Women's Trans National Amateur Championship
SOUTHERN PINES, NC (July 19, 2005) -- Following heavy rains the evening before, the contestants of the 75th Trans Championship (including past champions, Carol Semple Thompson, 1986 &1993, Jenny Lee, 1996, and Kailin Downs, 2003) began the first round of the qualifying on a softer, and longer, golf course than they had practiced yesterday.
The morning wave yielded only one under par round, Morgan Olds of Stamford, CT had three birdies to counter two bogies for a steady 71. As the temperature and humidity became higher, four players tied or bettered Olds' round. Taylor Leon from Dallas, TX, no stranger to humidity, carded a two under par 70 with three birdies and one bogey. Christine McArdle, Palm Cost, FL kept pace by firing five birdies and three bogies for the second 70 of the day. Two players joined Olds at one under. Michelle Jarman, Wilmington, NC, had to cover three bogies with four birdies and Paige Mackenzie, Yakima, WA (Trans Medalist, 2002) eagled #15 along with four birdies to offset three bogies.
The second round of qualifying will begin 7:00AM Wednesday. Following tomorrows round, the low 64 will advance to Championship bracket and the rest of the field will be positioned in flights of 16 players. The Champion will be crowned on Sunday, July 24.
ABOUT THE LNGA Amateur
The inaugural event, held in 1927 at Blue Hills
Country Club in Kansas City, Mo. set off decades
of successful tournament across the United
States, conducted by an organization then
named the Missouri Valley Women's Golf
Association. A year later, the name became the
Women's Trans-Mississippi Golf Association,
evolving into the Women's Trans National Golf
Association by 1953 to include all states before
changing to the Ladies National
Golf Association in 2019. This
54-hole stroke play event spans the nation and
has been hosted at some of the country finest
courses,
including Persimmon Ridge in Kentucky,
Stonewall Links in Pennsylvania, and Eugene
Country Club in Oregon.
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