University of Colorado golfer Gillian Vance earned medalist honors in the open championship division and Kristine Franklin of Colorado National Golf Club did likewise in the senior championship flight as Tuesday’s stroke-play qualifying round set the brackets for the 103rd CGA Women’s Match Play at The Fox Hill Club in Longmont.
Vance (left in a CU photo), who recently qualified for the U.S. Women’s Amateur, shot an even-par 72, making three birdies and three bogeys on the process. She’ll play CU teammate Jaclyn Murray in Wednesday’s round of 16.
Another player who has qualified for the U.S. Women’s Am, University of Denver golfer Mary Weinstein of CommonGround Golf Course, was second-best on Tuesday with a 3-over-par 75 that included two birdies.
Four golfers shared third place in stroke play at 76, including defending champion Emily Gilbreth of Highlands Ranch Golf Club.
In the senior championship division, Franklin, the 1986 CGA Women’s Stroke Play champion and a 2017 U.S. Senior Women’s Amateur qualifier, posted the only sub-par round of the day with 1-under 71. She made three birdies and two bogeys on Tuesday.
Four-time Senior Match Play champion Kim Eaton, a Colorado Golf Hall of Famer who is trying to become the all-time winningest player in CGA women’s/CWGA championships, placed second in stroke play at 75. She carded three birdies, four bogeys and a double bogey.
Tiffany Maurycy of Cherry Creek Country Club was the only other senior championship player to break 80 on Tuesday, shooting 76.
Match play will begin on Wednesday for the 16 women in the open championship flight and for the eight each in the senior championship and the first, second and third flights. The competition will conclude on Friday with championship matches, including a 36-holer for the open-division finalists.
For scores from Tuesday’s stroke-play round and to view the brackets, CLICK HERE.
