The weather decided to co-operate during second round action of the BC Golf Women’s Amateur and Mid-Amateur Championships at Christina Lake Golf Club.
Christine Wong, of Richmond, took the opportunity to post a three-under-par 69, 139 total (70-69-139) to take the overall championship lead by one stroke.
Wong, an upcoming senior at San Diego State University and Team Canada member, had an uneventful outward nine only to light up the back, going four-under-par on her final five holes, including an eagle and two birdies.
First-round leader A. Ram Choi of Surrey struggled on the day, compared to round one, posting a one-over-par 73, 140 total (67-73-140) to drop down into a tie for second along with Port Coquitlam’s Soo-Bin Kim and Kelowna’s Kyla Inaba.
Kim posted her second straight two-under-par 70, capped by the championships’ first eagle on the par 5 430-yard 15th hole. The only other player in the field to accomplish this task, not long after Kim, was Wong.
Kim’s two round total of 140 (70-70-140) gives her great positioning going into the third round to catch Wong atop the leader board.
Inaba rounds out the trio, tied for second in the overall championship, thanks to a steady one-under-par 71, 140 total (69-71-140). Inaba, leader of the mid-amateur division following the first round, maintained her two-stroke lead in the division over Port Alberni’s Christina Proteau who matched her own opening round 71 for a two round total of 142 (71-71-142).
Proteau is still within reach of defending both the overall and mid-amateur division titles from 2011 but she will need to put together a fine third round score to make up some strokes and stay alive in the championship. Only one other player sits under-par for the overall championship and that is Nanaimo’s Amanda Baker at 142 total (69-73-142).
Although a valiant effort was put forth by Shelly Stouffer of Nanoose Bay during the second round, her two round total 151 (78-73-151) leaves her 11 strokes off the mid-amateur pace and 12 off the overall Championship.
It would appear the mid-amateur title is a two-horse race but with Victoria’s Alison Murdoch shooting a six-over-par 78 (74-78-152) in round two, the Master-40 division is anything but a run-a-way.
With only one stroke separating Stouffer and Murdoch, the title is anyones. Alone in third in the Master-40 is Sandra Turbide of Maple Ridge whose +12 total (77-79-156) leaves her five-strokes off Stouffer’s division lead.
The Club Team gross champions for the event are Swan-e-set Bay Resort members Soo-Bin Kim and Anica Yoo of Port Coquitlam, finishing at a three-under-total.
The Club Team net champions are Mission Golf and Country Club members Brooklyn of Deroche and Dani Shap of Mission, who finished the two-round competition at one-over total.
In the Zone Team competitions, Zone 2 took the gross title thanks to the stellar play of Inaba and Kelowna’s Megan Osland and the net title went to Zone 3’s Turbide and Shap.
Round 3 is set to begin tomorrow at 7:30am with the mid-amateur champion being crowned at its conclusion.
– Submitted by British Columbia Golf
