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Dates: Monday, June 23 - Wednesday, June 25
Format: 54 holes of stroke play, with the field cut to the low 25 players and ties for Wednesday's third and final round.
Streaming coverage: College Golf Network will provide four hours of live streaming coverage of Wednesday's third and final round, beginning at approximately 10 a.m. Kendall Lewis (pxp) and Kristine Clites (color) will provide commentary. The link to the live stream is above.
Host site: Farmington Country Club
Day 1: Swedick, Ha top the leaderboard after first round
(Kathryn Ha tees off on 14 Monday at Farmington Country Club in the 3rd Women's Open of Virginia. Credit: Kaiden Bridges/VSGA)
Charlottesville -- On the first day of the 3rd Women's Open of Virginia, besting the heat and Farmington Country Club, both Kathryn Ha and Kennedy Swedick finished on top of the leaderboard, both shooting a 2-under 68.
Ha maintained a steady lead through the back nine ahead of Swedick until the final three holes where she recorded three consecutive bogeys.
PGA head golf professional at River Bend Golf and Country Club Shannon McKew-Strawoet sits in third after she fires an even par two strokes back from the lead. Behind McKew-Strawoet in fourth place on the leaderboard is Addie Doroh shooting a 71.
Six players tied for fifth place shooting a 2-over 72 including Annabelle Jennings, Kanchana Duangsam, Lauren Greenlief, PGA professional Jillian Drinkard, Samantha Fritzinger and Riley Kim.
Quotable:
- "Mentally I knew I didn't have the reps I needed, but I believed I could still do it. So that's that's been my challenge is just to get myself back in the mindset that I can do it. I have the game I don't need to practice to death beforehand, just believe in myself more." -- McKew-Strawoet
- "Allie is my teammate, she was on the bag for me today. So we were just having so much fun out there, just like going out and just like laughing and having a good time. So never got down. Then I had a good birdie on, like 13 or 14, not such a good putt on the next hole. But I just kept hitting consistent, consistent shots, and hopefully a few more pots go in the rest of the week." -- Swedick
- "I didn't do anything crazy, got up and down three or four times, which saved me. But yeah, it played to my strengths today, because I just figured out it was soft early and tried to get after the pins a little later." -- McKew-Strawoet
- "I had some comfortable numbers, especially on some of these par fours with some a wedge in my hand. It was all about like strategy, looking at my like heat map on my green book to see, where those more extreme slopes are, and trying to stay away from that. And then on some of the birdies, I was just able to capitalize on some shots and so, yeah, my putting was pretty consistent today.
- "I really appreciate the SGA partnering with Mid-Atlantic PGA. You guys do an awesome job. I've grown up Maryland state my whole life, and I think that the first three years you guys have have knocked us out of the park and the state open the field strong, and it just keeps getting better." -- McKew-Strawoet
- "My game feels pretty loose. I've been on the road a little bit and still in the state of Virginia, but I've been pretty busy with tournaments, and so I know there's some good golf left in me, and feel pretty good after coming with, like a top 15 finish last week. So, yeah, just trying to use that momentum this week." -- Ha
- "My goal is also to be here through Wednesday. I had a great caddy, Dustin the head pro here offered to caddy for me, so that was nice. Good teamwork today. I'm not going to change anything. Just keep rolling." -- McKew-Strawoet
- "There's a lot of young talent. The depth of the field is very deep, with all these pros and a lot of people that have so much experience, whether or not they go on tour or just have been playing golf for a long time, and it's just an honor to be in the field and how be in contention, and I expect more good golf from a lot of the my peers." -- Ha