If the Coloradans representing the CWGA want to compete in the final round of the last USGA Women’s State Team Championship, they’ll need to rally on Wednesday.
Only the top 21 teams and ties out of the original field of 48 will survive the 36-hole cut, and after Tuesday’s first round, the Colorado squad sits in 32nd place.
With the top two individual scores each day counting toward the team total, Colorado shot a 19-over-par 163 on Tuesday at The Club at Las Campanas in Santa Fe, N.M. That leaves the Centennial State 21 strokes behind team leader New York, and eight shots back of the squads currently tied for 21st place. Arizona, which includes Colorado Golf Hall of Famer Kim Eaton on its roster, is in second place at 145.
Emily Gilbreth of Denver, the 2017 CWGA Match Play champion, led the way for the Coloradans with an 8-over-par 80 that included two birdies. Janet Moore of Centennial also made two birdies and carded an 83, while her fellow Colorado Golf Hall of Famer Christie Austin of Denver posted an 85. (The Coloradans are pictured, from left: Gilbreth, Austin and Moore.)
Individually, Riley Rennell of Tennessee had the low round of the day, a 4-under-par 68.
The USGA announced earlier this year that the 2017 Women’s State Team Champioship — the 12th one held — will be the final one contested.
USGA Women’s State Team Championship
At The Club at Las Campanas in Santa Fe, N.M.
32. Colorado 163
61. Emily Gilbreth of Denver 80
84. Janet Moore of Centennial 83
102. Christie Austin of Denver 85
Also
39. Colorado Golf Hall of Famer Kim Eaton, competing for Arizona 77
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