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93rd Iowa Women's Amateur Championship Hyperion Field Club, Johnston
Snyder Etches Name
in History
1 Britta Snyder E 73 70 73 216
T2 Leanne Smith +13 77 77 75 229
T2 Maddie Bertsch +13 72 78 79 229
T4 Madelyn Hawkins +15 76 78 77 231
T4 Paige Van Dyk +15 78 73 80 231
6 M.J. Kamin +17 74 78 81 233
7 Alexa Capesius +19 76 80 79 235
8 Allison Olberding +20 75 76 85 236
9 Brooke Klostermann +21 82 74 81 237
10 Karli Kerrigan +22 81 81 76 238
T11 Rachele Miller +23 79 81 79 239
T11 Sierra Hargens +23 79 76 84 239
T13 Anne Gradoville +24 78 83 79 240
T13 Elise Warne +24 84 79 77 240
T13 Julie Buerman +24 84 79 77 240
T16 Jenny Heinz +25 82 82 77 241
T16 Shannyn Vogler +25 76 80 85 241
18 Brooke Boardman +27 85 77 81 243
T19 Annika Patton +29 80 83 82 245
T19 Paige Seiser +29 79 83 83 245
T19 Sarah McMichael +29 82 85 78 245
Championship Division
1 Janece Schwartzkopf +29 85 80 80 245
2 Kari Manning +30 78 84 84 246
3 Kathy Fortune +35 82 82 87 251
4 Kelly Grimes +38 81 90 83 254
5 Kelly Nelson +43 83 92 84 259
Open Division
Maddie Bertsch was the
first round leader at even
par. She would go on to
finish T2 with Leanne
Smith.
Janece Schwartzkopf took the Open
Division by one shot over Kari Manning.
Par 72
Par 72
Britta Snyder accentuated three days of beautiful weather with three days
of wonderful golf during the 2017 Iowa Women’s Amateur. Snyder, of
Ames, shot even-par (216) to win by a staggering 13 shots at Hyperion Field
Club in Johnston. At only 15 years old, she became the second-youngest
person to win the Iowa Women’s Amateur. The only younger was Edith
Estabrooks, who won at age 14 in 1935.
Snyder took control of the championship in the second round. After an
opening round 73 that left her one shot back, she fired a 2-under-par
70 to vault to the lead. Her second round was three shots better than
the next-best that day, and eight shots better than first
round leader Maddie Bertsch, of Robins. She now
entered the final round with a seven shot lead over
Bertsch, who was still the nearest challenger.
The youngster would only increase the lead
throughout the final round. In fact, a par on the first
hole helped her add three shots right away. From there,
she never looked back. Her closing 73 was once again the
best score of the day, this time by two over the 75 posted
by Leanne Smith.
When all was said and done, Snyder would post nine
birdies during the 54-hole championship, against seven
bogeys and a double bogey to finish on even par. It
was very steady and, according to the champion,
sometimes uninteresting golf.
“I think sticking to my game plan worked,”
Snyder said. “I didn’t hit very many drivers. I
just tried to hit fairways and keep it under the
Links
hole on these greens. I just hit a lot of shots to
the middle of the green and two putted from
there. It was boring, but good golf.”
Smith, of Indianola, and Bertsch would
ultimately tie for second (+13).
In the Open Division Janece Schwartzkopf,
of Stuart, came from three shots down in the
final round to edge Hyperion member Kari
Manning by one.
Manning, of Urbandale, entered the final round
with a two shot lead over Kathy Fortune, of
Rockwell City, and three clear of Schwartzkopf.
But Schwartzkopf put together a final round 80
that was four better than Manning and seven
clear of Fortune to claim the title. It was the
second straight win for Schwartzkopf in the
Open Division of the Iowa Women’s Amateur.
July 31-August 2, 2017