Gina Kim Captures Vicki DiSantis Girls'

Gina Kim of Chapel Hill, N.C. with Vicki DiSantis. [Enlarge]

CHARLOTTE, N.C. (May 8, 2016) -- Final results of the 11th Vicki DiSantis Girls' Championship held at Pine Island Country Club in Charlotte, N.C. on Sunday, May 8, 2016. Par 35-37--72, 6,022 yards (Course Rating: 74.1/136).
 

When Gina Kim asked her mom what she wanted as a Mother's Day gift, she replied, "Something that starts with a 'T'." Turns out that 'T' stood for 'trophy'.

Starting the round tied for the lead with Kathryn Carson of Mooresville, N.C. Kim bogeyed two of her opening three holes. "I just knew if I did my routine well and stayed consistent, it would be enough for me to win," said Kim, who resides in Chapel Hill, N.C.

She kick started her round with a 30 foot birdie putt on the par-3 4th hole. Tap-in birdies on holes 5 and 7 got Kim to one-under through nine and gave her a three shot lead.

Gina Kim plays from a bunker on Sunday at Pine Island Country Club . [Enlarge]

"I thought I had it from the beginning. I was pretty relaxed from the start," said Kim, the 2014 N.C. Junior Girls' Player of the Year. "I wasn't worried about a score, just playing my game."

Carson was able to cut Kim's lead to two shots after a birdie on hole 14, but a double bogey on the 16th took her out of contention. The high school junior finished with five-over 77, tied for fourth at 150 (+6).

The rounds of the day were shot by Kathleen Sumner of Charleston, S.C. and Callista Rice of Mars Hill, N.C. Each posted one-under 71 to climb the leaderboard into a tie for second at 149 (+5).

Defending champion Emily Cox of Lancaster, S.C. finished T-17. Cox improved after an opening round 81 with 2-over-par 74 Sunday.

Kim's last appearance in the Vicki DiSantis Championship was in 2013, as a seventh grader. Even then, as a 13-year-old competing against 18-year-olds, she finished sixth. Later that same year, Kim captured her first CGA championship at the Twin States Junior Girls'.

For winning this championship, her second CGA title, Kim is invited to represent the CGA in the Mid-Atlantic Challenge Junior Team Matches on July 30-31, 2016 at Williamsburg GC in Williamsburg, VA. The trophy Kim keeps for the next year has Division I and professional golfers engraved on it. LPGA player Austin Ernst won this championship twice (2008 & 2010). Kim, a high school sophomore, has verbally committed to play golf collegiately at Duke University.

Kim left Pine Island Country Club with her mother and the trophy she promised she would win for Mother's Day. "My mom is the person who always comes to follow me on the course while my dad works and supports me playing golf," Kim said. "It means a lot to have to watch over me."

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The Vicki DiSantis Girls' Championship is 36 holes of stroke play. Entry is open to any female amateur golfer ages 12 to 18 as of May 7, 2016, who has not started college, is a legal resident of North Carolina or South Carolina, and is a member in good standing of a club which is a member of the Carolinas Golf Association.

Hole-by-hole scoring

11th Vicki DiSantis Girls' Championship
May 8, 2016
Pine Island Country Club
Charlotte, N.C.
6,022 yards, par 72

Final Results

Place	Name	Score
1	Gina Kim (2018),  Chapel Hill, NC	73-73--146
T2	Callista Rice (2017),  Mars Hill, NC	78-71--149
T2	Kathleen Sumner (2017),  Charleston, SC	78-71--149
T4	Anna McDonald (2019),  Hickory, NC	77-73--150
T4	Baylee Evans (2018),  Lancaster, SC	76-74--150
T4	Jennifer Chang (2018),  Cary, NC	75-75--150
T4	Jessica Spicer (2016),  Bahama, NC	74-76--150
T4	Kathryn Carson (2017),  Mooresville, NC	73-77--150
9	Haeley Wotnosky (2018),  Wake Forest, NC	77-74--151
T10	Jodee Tindal (2017),  Rock Hill, SC	78-74--152
T10	Rachel Kuehn (2019),  Asheville, NC	79-73--152
T10	Victoria Huskey (2016),  Greenville, SC	78-74--152
13	Gracyn Burgess (2018),  Lexington, SC	76-77--153
T14	Ashley Czarnecki (2016),  Greenville, SC	77-77--154
T14	Grace Yatawara (2016),  Salisbury, NC	79-75--154
T14	Kat Floyd (2020),  Chapel Hill, NC	76-78--154
T17	Carly Burkhardt (2016),  Greenville, SC	80-75--155
T17	Carly Lyvers (2018),  Simpsonville, SC	78-77--155
T17	Emily Cox (2017),  Lancaster, SC	81-74--155
T17	Madison Isaacson (2018),  Greensboro, NC	77-78--155
T17	Siranon Shoomee (2016),  Sanford, NC	78-77--155
T17	Smith Knaffle (2019),  Murrells Inlet, SC	79-76--155
T17	Taylor Hinson (2017),  Belmont, NC	75-80--155
T24	Anna Grace Brock (2019),  Greenwood, SC	76-80--156
T24	Jensen Castle (2019),  West Columbia, SC	79-77--156
T26	Caroline Cahill (2017),  Wilmington, NC	79-78--157
T26	Hailey Cleary (2016),  Lexington, SC	78-79--157
T28	Kendall Dobbins (2016),  Summerfield, NC	83-75--158
T28	Samantha Vodry (2016),  Mooresville, NC	77-81--158
T30	Anna Freeman (2017),  Aiken, SC	79-80--159
T30	Elizabeth Nguyen (2017),  Pinehurst, NC	78-81--159
T30	Hannah Rose Bruxvoort (2018), Chapel Hill, NC	78-81--159
T30	Kate Hill (2016),  Clemson, SC	81-78--159
T30	Samantha Bennett (2016),  Wake Forest, NC	81-78--159
T35	Anna Morgan (2019),  Spartanburg, SC	84-76--160
T35	Hailey Joy (2018),  Reidsville , NC	78-82--160
T35	Jalen Castle (2020),  West Columbia, SC	81-79--160
T35	Sasha Hayes (2020),  Winston Salem, NC	82-78--160
T39	Kerington Lamb (2018),  Easley, SC	83-78--161
T39	Peyton Gillespie (2019),  Greenville, SC	78-83--161
T41	Alexis Sudjianto (2019),  Charlotte, NC	80-82--162
T41	Emily Dunlap (2019),  Greenville, SC	78-84--162
T41	Michelle Harn (2019),  Charlotte, NC	80-82--162
T41	Olivia John (2018),  Summerfield, NC	87-75--162
T45	Anna Parramore (2017),  Greenwood, SC	81-82--163
T45	Katie Whitfield (2018),  Clemson, SC	82-81--163
T45	Sophie Holland (2020),  Cornelius, NC	82-81--163
T48	Hailey Freedman (2018),  Chapel Hill, NC	88-76--164
T48	Muskan Uppal (2019),  Cornelius, NC	85-79--164
T48	Sarah Funderburg (2018),  Wilmington, NC	84-80--164
T51	Beth Ann Townsend (2017),  Greenville, SC	83-83--166
T51	Mallory Fobes (2019),  East Bend, NC	86-80--166
T51	Moon Cheong (2017),  Charlotte, NC	84-82--166
54	Natalie Petersen (2017),  Holly Springs, NC	87-80--167
T55	Janie Gooch (2017),  Raleigh , NC	86-82--168
T55	Taylor Williams (2017),  Lincolnton, NC	81-87--168
57	Mogie Adamchik (2017),  Raleigh, NC	84-85--169
T58	Elle Johnson (2019),  Inman, SC	84-86--170
T58	Jayla Rogers (2019),  Wilmington, NC	83-87--170
T58	Mary Kathryn Talledo (2020),  Blythewood, SC	82-88--170
T58	Riley Hamilton (2020),  Reidsville, NC	89-81--170
62	Ryann Sinclair (2019),  Mooresville, NC	89-82--171
T63	Ashlee Richardson (2017),  Simpsonville, SC	88-84--172
T63	Emma Reid (2018),  Flat Rock, NC	86-86--172
T65	Alexis Jarrell (2018),  Davidson, NC	91-82--173
T65	Janie Thomas (2016),  Winston-Salem, NC	87-86--173
T65	Natalie Warren (2017),  Raleigh, NC	84-89--173
T65	Sydney Abruzzino (2017),  Myrtle Beach, SC	89-84--173
69	Marisa Daquil-Kawabe (2016),  Fayetteville, NC	86-89--175
70	Delanie Mortier (2017),  N. Charleston, SC	85-93--178
T71	Ana Tsiros (2019),  Asheville, NC	85-94--179
T71	Madison Harriman (2017),  High Point, NC	93-86--179
T71	Parker Melting (2018),  Mint Hill, NC	90-89--179
T74	Alexis Whitney (2016),  Charlotte, NC	89-91--180
T74	Lexi Lucarelli (2020),  Moncks Corner, SC	88-92--180
T74	Sarah Smith (2018),  York, SC	90-90--180
77	Kennedy Carroll (2019),  Mt. Pleasant, SC	91-90--181
78	Rachael Mast (2017),  Lexington, NC	96-87--183
79	Kelley Topiwala (2020),  Matthews, NC	88-97--185
80	Emily Brubaker (2020),  Raleigh, NC	95-91--186
81	Sarah Hardin (2017),  West Jefferson, NC	96-91--187
82	Samantha DeBusk (2017),  Lexington, NC	96-93--189
83	Erica Boyd (2020),  Charlotte, NC	106-90--196
84	Carson Jenkins (2019),  Raleigh, NC	98-106--204
85	Michaela Cox (2017),  Greensboro, NC	107-99--206
86	Nyilah Anderson (2018),  Durham, NC	111-102--213

 

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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