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Kiara Romero made a statement Tuesday.
Texas junior Farah O'Keefe had dominated college golf the last month, winning three of her past four starts and making her case for the Annika Award, given to the women's Player of the Year. Through 36 holes at the Charles Schwab Women's Collegiate Challenge at Colonial Country Club in Fort Worth, Romero and O'Keefe were tied for the lead atop a stacked field.
In the end, Romero pulled away for one of the biggest wins of her collegiate career.
The junior at Oregon, and top-ranked player in the World Amateur Golf Ranking, shot 3-under 67 on Tuesday to pull away from the field and win medalist honors at Colonial. She beat O'Keefe by six shots in the final round to win for the second time this season and won overall by five shots.
Texas' Lauren Kim finished solo second at 1 under, the only other player to finish under par. Duke's Rianne Malixi and Stanford's Kelly Xu, Meja Ortengren and Paula Martin Sampedro also tied with O'Keefe at even-par after 54 holes.
Romero and O'Keefe are bound to be Curtis Cup teammates in a little more than two months at Bel-Air in Los Angeles, but Tuesday belonged to Romero.
In the team competition, No. 1 Stanford once again took home the team title, finishing at 8 over to top Duke by three shots. The Cardinal were without U.S. Women's Amateur champion Megha Ganne, but its depth showed once again for its fifth win of the season.
Duke and Wake Forest tied for third while Texas came in fifth.
This article originally appeared on Golfweek: Oregon's Kiara Romero makes statement with win at Charles Schwab
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Texas junior Farah O'Keefe had dominated college golf the last month, winning three of her past four starts and making her case for the Annika Award, given to the women's Player of the Year. Through 36 holes at the Charles Schwab Women's Collegiate Challenge at Colonial Country Club in Fort Worth, Romero and O'Keefe were tied for the lead atop a stacked field.
In the end, Romero pulled away for one of the biggest wins of her collegiate career.
The junior at Oregon, and top-ranked player in the World Amateur Golf Ranking, shot 3-under 67 on Tuesday to pull away from the field and win medalist honors at Colonial. She beat O'Keefe by six shots in the final round to win for the second time this season and won overall by five shots.
Texas' Lauren Kim finished solo second at 1 under, the only other player to finish under par. Duke's Rianne Malixi and Stanford's Kelly Xu, Meja Ortengren and Paula Martin Sampedro also tied with O'Keefe at even-par after 54 holes.
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Romero and O'Keefe are bound to be Curtis Cup teammates in a little more than two months at Bel-Air in Los Angeles, but Tuesday belonged to Romero.
In the team competition, No. 1 Stanford once again took home the team title, finishing at 8 over to top Duke by three shots. The Cardinal were without U.S. Women's Amateur champion Megha Ganne, but its depth showed once again for its fifth win of the season.
Duke and Wake Forest tied for third while Texas came in fifth.
This article originally appeared on Golfweek: Oregon's Kiara Romero makes statement with win at Charles Schwab
Continue reading...
