Shannon Kennedy of Beverly Hills is sticking with her game plan for the 107th Michigan Women’s Amateur Championship presented by Carl’s Golfland.
It’s worked so far and she has a crystal trophy to prove it. The Michigan State University golfer shot an even-par round of 72 Tuesday at Spring Lake Country Club and finished with a two-day 3-under 141 total to win the stroke play portion of the state championship.
With the win she also earned the No. 1 seed for match play that starts Wednesday with the round of 32.
“I stuck with my same game plan as yesterday, you know, put the driver away where I need to, then there are some holes out here where you kind of have to rip driver and expect you might hit a tree or two just because it’s so tight,” she said. “But I kept it out of the trees. I just felt like I swung hard and played my game.”
Kennedy will take on Julie Massa of Pentwater in the first match at 8 a.m. Wednesday. Massa, who shot 77 for 158, earned the last spot in the match play bracket as part of a three-golfer playoff at 158 for the final two spots in the field. Massa was last summer’s Michigan Senior Women’s Amateur Champion, a seven-time GAM Senior Player of the Year and is the oldest player in the field at 59.
Source: gam.org
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