Village of Pinehurst
, N.C.
– Danielle Kang was happy to make it out of the first round of match play at the 2010 U.S.
Girls’ Junior with a victory, but she wasn’t thrilled with how she was playing.
The 17-year-old stroke-play medalist from Thousand Oaks, Calif., was much more pleased
following her second-round
5-and-4 win over
Kelli Oride of Lihue, Hawaii, Thursday morning on the
par-72, 6,331-yard Dogwood Course at The Country Club of North Carolina.
Haley Andreas breezed in her second-round match. (John
Mummert/USGA)
I just played better than yesterday – I hit better shots, said Kang, who won the first hole
against Oride and never trailed. I was on the phone with my coach yesterday on the range and we
fixed a little problem. So my shots were straighter today.
Even a double bogey on the par-5 fifth hole didn’t faze Kang, who is playing in her fourth
Girls’ Junior.
I dunked it in the water, said Kang. Before I would get a little upset and probably break
down from there, but lately I just kind of laugh it off and tell myself, ‘Oh my god, did I just
do that?’
Kang’s third-round opponent will be Haley Andreas, 17, of Pacific Grove, Calif., who
advanced with a 7-and-6 victory over Summar Roachell of Conway, Ark. Andreas, who lost in the
second round a year ago, was also pleased with her ball striking in her second-round win.
I was finally hitting a lot more fairways, which was nice, said Andreas. I’ve been
struggling with my driver the past few days, but that was straightening out a little bit more.
And I was hitting more greens.
In other second-round action, Cali Hipp, 17, of Caldwell, Idaho, ended Megan Khang’s hopes
of becoming the youngest U.S. Girls’ Junior champion in history, but it wasn’t easy. Hipp held a
4-up lead with six holes to play and watched her lead dissipate and finally disappear on the 18
th
hole when Khang made a 35-foot birdie putt to square the match and force extra holes.
Hipp eventually earned the victory on the 21st hole when she hit her tee shot on the par-3
third to 10 inches, which was conceded. Khang missed her 10-footer for birdie.
She’d been dropping those putts all day, said Hipp of her opponent. You know, I was ready
to go to the next hole. I wouldn’t be surprised if she made it. She just barely missed it.
Also advancing was 2007 Girls’ Junior champion Kristen Park, 17, of Buena
Park, Calif., who earned a 1-up victory over Mariah Stackhouse of Riverdale, Ga. Park, who
is trying to become just the fourth multiple winner in the championship’s history, will face
Victoria Tanco of Argentinain the third round. Tanco earned a marathon
25-hole victory over Thailand’sAriya Jutanugarn to advance.
Two other second-round matches required extra holes. Ginger Howard of
Bradenton, Fla., needed 22 holes to top Kendall Martindale of Jefferson City, Tenn., and Nicole
Morales of South Salem, N.Y., outlasted Erica Herr of New Hope, Pa., in 19 holes.
The 2010 U.S. Girls’ Junior continues Thursday afternoon with the third
round of match play. The quarterfinal and semifinal matches are on Friday, and the 36-hole
championship final will be played Saturday.
The U.S. Girls’ Junior is one of 13 championships conducted annually by the United
States Golf Association each year, 10 of which are strictly for amateurs.
Story written by Beth Murrison, USGA Manager of Championship Communications. For
questions or comments, contact her at
bmurrison@usga.org
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Village of Pinehurst, N.C. – Results following Thursday’s second round of match play at
the 2010 U.S. Girls’ Junior at the 6,331-yard, par-72 Country Club of North Carolina:
Round of 32
Upper Bracket
Danielle Kang, Thousand Oaks, Calif. (141) def. Kelli Oride, Lihue, Hawaii (153), 5 and 4
Haley Andreas, Pacific Grove, Calif. (155) def. Summar Roachell, Conway, Ark. (150), 7 and 6
Doris Chen, Bradenton, Fla. (156) def. Nicole Quinn, Windermere, Fla. (153), 4 and 3
Elisabeth Bernabe, Anaheim Hills, Calif. (147) def. Mikayla Harmon, Gilbert, Ariz. (152), 3 and
2
Gyeol Park, Korea (144) def. Grace Na, Oakland, Calif. (153), 1 up
Lindsey Weaver, Scottsdale, Ariz. (149) def. Brenna Nelsen, Monte Sereno,
Calif. (151), 4 and 3
Mariko Tumangan, San Jose, Calif. (145) def. Casey Danielson, Osceola, Wis.
(153), 4 and 3
Nicole Morales, South Salem, N.Y. (151) def. Erica Herr, New Hope, Pa. (149),
19 holes
Lower Bracket
Ginger Howard, Bradenton, Fla. (142) def. Kendall Martindale, Jefferson City, Tenn. (153), 22
holes
Ally McDonald, Fulton, Miss. (150) def. Kyle Roig, Puerto Rico (150), 1 up
Victoria Tanco, Argentina (153) def. Ariya Jutanugarn, Thailand (147), 25
holes
Kristen Park, Buena Park, Calif. (148) def. Mariah Stackhouse, Riverdale, Ga.
(152), 1 up
Cali Hipp, Caldwell, Idaho (154) def. Megan Khang, Rockland, Mass. (143), 21
holes
Stephanie Liu, St Albans, Mo. (149) def. Soobin Kim, Canada (150), 3 and 2
Christina Foster, Canada (153) def. Yueer Feng, Ppls Rep. of China (146), 2
up
Katelyn Dambaugh, Goose Creek, S.C. (151) def. Giovana Maymon, Mexico (156), 2
and 1
Village of Pinehurst, N.C. – Pairings for Thursday’s third round of match play at the
2010 U.S. Girls’ Junior at the 6,331-yard, par-72 Country Club of North Carolina (All times
EDT):
Round of 16
Upper Bracket
1:00 p.m. Danielle Kang, Thousand Oaks, Calif. (141) vs. Haley Andreas,
Pacific Grove, Calif. (155)
1:13 p.m. Doris Chen, Bradenton, Fla. (156) vs.
Elisabeth Bernabe, Anaheim Hills, Calif. (147)
1:25 p.m. Gyeol Park, Korea (144) vs. Lindsey Weaver,
Scottsdale, Ariz. (149)
1:35 p.m. Mariko Tumangan, San Jose, Calif. (145) vs.
Nicole Morales, South Salem, N.Y. (151)
Lower Bracket
2:20 p.m. Ginger Howard, Bradenton, Fla. (142) vs. Ally McDonald,
Fulton, Miss. (150)
3:20 p.m. Victoria Tanco, Argentina (153) vs. Kristen
Park, Buena Park, Calif. (148)
2:45 p.m. Cali Hipp, Caldwell, Idaho (154) vs.
Stephanie Liu, St Albans, Mo. (149)
2:30 p.m. Christina Foster, Canada (153) vs. Katelyn
Dambaugh, Goose Creek, S.C. (151)