Former Parker resident Elizabeth Wang, who finished 34th in this year’s U.S. Women’s Open, cruised to a match-play berth at the U.S. Girls’ Junior on Tuesday by firing a 1-under-par 70 at Poppy Hills Golf Course in Pebble Beach, Calif.
Wang, who lived in Colorado until moving to California in 2010, stands in 25th place in the 36-hole stroke-play portion of the event. The top 64 earn spots in match play, which begins on Wednesday, though stroke play didn’t conclude as scheduled on Tuesday evening due to a long fog delay.
Wang, the 2015 national Junior PGA Championship winner who is Harvard-bound in the fall, made two birdies and one bogey in round 2 to post a 3-over-par 145 total.
Meanwhile, the two Colorado residents in the field won’t advance to match play, though Morgan Ryan of Centennial will finish her second round of stroke play on Wednesday as the fog delay kept her from doing so on Tuesday.
Ryan, who qualified for the national championship in Beatrice, Neb., was 23 over par for the first 28 holes of the event when play was stopped due to darkness on Tuesday night. That put her in 142nd place. Meghan Vogt of Broomfield did complete round 2, going 88-80 for a 26-over 168 total, leaving her in 148th place. (Ryan and Vogt are pictured together.)
Fifteen-year-old Lucy Li of Redwood Shores, Calif., appears headed for medalist honors for the second straight year at this event, going 62-69 for an 11-under-par 131 total, one more than the 36-hole record for the event. But some players on the leaderboard haven’t yet finished round 2.
Here are the scores for the players with strong Colorado ties competing at Poppy Hills:
25. Former Colorado resident Elizabeth Wang 75-70–145
Ҭ142. Morgan Ryan, Centennial 84-(10 over through 10 holes in round 2)
148. Meghan Vogt, Broomfield 88-80–168
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