The 16th Mid-Atlantic Junior Girls’ Challenge Matches, an annual competition where Maryland and Virginia juniors take on North and South Carolina, was held at the Scotch Hall Preserve in Merry Hill N.C. this past weekend, July 29-30 2017. The girls representing Maryland were:
- Aneka Seumanutafa (Clustered Spires Golf Club)
- Faith Choi (Worthington Manor Golf Club)
- Sophie Simon (Woodmont Country Club)
- Charlotte Simpson (Suburban Club)
On Saturday, the format of four-ball match play saw every match to 18 holes, but the Carolinas team walked away with 3 1/2 points on the first day of the Mid Atlantic Girls’ Challenge. Sophie Simon and Victoria Tip-Aucha (VA) halved their match to earn 0.5 points.
On the second day of competition format was individual match play, and the Virginia/Maryland team won the first two matches of the day, as Caroline Curtis of Virginia defeated Rachel Mast 5-and-3 and Aneka Seumanutafa of Maryland knocked off Natalie Petersen 5-and-4. Alyssa Campbell on the Carolinas team halved her match with Faith Choi of Maryland, bringing the total to six points overall for the Carolinas and three points for MD/VA. Jodee Tindal used her back-nine to pull away from Charlotte Simpson, winning three holes in a four hole stretch to win 3-and-2, giving the Carolinas their seventh point. Rounding out the matches, Gracyn Burgess won 4-and-3 over Sophie Simon of Maryland to lock in the ninth point for the Carolinas.
Four-Ball Match Play Results:
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Individual Match Play Results:
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The final score from the competition was Carolinas (9), Maryland/Virginia (3).
The Carolinas now lead the all-time series 11-4-1. The 2018 Mid Atlantic Girls’ Challenge will be at Indian Creek Yacht & Country Club in Kilmarnock, Virginia on July 28-29th, 2018.
Article additions thanks to the Carolinas Golf Association
