Colorado State University golfer Katrina Prendergast shot a 3-under-par 69 Monday to earn championship flight medalist honors for the 102nd CWGA Match Play Championship at Buffalo Run Golf Course in Commerce City.
Prendergast, who has qualified for both the 2016 and ’17 U.S. Women’s Amateur, made five birdies and a double bogey to earn the top seed in the 16-person championship bracket.
Two rounds of match play are scheduled for Tuesday, with the semifinals set for Wednesday and the 36-hole final for Thursday.
Mary Weinstein of CommonGround Golf Course, a University of Denver golfer who was named the Junior Golf Alliance of Colorado’s 2016 Girls Player of the Year, was the only other player to post a sub-par round Monday as she managed a 2-under 70 that featured four birdies. (The top two qualifiers are pictured, from left, Prendergast and Weinstein.)
Carding 72s on Monday were Anna Christenson of Highlands Ranch Golf Club and former University of Houston golfer Emily Gilbreth. Likewise among those advancing to the championship flight bracket on Monday was Jaylee Tait of Raccoon Creek Golf Course, a finalist in last year’s CWGA Match Play who shot 73 on Monday. Jennifer Kupcho, who won Match Play titles in 2014 and ’16, isn’t in the field this year after finishing 21st in the U.S. Women’s Open on Sunday.
In the senior championship flight, 2007 champion and 2016 runner-up Christie Austin of Cherry Hills Country Club landed medalist honors with an even-par 72 on Monday. The Colorado Golf Hall of Famer carded three birdies and three bogeys.
Tiffany Maurycy of Cherry Creek Country Club made three birdies en route to a 73 on Monday. Three-time champion and 2016 winner Kim Eaton, a Colorado Golf Hall of Famer, recorded a 74 to place third in stroke play in the senior championship flight.
For the senior championship, eight players will begin match play on Tuesday, with the semis scheduled for Wednesday and an 18-hole final for Thursday.
Match play will also begin Tuesday for the other flights.
CWGA Match Play
At Par-72 Buffalo Run GC in Commerce City
CHAMPIONSHIP FLIGHT QUALIFIERS
Katrina Prendergast, The Resort at Red Hawk 35-34″“69
Mary Weinstein, CommonGround Wgc 37-33″“70
Anna Christenson, Highlands Ranch Wga 37-35″“72
Emily Gilbreth, Hermann Park GC 36-36″“72
Annie Young, Ptarmigan CC Wga 35-38″“73
Caitlyn Skavdahl, Casper CC 35-38″“73
Delaney Elliott, Omni Interlocken WGA 38-35″“73
Erin Sargent, Twin Peaks LGA 35-38″“73
Jaylee Tait, Raccoon Creek WGA 36-37″“73
Jennifer Hankins, Thorncreek Wga 40-34″“74
Madison McCambridge, Boulder CC Wga 39-35″“74
Emilee Strausburg, The Club at Rolling Hills Wga 39-36″“75
Kaylee Knadler, Loveland Wga 38-37″“75
Maddie Kern, Hyland Hills Wga 38-37″“75
Tori Glenn, Ridge at Castle Pines N Wga 38-37″“75
Megan Knadler, Loveland Wga 37-39″”76
Also
Jessica Sloot, Oakridge CC 39-37″“76
Samantha Barker, Perry Park CC Wga 40-36″“76
Calli Ringsby, Denver CC Lga 41-36″“77
Sydney Gillespie, Highlands Ranch Wga 38-39″“77
Jordan Remley, Indian Tree Wga 40-39″“79
Jacquelin Biggs, South Suburban Family Sports 39-41″“80
Jenna Chun, Junior Golf Alliance of Colorado 40-40″“80
Julia Baroth, Junior Golf Alliance of Colorado 42-38″“80
Kacey Godwin, CommonGround Wgc 40-40″“80
Mariah Ehrman, Walnut Creek Golf Preserve Wga 40-41″“81
Sarah Hankins, Thorncreek Wga 41-40″“81
Delaney Benson, CommonGround WGC 41-41″“82
Kylee Sullivan, CC of Colorado WGA 45-37″“82
Tabitha Diehl, Junior Golf Alliance of Colorado 41-41″“82
Ashlyn Kirschner, West Woods Wgc 42-41″“83
Janet Moore, Cherry Hills CC Wga 42-41″“83
Joanna Ringsby, Denver CC Lga 38-45″“83
Jamie Zook, Colorado Springs CC 45-42″“87
Kelsey Webster, Junior Golf Alliance of Colorado 48-41″”89
SENIOR CHAMPIONSHIP FLIGHT QUALIFIERS
Christie Austin, Cherry Hills CC Wga 36-36″“72
Tiffany Maurycy, Cherry Creek CC Wga 36-37″“73
Kim Eaton, Riverdale Wga 38-36″“74
Deb Hughes, Green Valley Ranch Wga 35-41″“76
Meghan Christensen, Cordillera Wga Valley 39-41″“80
Jennifer Hocking, Colorado Springs CC Lga 41-40″“81
Nancy Ziereis, Valley CC Wga 41-43″“84
Katty Rothberg, Cherry Creek CC Wga 47-41″”88
Also
Beverly Hoffenberg, Columbine CC Lga 43-45″“88
Dee Baker, Eisenhower Wga 44-45″“89
Nancy Werkmeister, Foothills Wga 43-47″“90
Lea Croghan, Spring Valley Wga 46-49″“95
