Around the Green

Delagarza and Smith Take Home the 2019 Women’s Four-Ball Championship

– FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE –
 
Date: August 13, 2019
Contact: Amy Worthington, Texas Golf Association
Phone: 214-468-8942
Email: [email protected]
 
Delagarza and Smith Take Home the 2019 Women’s Four-Ball Championship

Briefly: – An impressive final round surge was enough to capture the 2019 Women’s Four-Ball Championship for teammates Faith Delagarza of Midland and Amari Smith of McKinney.  Delagarza and Smith shot a remarkable 9-under round of 63 to climb to the top of leaderboard for the Final Round. “We were very good at help each other out when the other hit a bad shot or was having a bad hole,” Said Smith, “We were committed the whole time and were making all of the putts.”

Leaderboard:

1) Delagarza / Smith	Midland, McKinney	-13	68	63	131
2) Bryant / Garza	San Antonio	-10	67	67	134
3) McKee / Shackelford	Spring, Austin	-6	70	68	138
T4) Cassity / Cassity	Katy	-3	67	74	141
T4) Huntsman / Reid	Mont Belvieu, Montgomery	-3	73	68	141
T6) Mancha / Phillips	San Antonio, Spring Branch	-1	72	71	143
T6) Hovda / Morrison	Weslaco, Lake Charles	-1	73	70	143

Women’s Four-Ball Championship Leaderboard
 
Golf Course: The 18-hole Miller Course, designed by an internationally recognized name, Scott Miller, seems to have been carved along the natural curve of Lake Conroe. A rippling creek provides background music on the 16th and 17th holes and more water views greet players at the 3rd and 4th holes as you enjoy a shimmering 3-acre lake. Round 1 was contested at 5,967 yards.

Weather: The temperature reached 93 degrees with steady winds at 7 mph out of the west.

In Contention: In second place the team of Kiersten Bryant and Samantha Garza of San Antonio stayed consistent matching their first round score of 67 to shoot an impressive 10-under for their 36-hole round total.
In Solo third came the team of Amelia McKee of Spring and Jordan Shackelford of Austin with a 36-hole total of 6-under.

What’s Next: The 2019 Women’s Senior Stroke play Championship in College Station on October 7-9.

More Info: For more information on the 2019 Women’s Four-Ball Championship, click here.