Wolfe Wins PNGA Women’s Amateur
7/23/2021 9:38:00 PM | Women's Golf
Zag freshman beat out teammate Cassie Kim for title
DUPONT, Wash. — Gonzaga women's golfer Mary Scott Wolfe won the 119th PNGA Women's Amateur Championship with a 3 and 2 victory over Zag teammate Cassie Kim Friday. The championship was held at The Home Course in DuPont, Wash. and was conducted by the Pacific Northwest Golf Association (PNGA).
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The championship began with 36 holes of stroke-play qualifying on July 19-20, followed by 18-hole single-elimination match play, with the final match being contested on Friday. The Women's Amateur was a 36-hole final match.
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Friday's final match in the Women's Amateur was tied after the morning round, as neither player was able to make any in-road. Wolfe had a slim 1-up lead after 28 holes, and then she caught fire on the greens. She birdied the 29th hole to go 2-up, and had a long lag for two-putt par on the 13th to maintain the advantage. On the par-3 14th, Kim put her 186-yard tee shot to five feet for what looked to be a sure win, but Wolfe dropped an 18-footer for birdie, and when Kim's birdie try slid by the hole Wolfe suddenly had a 3-up lead.
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On the short par-4 15th, Kim again put her approach shot to five feet, while Wolfe's approach rolled off the back edge of the green. But Wolfe promptly drained her 18-footer from the fringe for birdie, and Kim had to sink her five footer just to extend the match. And Kim did just that, but Wolfe was now 3-up with three holes to play.
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When the players halved the 16th with pars, the match was over and the title was Wolfe's.
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Wolfe's road to the title was demanding. She was the No. 8 seed in the bracket, and in yesterday morning's quarterfinal match she knocked off No. 1 seed Angela Arora of Surrey, B.C. in 19 holes. Then in yesterday afternoon's semifinal match she defeated No. 4 seed Anastacia Johnson of Tacoma, 4 and 3.
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Wolfe was named to the First Team All-WCC Team last year as a freshman. Wolfe won the 2019 Oregon Junior Amateur. Friday's Women's Amateur title is her first women's title. Two weeks ago, Wolfe finished runner-up in the Oregon Women's Amateur.
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First held in 1899, the PNGA Women's Amateur Championship is one of the oldest amateur golf championships in the world.
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The championship began with 36 holes of stroke-play qualifying on July 19-20, followed by 18-hole single-elimination match play, with the final match being contested on Friday. The Women's Amateur was a 36-hole final match.
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Friday's final match in the Women's Amateur was tied after the morning round, as neither player was able to make any in-road. Wolfe had a slim 1-up lead after 28 holes, and then she caught fire on the greens. She birdied the 29th hole to go 2-up, and had a long lag for two-putt par on the 13th to maintain the advantage. On the par-3 14th, Kim put her 186-yard tee shot to five feet for what looked to be a sure win, but Wolfe dropped an 18-footer for birdie, and when Kim's birdie try slid by the hole Wolfe suddenly had a 3-up lead.
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On the short par-4 15th, Kim again put her approach shot to five feet, while Wolfe's approach rolled off the back edge of the green. But Wolfe promptly drained her 18-footer from the fringe for birdie, and Kim had to sink her five footer just to extend the match. And Kim did just that, but Wolfe was now 3-up with three holes to play.
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When the players halved the 16th with pars, the match was over and the title was Wolfe's.
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Wolfe's road to the title was demanding. She was the No. 8 seed in the bracket, and in yesterday morning's quarterfinal match she knocked off No. 1 seed Angela Arora of Surrey, B.C. in 19 holes. Then in yesterday afternoon's semifinal match she defeated No. 4 seed Anastacia Johnson of Tacoma, 4 and 3.
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Wolfe was named to the First Team All-WCC Team last year as a freshman. Wolfe won the 2019 Oregon Junior Amateur. Friday's Women's Amateur title is her first women's title. Two weeks ago, Wolfe finished runner-up in the Oregon Women's Amateur.
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First held in 1899, the PNGA Women's Amateur Championship is one of the oldest amateur golf championships in the world.
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