Fifth
Annual Georgia-South Carolina
Girls' Junior Challenge Match
Harbor Club, Greensboro
Georgia Wins Girls’ Junior Challenge Match, 16-8
South Carolina Rallies in Second Round, but Georgia’s Early
Lead Prevails
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GREENSBORO,
Ga. - The Georgia Girls’ team fought off a South Carolina
rally to claim the Georgia-South Carolina Girls’ Junior Challenge
Match by a score of 16-8. The fifth annual event took place
at Harbor Club, August 7-8.
Team Georgia dominated the opening matches on Saturday collecting
10 0f the 12 possible points. Sunday’s matches proved to be
much closer. The two teams tied, 6-6, in the final round while
finishing all square in two of the four contests.
The two teams competed using the Nassau format, which awards
one point to the winner of each nine and one point to the
overall match winner. Half-points were awarded for matches
that are all square after each nine and overall.
The battle between the state’s reigning Girls’ Champions finished
all square. South Carolina Girls’ champion, Lauren Dunbar
of Columbia, took the front nine point, but Georgia’s champion,
Jessica Haigwood of Roswell, won the back nine point and they
split the overall match point.
For the second-straight day, McKenzie Talbert collected South
Carolina most points earning all three points in her match
Rinko Mitsunaga . Chelsey Couch played excellent golf in her
finals match but fell just shot in her attempt against Emily
Kurey.
Georgia’s Rachel Dai of Suwanee clinched this year’s match
for Georgia by finishing all square against Kristi Goodman
of Easley. Dai won the front nine point, but Goodman pulled
ahead and was 1 up heading into 18. Dai won the 18th hole
to finish the match all square and claim the half-point Georgia
needed to clinch the title.
In the fifth year of this competition, Georgia now leads the
series 3-2.
Teams are composed of the top four finishers from each state’s
2010 Girls’ Championship
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Final
Points: Georgia 16, South Carolina 8
Day Two Results Points: Georgia 6, South Carolina 6
| Georgia |
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South
Carolina |
Points |
| Rachel Dai, Suwane |
vs. |
Kristi Goodman,
Easley |
GA 1 ½-1
½ |
| Rinko Mitsunaga,
Roswell |
vs. |
McKenzie Talbert,
Augusta |
SC 3, GA 0 |
| Emily Kurey,
Alpharetta |
vs. |
Chesley Couch,
Ware Shoals |
GA 3, SC 0 |
| Jessica Haigwood,
Roswell |
vs. |
Lauren Dunbar |
GA 1 ½
, SC 1½ |
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