Young Ladies Take Shot at U.S. Women's Open On Florida Golf Course
Naples' average age will take a drop today at the U.S. Women's Open local qualifier at Imperial Golf Club in North Naples, Florida.
Twelve players age 16 or younger, and 27 under the age of 20 are part of the 90-player field. Last year, a total of 23 spots were up for grabs, and this year there should be a similar number.
Last year, Coral Springs' Lexi Thompson, who is now 11, missed a nine-player playoff for the final four spots by a stroke. Dakoda Dowd, now 13, also was at Imperial last year. Dowd was granted an exemption into the LPGA Tour's Ginn Clubs & Resorts Open near Orlando last month.
There are several players with ties to Southwest Florida golf courses in the field: Naples' Stephanie Allan, Holly Boot and Leslye Dyke, Estero's Meghan Spero, Fort Myers' Dede Cusimano, Nancy Hauber and Valerie Osborn, 16-year-old Cape Coral resident Michelle Shin, as well as current Florida Gulf Coast University golfer Heather Hagerman, Lely Resort's Sarah Pesavento, and Misia Lemanski, who plays out of Eagle Creek Country Club another Florida golf course in Naples.
There are 39 amateurs and 51 professionals competing, including Suzy Whaley, the former club professional who played in the PGA Tour's Greater Hartford Open a few years ago.
Naples' Kris Tamulis will try to advance out of the local qualifier at Wilmington Country Club in Wilmington, Del., on Monday. Southwest Florida's other local player, Bonita Springs' Catherine Cartwright, is exempt from local qualifying.
Sectional qualifying will be June 5-13, with the Women's Open from June 29-July 2 at Newport (R.I.) Country Club.
Twelve players age 16 or younger, and 27 under the age of 20 are part of the 90-player field. Last year, a total of 23 spots were up for grabs, and this year there should be a similar number.
Last year, Coral Springs' Lexi Thompson, who is now 11, missed a nine-player playoff for the final four spots by a stroke. Dakoda Dowd, now 13, also was at Imperial last year. Dowd was granted an exemption into the LPGA Tour's Ginn Clubs & Resorts Open near Orlando last month.
There are several players with ties to Southwest Florida golf courses in the field: Naples' Stephanie Allan, Holly Boot and Leslye Dyke, Estero's Meghan Spero, Fort Myers' Dede Cusimano, Nancy Hauber and Valerie Osborn, 16-year-old Cape Coral resident Michelle Shin, as well as current Florida Gulf Coast University golfer Heather Hagerman, Lely Resort's Sarah Pesavento, and Misia Lemanski, who plays out of Eagle Creek Country Club another Florida golf course in Naples.
There are 39 amateurs and 51 professionals competing, including Suzy Whaley, the former club professional who played in the PGA Tour's Greater Hartford Open a few years ago.
Naples' Kris Tamulis will try to advance out of the local qualifier at Wilmington Country Club in Wilmington, Del., on Monday. Southwest Florida's other local player, Bonita Springs' Catherine Cartwright, is exempt from local qualifying.
Sectional qualifying will be June 5-13, with the Women's Open from June 29-July 2 at Newport (R.I.) Country Club.
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