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| Arizona's Kayla Mortellaro, left, Judy Miller, center, and Thuhashini Selvaratnam proudly show off the hardware for winning the state's first Women's State Team title. (John Mummert/USGA) |
Arizona Withstands Pressure To Earn Women's State Team Victory
The Woodlands, Texas – All the soft-spoken Thuhashini Selvaratnam wanted to do this week was help her team win. Mission accomplished as Arizona won its first Women’s State Team Championship Thursday, leaving the rest of the contenders behind with a combined score of 5-over-par 437, eight strokes ahead of runner-up Tennessee.
Selvaratnam’s 1-under 71 and Kayla Mortellaro’s 3-over 74 proved to be too much for Tennessee, Florida (16-over 448), and Alabama and California – both tying at 19-over 451 – to overcome on the par-72, 5,918-yard Jack Nicklaus design at The Club at Carlton Woods.
Bigger And Better In Texas?
You could easily say it’s been a banner year for Texas with regard to USGA championships.
It started with Colt Knost of Dallas, who became just the second player to win the U.S. Amateur and U.S. Amateur Public Links titles in the same year (sixth overall individual to win two USGA events in the same year). The2007 Southern Methodist University graduate produced a 2-0-2 record to help the USA post a one-point win at the Walker Cup Match held Sept. 8-9 at Royal County Down in Northern Ireland.
Louisiana Ends First Round On Top
The Woodlands, Texas – Louisiana, trying to improve on a team-best eighth-place finish in 2005, overtook North Carolina and Tennessee late to lead after the first round at the Women’s State Team Championship Tuesday.
On a scorching day on the par-72, 5,918-yard Jack Nicklaus design at The Club at Carlton Woods, high school junior Kyndall Ardoin, 16, of Gibsland helped propel Louisiana to the top with a firm 1-under-par 71.
All About Being Here
N. Dakota, Vermont Excited To Be Involved
The Woodlands, Texas – They are here because they signed up. And because they love the game. Simple as that.
Notebook: 7 Players Can Recall First Championship
The Woodlands, Texas – They are a sorority of sorts, bonded by the same factoid.
2007 State Team Fact Sheet
| Championship Facts |
PARS AND YARDAGES – The Nicklaus Course at Carlton Woods, for the USGA Women’s State Team Championship, will be set at 6,133 yards and play to par 36-36—72. The Fazio Course, for the USGA Men’s State Team Championship, will be set at 7,184 yards and play to a par of 36-36—72. CARLTON WOODS – The two golf courses at Carlton Woods were designed by Tom Fazio and Jack Nicklaus. The original Nicklaus Course was opened in 2001, while the newer Fazio Course opened in 2005. SCHEDULE OF PLAY – The field of golfers will play 18 holes on each of three stroke play rounds Sept. 18-20 (Tuesday-Thursday). The two lowest scores from each three-person team constitute the team score for each round. The three-day total is the team’s score for the championship. ADMISSION IS FREE – The general public is invited to attend the championship. Both admission and parking are free of charge. ELIGIBILITY – The championships are open to female and male amateur golfers as selected by each state golf association or administrative body. At present, collegiate players are not eligible to compete in this championship. The NCAA rules state that a player may only play in an international team competition when that team is sponsored by the national governing body, such as the Curtis Cup Match (female), Walker Cup Match (male) or the World Amateur Team Championships. Any infraction of that rule means the collegiate player may be declared ineligible for the remainder of the season and the following season. |
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