North Carolina State University Athletics
Lauren Doughtie Moves to Quarterfinals at WAPL
6/19/2008 12:00:00 AM | Women's Golf
ERIN, Wis. NC State rising senior Lauren Doughtie has advanced to Friday’s quarterfinals at the U.S. Women’s Amateur Public Links Championship at Erin Hills Golf Course.
In two rounds of match play on Thursday, the 21-year-old Doughtie defeated UNC Greensboro sophomore Erica Creed (Kernersville, N.C.), 6 and 5 in the morning session, before besting Emily Powers (Quincy, Ill.), 3 and 2 in the round of 16.
The fourth-seeded Doughtie will face 21st-seeded South Korean Jennifer Song in Friday’s quarters, with the match beginning at 9:10 a.m. EST.
On Thursday, Doughtie, did not trail in either of her match-play victories. After registering a wire-to-wire victory over Creed, Dougthie opened up an all-square match by posting three wins in a pivotal four-hole stretch (Nos. 8, 9 and 11) against Powers in the round of 16.
With the match all-square on the outward half, Doughtie hit 5-wood, wedge to 15 feet and made the ensuing birdie putt at the par-4 eighth hole to go 1 up. Doughtie pushed her lead to 2 up after making par at the par-4 ninth when her opponent didn’t get up and down from the fringe.
In one of the biggest moments in the afternoon session, Doughtie was left off the tee in knee-high grass at the short par-4 11th, but recovered to make par. In a seesaw turn of events, Powers, center cut off the tee, pulled her approach left of the green and missed a 5-foot par putt.
Doughtie moved her advantage to a match-high 4 up by making her second birdie on a par-5 in the match at No. 14, getting up and down for birdie. In both of her wins, Doughtie was the stroke play equivalent of under par in the matches.
“I am very confident. There are definitely a lot of good players left, and I’ve been fortunate enough to get past some really good players thus far,” Doughtie said. “We’ll see how the chips fall in the next match. It will be a matter of who gets the bounces and who doesn’t.”
The quarterfinals and semifinals take place Friday, and the 36-hole championship final on Saturday, June 21.
Fellow Wolfpacker Emily Street, the 34th-ranked player, did not fair as well on Thursday morning as she lost, 4 & 3, to No. 63 Tzu Chi Lin of Chinese Taipei in the second round.
Street, who hails from Forest City, N.C., never gained the lead in the match as Lin won the first hole and held that advantage until Street won the fifth to square the match. But Lin won the next four holes and never looked back to keep her improbable run going through the tournament.
Following the WAPL, Doughtie will travel to the Women’s Open, set for June 26-29 at Interlachen Country Club in Edina, Minn.
This week’s national championship “is keeping my mind off what next week holds,” Doughtie said.
Doughtie qualified for the WAPL in sectional qualifying on May 29 at Lorton’s Laurel Hill Golf Club, earning medalist honors by carding even-par 71.
Doughtie’s play at the WAPL has been part of a continuing terrific stretch of play that saw her later earn medallist honors in U.S. Women’s Open sectional qualifying at Forest Creek Golf Club in Pinehurst, N.C., firing rounds of 68-71. It was Doughtie’s third consecutive medal in a USGA qualifier (she also medalled in Women’s Open local qualifying) and earned her a spot in the U.S. Women’s Amateur Championship.
Even before the summer began, Doughtie reached the NCAA Division I Women’s Golf Championship at the University of New Mexico Championship Course in Albuquerque, N.M., as an individual, finishing in a tie for 34th place.
A first team All-Atlantic Coast Conference selection, Doughtie is N.C. State’s all-time stroke average leader and became just the fourth Wolfpacker to earn All-ACC accolades. Doughtie registered a team-leading 74.3 stroke average during her third collegiate campaign.
The U.S. Women’s Amateur Public Links is one of 13 national championships conducted by the USGA.
In two rounds of match play on Thursday, the 21-year-old Doughtie defeated UNC Greensboro sophomore Erica Creed (Kernersville, N.C.), 6 and 5 in the morning session, before besting Emily Powers (Quincy, Ill.), 3 and 2 in the round of 16.
The fourth-seeded Doughtie will face 21st-seeded South Korean Jennifer Song in Friday’s quarters, with the match beginning at 9:10 a.m. EST.
On Thursday, Doughtie, did not trail in either of her match-play victories. After registering a wire-to-wire victory over Creed, Dougthie opened up an all-square match by posting three wins in a pivotal four-hole stretch (Nos. 8, 9 and 11) against Powers in the round of 16.
With the match all-square on the outward half, Doughtie hit 5-wood, wedge to 15 feet and made the ensuing birdie putt at the par-4 eighth hole to go 1 up. Doughtie pushed her lead to 2 up after making par at the par-4 ninth when her opponent didn’t get up and down from the fringe.
In one of the biggest moments in the afternoon session, Doughtie was left off the tee in knee-high grass at the short par-4 11th, but recovered to make par. In a seesaw turn of events, Powers, center cut off the tee, pulled her approach left of the green and missed a 5-foot par putt.
Doughtie moved her advantage to a match-high 4 up by making her second birdie on a par-5 in the match at No. 14, getting up and down for birdie. In both of her wins, Doughtie was the stroke play equivalent of under par in the matches.
“I am very confident. There are definitely a lot of good players left, and I’ve been fortunate enough to get past some really good players thus far,” Doughtie said. “We’ll see how the chips fall in the next match. It will be a matter of who gets the bounces and who doesn’t.”
The quarterfinals and semifinals take place Friday, and the 36-hole championship final on Saturday, June 21.
Fellow Wolfpacker Emily Street, the 34th-ranked player, did not fair as well on Thursday morning as she lost, 4 & 3, to No. 63 Tzu Chi Lin of Chinese Taipei in the second round.
Street, who hails from Forest City, N.C., never gained the lead in the match as Lin won the first hole and held that advantage until Street won the fifth to square the match. But Lin won the next four holes and never looked back to keep her improbable run going through the tournament.
Following the WAPL, Doughtie will travel to the Women’s Open, set for June 26-29 at Interlachen Country Club in Edina, Minn.
This week’s national championship “is keeping my mind off what next week holds,” Doughtie said.
Doughtie qualified for the WAPL in sectional qualifying on May 29 at Lorton’s Laurel Hill Golf Club, earning medalist honors by carding even-par 71.
Doughtie’s play at the WAPL has been part of a continuing terrific stretch of play that saw her later earn medallist honors in U.S. Women’s Open sectional qualifying at Forest Creek Golf Club in Pinehurst, N.C., firing rounds of 68-71. It was Doughtie’s third consecutive medal in a USGA qualifier (she also medalled in Women’s Open local qualifying) and earned her a spot in the U.S. Women’s Amateur Championship.
Even before the summer began, Doughtie reached the NCAA Division I Women’s Golf Championship at the University of New Mexico Championship Course in Albuquerque, N.M., as an individual, finishing in a tie for 34th place.
A first team All-Atlantic Coast Conference selection, Doughtie is N.C. State’s all-time stroke average leader and became just the fourth Wolfpacker to earn All-ACC accolades. Doughtie registered a team-leading 74.3 stroke average during her third collegiate campaign.
The U.S. Women’s Amateur Public Links is one of 13 national championships conducted by the USGA.
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