Back-to-back: Kary Hollenbaugh defends title at The SALLY
Kary Hollenbaugh (Ohio State Athletics Photo)
Ohio State junior and 2024 SALLY champion
Kary Hollenbaugh successfully defended her title at the 2025 Women's South Atlantic Amateur Golf Championship at Oceanside Country Club in Ormond Beach, Fla.
Hollenbaugh finished 5-under with consistent rounds of 71-70-70-72 to win by five shots. She was the lone golfer under par for the tournament.
She is currently ranked No. 28 in the Golfweek/AmateurGolf.com Women's Rankings.
Emma Schimpf of Charleston finished in solo second place at even par, and 2022 champion Gianna Clemente finished in solo third place at 2-over.
First-round leader Kaitlyn Schroeder of North Florida finished in solo fourth place at 3-over, and Karoline Tuttle, who won the Women's Dixie Amateur in December, finished in solo fifth place at 4-over to round out the top five.
Hollenbaugh was named to the All-Big Ten First Team in 2024 and All-Big Ten Second Team in 2023. She recently placed solo third at the Patriot All-America Women's Invitational.
She also made the final 16 at the 2024 Women's Western Amateur, and in addition to winning The SALLY, she also won the Spartan Sun Coast Invitational, which was her next tournament.
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 the top amateurs in the US, and the top finishers frequently represent the US for the biennial Curtis Cup team. Many former SALLY players are among the LPGA elite.
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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