PALM BEACH GARDENS, Fla. —
Team Georgia has built a nine-point lead, 13 1/2 to 4 1/2, after the first round of the 30th annual Georgia-Florida Women’s Team Matches, which are taking place at PGA National Resort and Spa, Aug. 4-5.
The opening round consisted of six four-ball matches in a Nassau format, which awards one point to the winner of each of the nines as well as one point for the winner of the overall match.
Georgia earned the most points in five of the six matches on Wednesday, sweeping the full three points in three of them.
The team of Kathryn Fowler of Americus and Brenda Pictor of Marietta defeated Meghan Stasi and Natalie McNicholas for three points. Georgia’s Margaret Shirley of Athens and Sarah Butts of Carrollton teamed up to defeat Gennifer Mendez and Tovie St. Louis and sweep the points, as did the duo of Mary Riley of Perry and Mary Helen McElreath of Augusta, which topped Debbie Mook Sang and Linda McMillan.
The final round of the Georgia-Florida Team Matches will feature 12 singles matches using the same scoring format. Georgia needs to collect 14 of the possible 36 points today to close out the Sunshine State and claim victory.
Georgia looks to stop Florida’s two-match win streak. Prior to 2009, the host state captured the title in eight straight Team Matches, but Florida halted that stretch with a 29 1/2 to 24 1/2 win at The Ford Plantation in Richmond Hill last year. Florida also leads the all-time series 16-13.
This is the 30th playing of the Georgia-Florida Women’s Team Matches, which brings together the top women amateur golfers in the two neighboring states. The 12 team members are selected by their state associations based on their performance in recent events.
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Team Georgia cruising vs. Florida
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Matt Hamilton/The Daily Citizen Allen Behr, left, and others on the tee box on Dalton Golf and Country Club’s par-3 9th hole watch his shot which landed 16 feet, 4 inches from the pin during Saturday’s “Swing for the Green” fundraiser competition.
Allen Behr is only 14 years old, but he still had enough game to show up a ton of adults.
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