North Carolina State University Athletics
Doughtie Tied For Lead At Eastern Golf Amateur
6/13/2007 12:00:00 AM | Women's Golf
MIDLOTHIAN, Va. NC State rising junior Lauren Doughtie is tied for the lead with a round of 70 after day one of the 2007 Women’s Eastern Golf Association Amateur Championship at the Independence Golf Club.
Among the 80 competing golfers, Doughtie is tied with Natalie Sheary after round one of the three-day, 54-hole tournament.
Rising sophomores Kristen Vincent and Kathleen Strandberg shot rounds of 77 and 78.
The championship is open to female amateur golfers, with a certified handicap index of 11.5 or less and who belong to a WEGA Member Club (or have school affiliation). Clubs and schools in Connecticut, Delaware, Florida, Georgia, Maine, Maryland, Massachusetts, New Hampshire, New Jersey, New York, North Carolina, Pennsylvania, Rhode Island, South Carolina, Vermont, Virginia, and the District of Columbia are eligible to join the Association.
The Women's Eastern Golf Association Amateur Championship is one of the oldest and most prestigious women's amateur championships in the United States dating back to 1906. It is one of the few major women's amateur championships that is played in stroke-play format. The United States Golf Association takes into account a player's performance in the WEGA Amateur Championship when making its selection for The Curtis Cup team. The Curtis Cup is the biennial amateur competition between Great Britain and the United States.
The championship continues through Thursday, June 14.
Among the 80 competing golfers, Doughtie is tied with Natalie Sheary after round one of the three-day, 54-hole tournament.
Rising sophomores Kristen Vincent and Kathleen Strandberg shot rounds of 77 and 78.
The championship is open to female amateur golfers, with a certified handicap index of 11.5 or less and who belong to a WEGA Member Club (or have school affiliation). Clubs and schools in Connecticut, Delaware, Florida, Georgia, Maine, Maryland, Massachusetts, New Hampshire, New Jersey, New York, North Carolina, Pennsylvania, Rhode Island, South Carolina, Vermont, Virginia, and the District of Columbia are eligible to join the Association.
The Women's Eastern Golf Association Amateur Championship is one of the oldest and most prestigious women's amateur championships in the United States dating back to 1906. It is one of the few major women's amateur championships that is played in stroke-play format. The United States Golf Association takes into account a player's performance in the WEGA Amateur Championship when making its selection for The Curtis Cup team. The Curtis Cup is the biennial amateur competition between Great Britain and the United States.
The championship continues through Thursday, June 14.
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