Women's Western: Ashlan Ramsey tops Jenna Hague
DAYTON, Ohio (June 22, 2013) -- Ashlan Ramsey of Milledgeville, Ga., won the Women’s Western Amateur with a 7 and 6 victory over Jenna Hague of Canada, in a 36-hole final at Dayton (Ohio) Country Club.
This is Ramsey’s third consecutive amateur victory. She has won the Georgia Women’s Match Play Championship, the Women’s Eastern Amateur with rounds of 66-70-70, and now the Women’s Western Amateur.
On the way to her win, Ramsey defeated Aliston Kruse, 5 and 4 in the first round. In the second round she defeated Rene Sobolewski, 4 and 3, and later that afternoon she won 2 up over Kacie Komoto. In the quarterfinals, Ramsey won 4 and 3 over Emmie Pietila, and in the semifinals defeated Gabriella Then, 3 and 2.
ABOUT THE
Women's Western Amateur
Held without interruption since its inception in 1901, the Women's Western Amateur is among the oldest annual championships in women's amateur golf. Each year, it attracts many of the top amateur and collegiate golfers in the world. The list of past champions spans more than a century, from legendary stars Patty Berg (1938) and Louise Suggs (1946, 1947) to modern standouts like Brittany Lang (2003), Stacy Lewis (2006) and Ariya Jutanugarn (2012).
ENTRY INFORMATION
The Women's Western Amateur is open to amateur
women who have an up-to-date 18-hole
handicap index
that does not exceed 5.4 under the World Handicap
System. The championship begins with 36 holes of stroke-
play qualifying, after which the field is cut to
the low 32
players for match play. In the event of a tie for the
32nd position, a sudden-elimination playoff
will determine
the final match play qualifiers. Five rounds of 18-hole
matches will decide the Women's
Western Amateur
champion.
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