2011 U.S. Women’s Open Sectional Qualifying

Qualifiers:
Reilley Rankin, Hilton Head Island, S.C.	145
Whitney Wade, Glasgow, KY	145
Mariah Stackhouse, Riverdale, GA (a)	146  *
Alternates:
1st Kendall Martindale, Jefferson City, TN (a)	146  *
2nd Minami Levonowiche, Hilton Head Island, S.C.	147  *

 

*determined in playoff
(a) denotes amateur

Notes:
LPGA Tour player Reilley Rankin (Hilton Head, SC) along with LPGA Futures Tour player and former Georgia Bulldog Whitney Wade (Glasgow, KY) finished tied for medalist honors, qualifying for the U.S. Women's Open Championship. Rankin (74-71) and Wade (72-73) each finished with a 1-over-par 145 over 36 holes. Rankin carded six birdies and seven bogeys over the two rounds of qualifying, while Wade holed seven birdies, six bogeys and a double-bogey.

A pair of amateurs, Mariah Stackhouse of Riverdale, GA (75-71) and Kendall Martindale of Jefferson City, TN (73-73), each finished at 2-over-par 146 and participated in a playoff to determine the third automatic qualifying spot and first alternate position. With a par on the first playoff hole, the 562-yard, par-5 18th hole, Stackhouse secured the third automatic qualifying spot for the U.S. Women's Open. Martindale finished as first alternate.

If one playoff wasn't enough, a second playoff was needed to determine the second alternate position. Amateur Minami Levonowiche (Hilton Head Island, SC) and LPGA Tour pro Jeehae Lee (Jupiter, FL) both turned in 3-over-par 147 scorecards in regulation. Both players bogeyed the first playoff hole, the 444-yard, par 4 first hole, but Levonowiche secured the second alternate position by saving par on the second playoff hole, the 562-yard, par 5 18th.

 

Druid Hills Golf Club played to 6,606 yards and a par 72. Qualifiers advance to the 66th U.S. Women's Open Championship will be held at The Broadmoor in Colorado Springs, July 7-10. Entries were open to any female professional and to female amateurs with USGA Handicap Indexes not exceeding 4.4. The U.S. Women's Open is one of 13 national championships conducted annually by the United States Golf Association.