Jodi Ewart reaches last 32 after

a 25-hole marathon tie

Catterick's Jodi Ewart came through a 25-hole marathon to be Great Britan & Ireland's only representative in the last 32 of the United States women's amateur championship at Old Warson Country Club, St Louis, Missouri.
Jodi, who totalled 148 in the qualifying rounds, playedd Mallory Fraiche from Louisiana in the first round. Mallory qualified with 147.
Their first-round tie went all the way to the seventh extra hole before the Curtis Cup player and US college circuit student prevailed.
Jodi now plays the 14-year-old US girls champion of last year, Alexis Thompson, in the second round. Alexis, by her own admission, did not play well over the 36 hole medal play test. She qualified with a total of 150.
But Alexis got into her stride as soon as the tapes went up for the start of the match-play. The youngster from Coral Springs, Florida was two under par in winning her first tie.
GB&I Vagliano Trophy and Curtis Cup player Sally Watson, who qualified with 147, was beaten 2 and 1 by Aimee Neff from Indiana. Aimee also qualified with 147.
Former Irish girls champion Stephanie Meadow (Royal Portrush) lost by 3 and 2 to Michelle Shin from Florida. Stephanie, a resident student at the Hank Hainey International Golf Academy, Hilton Head Island, South Carolina, qualified with 150, her opponent with 143.