Round 3 Update
Cathleen Santoso from The Lakes Golf Club has won the Australian Girls Amateur. Cathleen won by 1 shot to take the victory and to beat QLD's Jaimee Dougan. Congratulations Cathleen! Cathleen chipped in on the last hole to take the victory by 1 shot.
Round 2 Update
After two rounds of the Australian Girls Championship the story is still the same with Cathleen Santoso sharing the lead with defending champion Annie Choi. Both girls sit at 1 under par four shots ahead of Hayley Bettencourt (WA) and Emily McLennan (QLD). NSW pair Chantal Hodson and Aliza Huff sit just one shot further back at 4 over par.The final round takes place tomorrow morning.
Round 1 Update
NSW team member Cathleen Santoso shares the lead after round 1 with defending champion Annie Choi (Korea). Sitting just two shots back in a tie for third place is state team member Chantal Hodson and NSW player Aliza Huff. The next best NSW player is Esther Yoon who sits at 6 over par in a tie for 15th place.
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The Australian Girls Amateur
The Australian Girls Amateur returns to NSW for the first time in 8 years. The last event in NSW was played at the Long Reef GC in 2003. This year also boasted the last NSW winner, Sarah Kemp.
The Australian Girls Amateur will be played at the Newcastle Golf Club with the first round teeing off on Wednesday April 13. The girls championship consists of 54 holes with the final round played Friday morning.
This year there are 22 players from NSW and the ACT. The strong NSW contenders include Cathleen Santoso and Chantal Hodson. Of the interstate and international contingent it is very hard to look past Australian Amateur Runner-Up Min Jee Lee (WA) and defending champion and Srixon International Champion Annie Choi (Korea).
