Golfers to compete for spot

By By Travis Robinett

Friday, April 15, 2005

The top six players on the KU women’s golf team will have an opportunity to take their game to the next level this Sunday.

Sophomores Amanda Costner and Jill Womble, freshman Annie Giangrosso and juniors Chelsey Pryor, Tiffany Woods and Meredith Winkelmann will compete to qualify for the Lawrence Futures Golf Classic, a tournament put on by the Futures Tour.

The Futures Tour is the official developmental tour of the LPGA and is comprised of 144 professional women golfers. It is similar to the Nationwide Tour for the PGA. This is the first year it will hold an event in Lawrence.

The qualifier will be April 17th at Eagle Bend Golf Course, 1250 E. 902 Road. Each participant will play 18 holes, and only the golfer with the best score will move on to play in the main event. Kansas State will send four of its top players as well.

Womble said her team’s knowledge of the course would be an advantage.

“We’re feeling pretty strong after coming off of a good tournament,” she said.

The qualifier will have the opportunity to compete in the 54-hole tournament on May 6-8, which will also be held at Eagle Bend Golf Course. The field will be cut after 36 holes, and the total purse is $70,000, with first place receiving $9,800.

As amateurs, none of the Jayhawks can win the money. But for them, the tournament isn’t about that.

“It will be a good experience,” said Giangrosso. “We will probably play against some people we usually don’t play against.”

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