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Myah McDonald carded a round of 1-over-par 73 on Tuesday to finish off a victory in the 64th Waialae Women’s Invitational at Waialae Country Club.
McDonald, the Mountain West Conference Freshman of the Year at New Mexico, finished with a two-round total of 1-under-par 143 after opening with a 70 on Monday to claim the overall title. Danni Ujimori, a senior at Nevada, shot a 74 on Tuesday and won the championship flight with a 151.
Alice Ridgway was the tournament’s low-net winner at 139 and Jeannie Pak had the championship flight’s low net at 141. Other flight winners were: Tany Watumull (A flight-gross), Hae Sook Wada (A flight-net), Hyo Jae Lee (B flight-gross), Annu Ting (B flight-net), Kristina Li (C flight-gross), Edwina Moscatelli (C flight-net), Eunna Choi (D flight-gross) and Nakano Moon (D flight-net).
>> Hilo’s Lacey Uchida shot a 3-over 75 on Tuesday and qualified for the match-play portion of the U.S. Girls’ Junior Championship at Columbia Country Club in Chevy Chase, Md.
Uchida tied for 35th in stroke-play qualifying with a 36-hole total of 148 and is the 39th seed in the 64-player bracket. She will face No. 26 seed Kennedy Swedick of New York today in a first-round match.
64TH WAIALAE WOMEN’S INVITATIONAL
Final; at Waialae Country Club
Overall
Low Gross
143—Myah McDonald
Low Net
139—Alice Ridgway
Championship Flight
Low Gross
151—Danni Ujimori. 157—Ester Yejin Kang
Low Net
141—Jeannie Pak. 144—Yuko Abergas
A flight
Low Gross
174—Tany Watumull, Sun Nam Lee
Low Net
145—Hae Sook Wada. 150—Jenny Kim
B flight
Low Gross
179 — Annu Ting. 186—Hyo Jae Lee.
Low Net
149—Sandie Choe. 150—Kazuko Ma.
C flight
Low Gross
194—Kristina Li. 197—Judy Chung
Low Net
148—Edwina Moscatelli. 153—Yong Ross
D flight
Low Gross
195—Eunna Choi. 204—Stacey Delaney
Low Net
154—Nakano Moon. 158—Judy Pietsch
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