JONESBOROUGH, TN (June 13, 2011) -- Kendall
Martindale of Jefferson City shot two-under-
par 70 today at Blackthorn Club to take
medalist honors and enter the match play field
as the #2 seed.
Defending champion Calle Nielson (Nashville)
was exempt from today’s qualifying round
and will assume the #1 seed as first round
match play begins tomorrow at the 71st
Women’s Amateur Championship. Nielson’s
match will begin at 8:00 a.m. tomorrow
morning against KC McGinley of Savannah.
Breanna White of Kingsport took
junior medalist honors posting a score of 76.
Maggie Scott (Charleston) and
Georgia McCravey (Chattanooga) posted
scores of 81 to share senior medalist honors.
The low 32 scorers from today
seeded into the Championship
Flight. Three additional flights of 16 were also
seeded.