A couple of weeks after one player with strong Colorado ties scored a victory on The Cactus Tour, another finished high on the leaderboard.
Rookie pro Hannah Wood of Highlands Ranch tied for third place on Wednesday in Palm Desert, Calif.
Wood, winner of the 2014 CWGA Stroke Play who wrapped up her University of Oklahoma career in the spring, shot rounds of 74-69-69 for a 4-under-par 212 total, which left her three strokes behind champion Kendra Dalton of Wake Forest, N.C.
The showing was worth $1,300 for Wood (left), who placed 67th at the Women’s NCAA Division I Championships in May.
This week marked Wood’s second top-five showing in three pro events. She placed fifth in the Michigan PGA Women’s Open in late June.
Former University of Colorado golfer Brittany Fan won The Cactus Tour event two weeks ago in Rancho Mirage, Calif.
Elsewhere in mini tour events this week, former Longmont resident Cole Nygren tied for fifth on Thursday in the Golden State Tour’s Yolo Fliers Club Pre-Q Shootout in Woodland, Calif.
Nygren, winner of the All Pro Championship at the inaugural Major Series of Putting last Halloween in Las Vegas, went 67-71 for a 6-under-par 138 total, a showing worth $685. Maxwell Cohen of Los Angeles won the event by nine strokes with a 126 total.
