2007 Girls’ Championship

Stackhouse Wins Georgia Girls' Championship by Four Strokes

ATLANTA – Thirteen-year-old Mariah Stackhouse of Riverdale shot a final-round, 3-over-par 75 and cruised to the title in the 28th annual Georgia Girls' Championship, contested at Dunwoody Country Club in Atlanta, June 18-20. Stackhouse finished at 6-over 222 for the Championship, four strokes ahead of Americus' Kathryn Fowler.

Yugene Lee of Athens finished third at 12-over 228 with a final-round 76, while Lawrenceville's Lindsay Adams was fourth at 230 after carding her second-straight 74. Blaire Minter of Marietta placed fifth at 235, while Emilie Burger of Hoschton and Lacey Fears of Bonaire tied for sixth at 238. Dawsonville's Kasay Holbrook came out of the Championship B flight to finish eighth overall at 239. Taylor Ramsey of Augusta was ninth at 240 and Metter's Tess Fordham was one stroke back in 10th with a final-round 76. Stackhouse began the day with a five-stroke lead over Lee and a seven-stroke advantage on Fowler, her two playing partners in the final grouping. She ran into a stretch of trouble early, with three-straight bogeys on holes 3, 4 and 5. She also bogeyed the 376-yard seventh, but came back with a birdie on the 473-yard ninth to make the turn at 3-over for the round, +6 for the tournament. With three bogeys and one birdie of her own on the front nine, Lee had gained a stroke on Stackhouse by the turn. Fowler, who played the front at 1-over, trailed by five.

Stackhouse's three-putt for bogey on number 10 moved Lee to just three strokes back and Fowler to four, but that was as close as the margin would get.

Stackhouse's birdie on 14 got her back to 6-over for the tournament with four holes to play. Neither of her playing partners could challenge from that point, although Fowler birdied 16 to move into second place ahead of Lee, who double-bogeyed the hole.

 

Fowler, who was the first-round leader with a 75, finished with the low score of the final round, an even-par 72. Stackhouse's 2-under 70 in the second round was the only sub-par score of the Championship.

 

Dunwoody Country Club played to 5,988 yards and a par-72 for the Championship flights.

Holbrook, who also carded a 72 in the second round, won the Championship B flight by five strokes over Carnesville's Carrie Metz (244). Roswell's Rinko Mitsunaga was third at 245, while Amira Alexander of Alpharetta finished fourth at 248.

Entries were open to female amateur golfers between the ages of nine and 17 who are Georgia residents and GSGA members or dependents of GSGA members.

Stackhouse, Fowler, Lee and Adams have all qualified to represent Georgia in the second annual Georgia-South Carolina Girls' Junior Challenge Match, a match-play team competition between the two states. This year's competition takes place August 4-5 at Berkeley Hall Plantation in Bluffton, S.C. Founded in 1916, the Georgia State Golf Association (GSGA) received its official charter on June 24, 1924. Since that date, the GSGA has grown to one of the largest state amateur golf associations in the country, with over 365 member clubs and 85,000 individual members. With a mission to promote and preserve amateur golf in the state of Georgia, GSGA offers a computerized handicapping service, course rating and measuring, and annually conducts a full schedule of statewide competitions for men and women of all age groups. Other services include a summer-long junior sectional program, award-winning Golf Georgia magazine, membership recognition and rewards programs and a charitable foundation administering two college scholarship programs.

 

Final Results

Top Ten Overall
1 Mariah Stackhouse, Riverdale 77 70 75 222 6
2 Kathryn Fowler, Americus 75 79 72 226 10
3 Yugene Lee, Athens 77 75 76 228 12
4 Lindsay Adams, Lawrenceville 82 74 74 230 14
5 Blaire Minter, Marietta 76 79 80 235 19
T6 Emilie Burger, Hoschton 77 80 81 238 22
T6 Lacey Fears, Bonaire 78 80 80 238 22
8 Kasay Holbrook, Dawsonville 84 72 83 239 23
9 Taylor Ramsey, Augusta 80 80 80 240 24
10 Tess Fordham, Metter 79 86 76 241 25

 

Championship A          
1 Mariah Stackhouse, Riverdale 77 70 75 222 6
2 Kathryn Fowler, Americus 75 79 72 226 10
3 Yugene Lee, Athens 77 75 76 228 12
4 Lindsay Adams, Lawrenceville 82 74 74 230 14
5 Blaire Minter, Marietta 76 79 80 235 19
T6 Emilie Burger, Hoschton 77 80 81 238 22
T6 Lacey Fears, Bonaire 78 80 80 238 22
8 Taylor Ramsey, Augusta 80 80 80 240 24
9 Tess Fordham, Metter 79 86 76 241 25
T10 Jennifer Nam, Buford 82 82 80 244 28
T10 Sarah Butts, Carrollton 79 81 84 244 28
12 Alei Mitchell, Waycross 83 82 81 246 30
13 Nina Yoo, Duluth 80 78 90 248 32
14 Abby Johnson, Braselton 86 81 82 249 33
15 Judy Nam, Buford 95 82 81 258 42

 

Championship B
1 Kasay Holbrook, Dawsonville 84 72 83 239 23
2 Carrie Metz, Carnesville 83 83 78 244 28
3 Rinko Mitsunaga, Roswell 80 84 81 245 29
4 Amira Alexander, Alpharetta 84 83 81 248 32
5 Jessica Welch, Lafayette 87 84 79 250 34
6 Kimberly Graff, Lilburn 80 91 82 253 37
7 Maggie Siddons, Acworth 88 87 80 255 39
T8 Alicia Poole, Suwanee 88 85 84 257 41
T8 Sloan Shanahan, Suwanee 88 86 83 257 41
10 Jessica Haigwood, Roswell 88 88 84 260 44
11 Melanie Pray, Mableton 93 86 88 267 51
12 Alicia Rowedder, Acworth 99 90 88 277 61
13 Isabella Skinner, Cumming 95 95 91 281 65
14 Katie Voll, Alpharetta 96 106 87 289 73
15 Alexandra Karr, Duluth 107 98 97 302 86