Katie Rose Higgins Sucessfully Defends at 87th Carolinas Women's Amateur Championship

Durham, NC – Final  results of the 87^th 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 87^th 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 18^th 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. 

Players were placed into flights within their division for the final round.  Flighted results can be located at https://www.ghintpp.com/carolinasgolf/TPPOnlineScoring/ResultsStroke.aspx?id=372

This championship is the oldest and biggest stroke play championship for women in the Carolinas.  It was formerly conducted by the Women’s Carolinas Golf Association which was a volunteer based organization.  The Carolinas Golf Association assumed responsibility of the organization and its duties in late 2012.  The championship is open to women from North and South Carolina.

For more information on its history and daily photos and results please visit the championship homepage at:  https://www.carolinasgolf.org/championship/home/womam/year/2013

This championship was conducted by the Carolinas Golf Association which is in its 104^th year of serving amateur golf in the Carolinas.  For more information visit our website www.carolnasgolf.org.

  Championship

  1         Katie Rose Higgins, Charleston, S.C. - 74-70-69--213

  2         Kathryn Miranda, Lexington, S.C. - 71-72-73--216

  T3       Meghan Moore, Bahama, N.C. - 72-72-75--219

  T3       Sarah Bae, Cary, N.C. - 72-75-72--219

  T5       Hayley Hammond, Morresville, N.C. - 77-69-74--220

  T5       Torey Johnson, Conway, S.C. - 73-73-74--220

  T7       Katie Kirk, Davidson, N.C. - 79-69-73--221

  T7       Stephanie Pribonic, Wake Forest, N.C. - 75-73-73--221

  9         Lea Venable, Simpsonville, S.C. - 75-74-74--223

  10       Courtney McKim, Raleigh, N.C. - 74-75-75--224

  11       Ashley Rose, North Augusta, S.C. - 77-74-77--228

  T12     Brenda Kuehn, Asheville, N.C. - 79-70-80--229

  T12     Karli Heimbecker, Sanford, N.C. - 82-73-74--229

  T14     Michelle Pilo, Florence, S.C. - 77-75-78--230

  T14     Tiffany Robbins, Fort Mill, S.C. - 81-75-74--230

  16       Patty Moore, Charlotte, N.C. - 82-78-72--232

  17       Jessica Spicer, Bahama, N.C. - 77-79-78--234

  T18     Caroline Ellington, New Bern, N.C. - 76-79-80--235

  T18     Madison Kennedy, Salisbury, N.C. - 76-77-82--235

  20       Sarah Spicer, Bahama, N.C. - 76-83-78--237

  T21     Anne Washington, Charlotte, N.C. - 76-81-82--239

  T21     Mallory Warrick, Wilson, N.C. - 78-80-81--239

  T21     Susan Beaupied, Raleigh, N.C. - 79-80-80--239

  T24     Angela Stewart, Greenville, N.C. - 81-85-75--241

  T24     Debbie Adams, Asheville , N.C. - 82-80-79--241

  T24     Lily Yatawara, Salisbury, N.C. - 82-80-79--241

  27       Casey Ward, Chapel Hill, N.C. - 85-82-75--242

  28       Nicole Keyser, Cary, N.C. - 85-80-81--246

  29       Lily Crane, Jamestown, N.C. - 80-82-85--247

  T30     Emma Marlatt, Chapel Hill, N.C. - 89-75-84--248

  T30     Jane Shavlik, Raleigh, N.C. - 84-83-81--248

  32       Chandler Case, Rock Hill, S.C. - 78-87-85--250

  T33     Chrissie Spidell, Greenville, S.C. - 85-87-86--258

  T33     Jennifer Hjalmquist, Cary, N.C. - 91-84-83--258

  T33     Kim Clarke, Newton, N.C. - 87-85-86--258

  36       Betty Zvarich, Fayetteville, N.C. - 91-85-84--260

  37       Donna Noblitt, Shelby, N.C. - 91-86-85--262

  38       Kimberly Case, Rock Hill, S.C. - 90-88-88--266

  39       Kathy DeVore, High Point, N.C. - 88-94-85--267

  40       Therese St Peter, Durham, N.C. - 92-89-92--273

  41       Andrea Hodel, Southern Pines, N.C. - 91-WD

            Carolinas

  T1       Melissa Sage, Charlotte, N.C. - 82-80-77--239

  T1       Sook Hee Yang, Jamestown, N.C. - 80-80-79--239

  3         Carole Jones, Hillsborough, N.C. - 81-83-82--246

  4         Becca McKinney, Raleigh, N.C. - 80-87-82--249

  5         Kristen Rooke, Greenville, S.C. - 84-81-86--251

  T6       Clate Aydlett, ElizabethCity, N.C. - 85-87-82--254

  T6       Peggy Yountz, Denver, N.C. - 89-78-87--254

  8         Mary Hill, Winston-Salem, N.C. - 89-80-86--255

  9         Sunny Han, Chapel Hill, N.C. - 83-82-91--256

  T10     Charlotte Stewart, Taylors, S.C. - 84-85-88--257

  T10     Susan Harden, Beaufort, S.C. - 87-85-85--257

  T12     Bonnie Montgomery, Jamestown, N.C. - 85-88-85--258

  T12     Jo Ann Sluder, Pinehurst, N.C. - 96-82-80--258

  14       Cynthia Curry, Charlotte, N.C. - 85-89-86--260

  15       Peggy Lea, Denver, N.C. - 93-88-80--261

  16       Vicki DiSantis, Pinehurst, N.C. - 96-82-85--263

  17       Dana Halliday, Spartanburg, S.C. - 93-85-90--268

  18       Peggy Hall, Belmont, N.C. - 92-93-84--269

  T19     Brenda Frye, Mt. Pleasant, S.C. - 94-87-89--270

  T19     JulieShore, Raleigh, N.C. - 91-86-93--270

  21       Carole Stone, Blythewood, S.C. - 87-95-90--272

  22       Mary Chamberlin, Rock Hill, S.C. - 91-94-92--277

  T23     Laura Rawl, Charleston, S.C. - 96-90-93--279

  T23     Teddy Stockwell, JohnsIsland, S.C. - 97-95-87--279

  25       Beverly Cassels, Charlotte, N.C. - 90-101-89--280

  26       Linda McGill, Durham, N.C. - 96-93-92--281

  27       Kyoko Tsuchiya, Mount Pleasant, S.C. - 99-96-93--288

  28       Karen Blanchard, Hillsborough, N.C. - 103-95-101--299

  29       Anne Beirne, Pittsboro, N.C. - 101-103-104--308

  30       Donna Gill, Chapel Hill, N.C. - 93-WD

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