Stephanie Meadow loses in Florida first round
Ireland's Stephanie Meadow, the No 6 seed, went down in the first round of the match-play stages of the Girls' Division of the Polo Golf Junior Classic at PGA National Golf Resort, West Palm Beach in Florida.
She lost by two holes to the No 27 qualifier, Grace Na from Oakland, California.
Tiffany Lim of San Jose, California, kicked off the match-play stages with the biggest upset of the day, as she defeated the No. 1 seed Nicole Zhang of Calgary, Alberta, 4 and 3. Lim made two birdies on the front nine of her match to take a three-up lead at the turn, then parred her way through the back nine until she closed out Zhang on the 15th hole.
Alexis Thompson of Coral Springs, one of the title favourites, cruised past Cindy Feng of Orlando by a score of 6 and 4. Thompson was three under par for the 14 holes.
In other matches: Rolex Junior Player of the Year Victoria Tanco of Bradenton, Fla., advanced with a 6-and-5 victory over Kyle Roig of Pembroke Pines, Calif. Austin Ernst of Seneca, South Carolina, awaits after winning 5 and 4 over Gabriella Then of Rancho Cucamonga, Calif.
Second-seeded Jessica Korda of Bradenton, Fla., was defeated at the 19th by Kristen Park of Buena Park, Calif.
The morning play had to be suspended from 9.14am to 11.30am local time because of lightning in the area. Second-round ties were halted at 5pm because of more bad weather and darkness.
View PDF versions of the match play brackets: Boys Division and Girls Division.
Follow the matches via FootJoy Live Scoring when play resumes.
Ireland's Stephanie Meadow, the No 6 seed, went down in the first round of the match-play stages of the Girls' Division of the Polo Golf Junior Classic at PGA National Golf Resort, West Palm Beach in Florida.
She lost by two holes to the No 27 qualifier, Grace Na from Oakland, California.
Tiffany Lim of San Jose, California, kicked off the match-play stages with the biggest upset of the day, as she defeated the No. 1 seed Nicole Zhang of Calgary, Alberta, 4 and 3. Lim made two birdies on the front nine of her match to take a three-up lead at the turn, then parred her way through the back nine until she closed out Zhang on the 15th hole.
Alexis Thompson of Coral Springs, one of the title favourites, cruised past Cindy Feng of Orlando by a score of 6 and 4. Thompson was three under par for the 14 holes.
In other matches: Rolex Junior Player of the Year Victoria Tanco of Bradenton, Fla., advanced with a 6-and-5 victory over Kyle Roig of Pembroke Pines, Calif. Austin Ernst of Seneca, South Carolina, awaits after winning 5 and 4 over Gabriella Then of Rancho Cucamonga, Calif.
Second-seeded Jessica Korda of Bradenton, Fla., was defeated at the 19th by Kristen Park of Buena Park, Calif.
The morning play had to be suspended from 9.14am to 11.30am local time because of lightning in the area. Second-round ties were halted at 5pm because of more bad weather and darkness.
View PDF versions of the match play brackets: Boys Division and Girls Division.
Follow the matches via FootJoy Live Scoring when play resumes.
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