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Lucy Nunn

Lindy Labauve

 

The day started with eight players, six collegians, one junior and one mid-am.  The quarter final matches were tightly contested and when they were over it was three collegians and the mid-am from Houston.  Marilyn Hardy battled all morning to finally put away University of Texas senior, Kristin Walla, 2&1.  University of Arkansas senior Lucy Nunn got out to a quick 5 up lead and outlasted University of Virginia, Kristin Simpson, 4&3.  Lindy Labauve took advantage of some mistakes and played very steady to defeat junior golfer Natalie Reeves.  Calle Nielson rallied late to defeat Texas A&M’s Lauren Johnson 3&2.

In the afternoon the semi-finals had Lucy Nunn again starting well and coupled with some putting mishaps managed a 3 up lead at the turn.  Calle Nielson battled back with some impressive iron play and it was even going into sixteen.  Nielson’s approach on 16 was about 10 feet short of the pin with Nunn in the rough to the right of the green.  Nunn left her chip in the fringe but managed to make the 20 foot putt from there for par to tie Nielson again.  On seventeen both players missed the green long but Nunn’s chip was stiff and Nielson just missed her par putt.  The match ended on the island hole when Nunn hit her approach within 2 feet for birdie.

Lindy Labauve, LSU sophomore and Marilyn Hardy exchanged the lead for several holes but Labauve took charge during the middle of the round to build a 5 up lead.  Hardy came back to cut the lead to 2up but ran out of holes and lost 2 and 1.

The final match will be 36 holes and begin at 7:30 a.m. with a one hour break at the end of eighteen.

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The wind blew at the Island Course at the Clubs of Kingwood, Kingwood, TX, which helped with the heat but also brought new challenges to the difficult course. The first match of the day went all the way to eighteen before Co-Medalist Calle Nielson stuck her approach shot within two feet and sunk the putt to win the match over University of Texas’s Shannon Fish.  The two other Co-Medalists Eleana Collins and Kingwood’s Sara Hemingway were defeated in their matches, Collins losing to Lindy Labauve, I up and Hemingway losing to Kristin Walla by the same score.

In the battle featuring two junior players, it took twenty holes for sixteen year old Natalie Reeves, Dallas, TX, to defeat seventeen year old Kamryn Ruffin from Oklahoma.  Marilyn Hardy outlasted fellow Texan Mina Hardin, 1 up to advance to the round of eight as the only player above college age.

University of Arkansas junior Lucy Nunn won her match with Caitlin Bliss 4 & 3.  University of Virginia’s Kristen Simpson defeated Oklahoman Christy Carter 4 & 2.   Lauren Johnson, Texas A&M also made the quarterfinals by defeating Elizabeth Wendt 2 & 1.

Quarterfinal Matches begin at 8:02 a.m and semi-final matches will begin approximately 1:30 pm.  The final match will be 36 holes which will begin at 7:30 a.m.

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The 93^rd Women’s Southern Amateur began Match Play today at the Island Course at the Clubs of Kingwood, Kingwood. TX.  The low thirty-two players from the qualifying round on Monday produced some notable upsets.  Lucy Nunn, Lawton, Ok and a junior at the University of Arkansas closed out two-time Southern champion Robin Burke, Houston, TX, 5 & 4.  Then Lindy Labauve from Louisiana State University birdied the 18^th hole to take current USGA Senior Champion, Anna Schultz, Rockwall, TX to extra holes and closed out that match on the 21^st hole.

All three medalists advanced to the second round.  Calle Nielson defeated fellow University of Virginia teammate Carly Truitt, 3 & 1.  Another University of Virginia Medalist Eleana Collins defeated Haley Hocott, San Antonio, TX, 5 & 4.  Kingwood local Sara Hemingway shut out Jodi Neal, Bryan, TX, 3 & 1.

Junior player  and tournament junior medalist Kamryn Ruffin, Pryor, OK in her first match play experience upset University of Georgia’s Garrett Phillips, 2 & 1.  Fellow junior player Natalie Reeves, Dallas, TX also won defeating Janine Fellows 3 & 2.

Mina Hardin, Fort Worth and Marilyn Hardy, Houston both won their matches and become the only two players beyond college age.  Lyn Jones, Houston, TX had a hole in one on the third hole but lost her first round match in Third Flight to Marti Ross.