MARIANA SIMS SETS PACE WITH SIX-UNDER 66 AT WOMEN'S DIXIE AMATEUR

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CORAL SPRINGS (Florida) – Mariana Sims took advantage of perfect

scoring conditions to shoot a six-under par 66 and take the first-round

lead in the women’s Dixie Amateur at Heron Bay Golf Club.

Sims, from Austin, Texas, has a two-shot lead over France’s Shannon

Aubert. 

Defending champion Isabelle Lendl heads a group of four players at

69, including Mariah Stackhouse from Riverdale, Georgia, Meghan 

Stasi, four-time USGA Mid-Amateur Champion from nearby

Oakland Park and Lake Worth’s Samantha Smolen.

Only 10 women in the field of 112 were able to break par on the difficult

 ClubLink property located northwest of Fort Lauderdale.

The 72-hole event concludes  Friday.

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