Brooke Henderson
ORMOND BEACH, Fla. (Jan. 16, 2014) -- Brooke Henderson came back to the field Thursday in the second round of the South Atlantic Amateur, but the Canadian teen still leads the women's event.
Henderson, 16, of Smiths Falls, Ontario, and a member of the Canadian national team, struggled to a 4-over 76 at Oceanside Country Club. But after her sterling first-round 67, in which she reeled off six birdies in a seven-hole stretch, Henderson, the seventh-ranked player in the Golfweek Junior Rankings, holds a one-shot lead after 36 holes.
What a difference 24 hours made for Henderson, though. After making seven birdies – including a 6-under stretch on holes 9 through 15 at Oceanside – in the first round, she struggled with six bogeys against two birdies in the second round.
Henderson, the reigning Canadian Women's Amateur champion, made two cuts in LPGA events last year, finishing T-35 in the Manulife Financial LPGA Classic and T-59 in the U.S. Women's Open.
Wales' Chloe Williams, on the strength of an eagle-3 on the sixth hole, played her way into contention with a 3-under 69 and 144 total.
England's Annabel Dimmock and Harin Lee of Bayside, N.Y., are tied for third at 145 after each shot a second-round 70.
The 72-hole event, the third of five tournaments on the Orange Blossom Tour, concludes Saturday.
ABOUT THE
Women's South Atlantic Amateur (The SALLY)
The Women’s South Atlantic Amateur Golf
Championship (The SALLY) has been hosted by Oceanside Country Club in Ormond Beach, Florida
since its beginnings
in 1926. The tournament field consists of top
amateurs in the US, and the top finishers frequently represent the U.S. for the biennial
Curtis Cup team. You will find
many former SALLY players among the LPGA
elite.
FORMAT
72-hole stroke play championship with a
Championship Division (max handicap 6.0) and a simultaneously-held Mid-Am division for players 22 and over (first day of the tournament) and not on the roster of any college or university golf team. 54-hole Rockefeller Division of 12 players (max handicap 10.0) plays from a shorter set of tees.
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