Marilyn Hardy and Janet Moore are competing with some women less than half their ages this week at the U.S. Women’s Mid-Amateur, but that didn’t keep the two Colorado residents from extending their stay in the national championship for golfers 25 and older.
Hardy, a part-time Gunnison resident, easily made match play at age 56 on Sunday at Norwood Hills Country Club in St. Louis, Mo.
And Moore, a Colorado Golf Hall of Famer from Centennial, has a good chance to do likewise at age 54. (The two are pictured, with Hardy at left.)
With the top 64 players in stroke play earning spots in match play, which starts on Monday, Hardy finished 27th on Sunday. And Moore tied for 59th, which leaves her in a playoff on Monday morning that will determine which six players out of the seven at 15-over-par 159 will advance to the match-play bracket.
Hardy shot a 3-over-par 75 in round 2, giving her a 10-over 154 total for 36 holes. A one-time semifinalist in this event, Hardy made one birdie and four bogeys on Sunday in ending up 11 strokes behind stroke-play medalist Shannon Johnson of Norton, Mass.
As for Moore, she fired a 5-over-par 77 on Sunday — five strokes better than Saturday — to move into the top 64. She recorded two birdies, four bogeys and a triple bogey in round 2.
The other Coloradan competing in the 132-player event, Staci Creech of Englewood, failed to advance to match play with her 164 total.
Here are the round-by-round scores for the Coloradans competing at the U.S. Women’s Mid-Amateur:
Advances to Match Play
27. Marilyn Hardy, Gunnison 79-75–154
In Playoff on Monday
59. Janet Moore, Centennial 82-77–159
Failed to Advance to Match Play
Staci Creech, Englewood 80-84–164
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