Georgia Women's Match Play: Huarte, Mao headed to final
NEWNAN, Ga. (May 30, 2014) -- Mercedes Huarte of Suwanee and Janet Mao of Johns Creek will meet in the finals and play for the Georgia Women's Match Play Championship on Saturday morning. The 17th annual competition is taking place at Canongate-on-White Oak, May 29-31.
Huarte made it to the final match with wins over Melissa Siviter of Alpharetta in the round of 16 (1 up), Megan Carter of Blackshear in the quarterfinals (2 and 1) and Danielle Davis of St. Simons Island in the semifinals (1 up).
Mao made her way through the bracket with wins over Tiffany Kang of Cumming in the round of 16 (3 and 2), Hannah Mae Deems of Taylorsville (6 and 5) and Amira Alexander of Alpharetta in the semifinals (19 holes.)
In the final match of the Tournament flight, Meredith Owen of Madison defeated Mariko Sato of Alpharetta, 5 and 4, to claim flight honors. In the flight's quarterfinal round, Owen beat Gracie Henderson of Norcross, 3 and 2. In the longest match of the day, Owen needed 22 holes to top Colleen Panosian of Smyrna, which secured her a spot in the final.
Entries were open to female amateur golfers who are members of a GSGA member club and residents of Georgia. The low 16 players from the 18-hole stroke play qualifying round will comprise the Championship flight with the remaining players making up the Tournament flight.
Canongate-on-White Oak is playing to 5,939 yards and a par 72 for the Georgia Women's Match Play Championship.
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ABOUT THE Georgia Women's Match Play
Open to female amateur golfers in two separate
divisions - Championship and Senior Women's
Championship (for those age 50 and older as of the
first day of the competition)
Maximum field size of 84 players - low 42 players
chosen by handicap index for Women's Match Play
Championship qualifying and 42 players for the
Senior Women's Match Play Championship
qualifying;
if
a division doesn't fill, more players may be added to
the other division for stroke play qualifying and
additional match play flights
36 holes of stroke play qualifying followed by match
play for the low 32 players; the low 16 qualifying
scores will comprise the Championship Flight; the
remaining 16 players that make the cut will be
seeded
into a Tournament Flight based on qualifying scores.
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