joyce Robinette	Lake Wylie, SC	+85	109	120	229
DQ	Leah Dunkel	Sherrills Ford, NC	-	DQ	DQ	-

 

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 48 championships and five team match competitions for men, women, juniors, and seniors. It also runs over 150 One-Day (net and gross) events as well as 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 nearly $2,000,000 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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