- Duke U. photo
CORAL SPRINGS, Florida (Jan. 3, 2010) -
- Duke University freshman
Lindy
Duncan claimed the 79th Annual Dixie
Amateur Championship on Sunday afternoon at
the Heron Bay Golf Club in Coral Springs,
Fla.
Duncan, who is from Fort Lauderdale, turned
in a final round of 73 to win by five strokes
over teen phenom Alexis Thompson. With
rounds of 70, 71, 70 and 73, Duncan posted 4-
under 284 in the 72-hole event. Thompson,
the
2009
amateurgolf.com Women's Rankings
Player-of-the-Year, led by three at the
halfway point with rounds of 69-69, but
struggled over the final 36 holes, posting
rounds of 73 and 78 to finish with in a tie for
second with Holly Clyburn of England at 289.
Defending Champion, Candace Schepperle of
Birmingham, Alabama finished tied for fourth at
291.
“The field strength of this year’s Women’s
Dixie was spectacular and featured nine highly
ranked international players,” said Tournament
Director Jeff Hunt. “Having Lindy Duncan’s
name on our Championship Trophy is an
honor.”
Hunt has worked hard to build on the fields
of both the men's and women's Dixie Amateur
events, which were moved along with the
Senior Dixie to Heron Bay in 2008.
As with the Dixie Men's
Championship won by Peter Uihlein in late
December, weather played a major role in the
scoring but instead of rain mother nature dealt
out cold winds that turned "moving day" on
Saturday into survival of the fittest. Indeed,
Lindy Duncan's 2-under 70, the round of the
day on Saturday, moved her into a tie with
Thompson and gave her the opportunity to get
the job done on Sunday.
Note: Duke University Sports and the Dixie
Amateur Tournament Committee contributed to
this story.
ABOUT THE
Dixie Women's Amateur
*The tournament field is full. A wait list has begun. Please email Rodion Gomez at rgomez@clublink.ca to add your name to the wait list*72-hole stroke invitational women's stroke play
championship. Field consists of
former Dixie
Amateur
Champions, and women from around the world
invited by the
Tournament Committee. (You may request an
invitation at
www.dixieamateur.com).
Tournament takes on extra
importance as one of the last major
international
amateur
events to be played
before the Augusta National Women's Amateur
(ANWA) determines their
ranking-based exemption list. The field limit will
be
108
players. Field
is cut after 54 holes to
the low 66 players and ties.
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