Championship season continues for the Indiana Golf Foundation’s junior tour, with The Hawthorns Golf and Country Club hosting the Girls State Junior Championship this week.
The tournament began on Tuesday with the first of three rounds. Fifteen Hamilton County players made the 80-woman cut, including three landing in the top 10. Carmel’s Katie Kuc, an incoming junior for the Greyhounds, is tied for second with an even-par 72. Kuc made four birdies in her round, including three in a row on holes 3, 4 and 5.
Carmel’s Angelica Pfefferkorn, a senior-to-be at Guerin Catholic is tied for sixth after carding a 77. Pfefferkorn had three birdies in her round. Fishers’ Chelsea Morrow, a recent Hamilton Southeastern graduate and incoming freshman at Indiana State University, is tied for 10th with an 80, making two birdies during her round.
Today’s action starts at 8 a.m., with players teeing off on the first and 10th holes through 9:57 a.m. Here are results for Hamilton County golfers.
T2. Katie Kuc, Carmel 34-38=72, T6. Angelica Pfefferkorn, Carmel 36-41=77, T10. Chelsea Morrow, Fishers 41-39=80, T31. Sydney Longstreth, Carmel 45-39=84, T41. Christina Pfefferkorn, Carmel 44-41=85; Ava Hedrick, Carmel 40-45=85, T47. Sophie McGinnis, Westfield 39-47=86, T56. Averie Reiter, Carmel 48-40=88, T60. Natalie Shupe, Westfield 46-43=89; Ava Nguyen, Carmel 43-46=89; Ellie Karst, Noblesville 47-42=89; Ella Woods, Carmel 44-45=89, T72. Elizabeth Hedrick, Carmel 45-46=91, T78. Samantha Brown, Westfield 45-48=93; Lauren Hosier, Westfield 46-47=93.
Missed cut: Caroline Whallon, Noblesville 45-49=94, Marissa Spreitzer, Fishers 50-46=96, Chloe Tapnio, Carmel 49-48=97, Brette Hanavan, Westfield 44-53=97, Julia Eaton, Fishers 48-50=98, Laurel Hotchkiss, Fishers 51-49=100, Lauren Stewart 46-54=100, Sydni Zebrauskas, Cicero 50-51=101, Ashley Marcinko, Fishers 49-53=102, Sophia Stutz, Noblesville 54-49=103.
Reporter photo by Richie Hall
Carmel golfers Katie Kuc (left), Eizabeth Hedrick (center) and Ava Hedrick share a laugh while waiting to go back on the course after a rain delay at the Indiana Golf Foundation’s Girls State Junior Championship, which began Tuesday at The Hawthorns Golf and Country Club in Fishers. Kuc is tied for second place after the first round, with both Hedrick sisters also making the cut. (Richie Hall)