CHANNEL ISLANDER JORDAN-HIGGINS BEAT THE CUT
JOANNA KLATTEN LEADS THE WAY
BY TWO STROKES ON SYMETRA TOUR
GREENWOOD, SOUTH CAROLINA – Joanna Klatten carded a tournament-best 5-under-par 67 in the second-round of the Self Regional Healthcare Foundation Women’s Health Classic on Friday to storm into the lead at 6-under through two days.
She holds a two-stroke lead over Wei-Ling Hsu and Marta Silva, who are both at 4-under for the tournament.
Symetra Tour winners Marissa Steen and Min Seo Kwak are tied for fourth at 3-under. The cut was made at 6-over-par 150 and 75 players will play the rest of the weekend.
Channel Islander Olivia Jordan-Higgins made the cut with scores of 74 and 71 for 145 and a share of 21st place.
England's Katie Mundie missed the cut on 151 with scores of 75 and 76.
Klatten, who quit golf five-years ago to start a professional career in marketing back in Paris, France, made six birdies and just one bogey on the round. Klatten made four birdies on the front nine including back-to-back on the fifth and sixth holes.
“I just played really well from tee to green, I didn’t miss many fairways and if I missed a green it was on the fringe and I putted well,” said Klatten. “I always put myself on the right side of the hole and I almost always had uphill putts, which is the key here.”
The 29-year-old is playing in her first career Symetra Tour event. She has won on the Australian Ladies Professional Golf Tour (ALPG). For the last four years, she has played on the Ladies European Tour (LET) where she has six career top-10 finishes. Last year, she finished 13th on the LET Order of Merit table.
“I feel like I’m swinging it well, I’ve worked quite hard the last few weeks,” said the former College of Charleston golfer Klatten. “My iron game is very solid and I feel comfortable.”
Klatten has played in two LPGA Tour events in her rookie season. She missed the cut at the ISPS Handa Women’s Australian Open and the North Texas LPGA Shootout Presented by JTBC.
After missing the second cut in Texas on the LPGA, Klatten is excited about her current position.
“It’s very nice, how could you not enjoy this, hopefully my name is going to stay up there as long as possible,” said Klatten. “You just have to play round-by-round and focus on your game and not on what the others do.”
Klatten’s uncle is the one that urged her to get back into golf. She wanted to be a journalist and her uncle said that the best way to do that was to make a name as an athlete.
“I decided to quit my internship and start playing again, it was tough the first six months; I couldn’t break 80,” said Klatten. “After about eight months of playing again, I got onto the European Tour through Q-School and this is my fourth year on the LET and I’ve had a few LPGA starts this year.”
Since her return, she has refocused completely on her golf career.
“Now, I don’t even think about the other career anymore, I’m enjoying the professional golf life so much that it’s all I care about.”
Klatten has a soft spot in her heart for the state of South Carolina after playing at College of Charleston for two years. Although she didn’t perform as well as she would have liked during her college days, she fell in love with the state and would love to pick up her first Symetra Tour win in South Carolina.
“South Carolina is one of my favourite places in the world. When I won in Australia, I love Australia and it always means a lot to win in a place you love.”
GEORGIA COLLEGE STAR PLAYS WELL: Marta Silva shot a 3-under-par 69 to move to 4-under for the tournament.
The highlights of the Spaniards ' round included a chip-in eagle on the 18th and back-to-back birdies on the fifth and sixth holes.
“I feel really good, I started with a bogey on the 11th and I was one-over for a while until I chipped-in for eagle and I went from 1-over to 1-under so I told myself to keep it going,” said Silva. “My putting was a little better today, I didn’t make many putts but I two-putted, which was what I was missing yesterday. I three-putted a couple times yesterday.”
Silva had a tremendous college career at Georgia. She won the 2011 Honda Award for golf, given annually to the top collegiate player in the country.
She also finished fourth at the 2011 NCAA championships.
DANIELA IACOBELLI IN HUNT: Daniela Iacobelli finished fifth on the Volvik Race for the Card money list in 2012 and played on the LPGA Tour in 2013. She fired a 2-under 70 in the second-round of the Self Regional Healthcare Foundation Women’s Health Classic and is in contention with two rounds to play.
Iacobelli finished strong with a tap-in birdie on the 18th hole.
LEADING SECOND-ROUND SCORES
par 144 (2x72)
138 Joanna Klatten (France) 71 67
140 Wei-Ling Hsu (Taipei) 72 68, Marta Silva (Spain) 71 69
141 Min-Seo Kwak (South Korea) 70 71,Marissa Stein (USA) 70 71
SELECTED SCORES
145 Olivia Jordan-Higgins (Channel Isles) 74 71 (T21)
147 Louise Friberg (Sweden) 69 78 (T31)
149 Laura Gonzalez-Escallon (Belgium) 75 73 (T40)
151 Katie Mundie (England) 75 76
MISSED THE CUT
BY TWO STROKES ON SYMETRA TOUR
GREENWOOD, SOUTH CAROLINA – Joanna Klatten carded a tournament-best 5-under-par 67 in the second-round of the Self Regional Healthcare Foundation Women’s Health Classic on Friday to storm into the lead at 6-under through two days.
She holds a two-stroke lead over Wei-Ling Hsu and Marta Silva, who are both at 4-under for the tournament.
Symetra Tour winners Marissa Steen and Min Seo Kwak are tied for fourth at 3-under. The cut was made at 6-over-par 150 and 75 players will play the rest of the weekend.
Channel Islander Olivia Jordan-Higgins made the cut with scores of 74 and 71 for 145 and a share of 21st place.
England's Katie Mundie missed the cut on 151 with scores of 75 and 76.
Klatten, who quit golf five-years ago to start a professional career in marketing back in Paris, France, made six birdies and just one bogey on the round. Klatten made four birdies on the front nine including back-to-back on the fifth and sixth holes.
“I just played really well from tee to green, I didn’t miss many fairways and if I missed a green it was on the fringe and I putted well,” said Klatten. “I always put myself on the right side of the hole and I almost always had uphill putts, which is the key here.”
The 29-year-old is playing in her first career Symetra Tour event. She has won on the Australian Ladies Professional Golf Tour (ALPG). For the last four years, she has played on the Ladies European Tour (LET) where she has six career top-10 finishes. Last year, she finished 13th on the LET Order of Merit table.
“I feel like I’m swinging it well, I’ve worked quite hard the last few weeks,” said the former College of Charleston golfer Klatten. “My iron game is very solid and I feel comfortable.”
Klatten has played in two LPGA Tour events in her rookie season. She missed the cut at the ISPS Handa Women’s Australian Open and the North Texas LPGA Shootout Presented by JTBC.
After missing the second cut in Texas on the LPGA, Klatten is excited about her current position.
“It’s very nice, how could you not enjoy this, hopefully my name is going to stay up there as long as possible,” said Klatten. “You just have to play round-by-round and focus on your game and not on what the others do.”
Klatten’s uncle is the one that urged her to get back into golf. She wanted to be a journalist and her uncle said that the best way to do that was to make a name as an athlete.
“I decided to quit my internship and start playing again, it was tough the first six months; I couldn’t break 80,” said Klatten. “After about eight months of playing again, I got onto the European Tour through Q-School and this is my fourth year on the LET and I’ve had a few LPGA starts this year.”
Since her return, she has refocused completely on her golf career.
“Now, I don’t even think about the other career anymore, I’m enjoying the professional golf life so much that it’s all I care about.”
Klatten has a soft spot in her heart for the state of South Carolina after playing at College of Charleston for two years. Although she didn’t perform as well as she would have liked during her college days, she fell in love with the state and would love to pick up her first Symetra Tour win in South Carolina.
“South Carolina is one of my favourite places in the world. When I won in Australia, I love Australia and it always means a lot to win in a place you love.”
GEORGIA COLLEGE STAR PLAYS WELL: Marta Silva shot a 3-under-par 69 to move to 4-under for the tournament.
The highlights of the Spaniards ' round included a chip-in eagle on the 18th and back-to-back birdies on the fifth and sixth holes.
“I feel really good, I started with a bogey on the 11th and I was one-over for a while until I chipped-in for eagle and I went from 1-over to 1-under so I told myself to keep it going,” said Silva. “My putting was a little better today, I didn’t make many putts but I two-putted, which was what I was missing yesterday. I three-putted a couple times yesterday.”
Silva had a tremendous college career at Georgia. She won the 2011 Honda Award for golf, given annually to the top collegiate player in the country.
She also finished fourth at the 2011 NCAA championships.
DANIELA IACOBELLI IN HUNT: Daniela Iacobelli finished fifth on the Volvik Race for the Card money list in 2012 and played on the LPGA Tour in 2013. She fired a 2-under 70 in the second-round of the Self Regional Healthcare Foundation Women’s Health Classic and is in contention with two rounds to play.
Iacobelli finished strong with a tap-in birdie on the 18th hole.
LEADING SECOND-ROUND SCORES
par 144 (2x72)
138 Joanna Klatten (France) 71 67
140 Wei-Ling Hsu (Taipei) 72 68, Marta Silva (Spain) 71 69
141 Min-Seo Kwak (South Korea) 70 71,Marissa Stein (USA) 70 71
SELECTED SCORES
145 Olivia Jordan-Higgins (Channel Isles) 74 71 (T21)
147 Louise Friberg (Sweden) 69 78 (T31)
149 Laura Gonzalez-Escallon (Belgium) 75 73 (T40)
151 Katie Mundie (England) 75 76
MISSED THE CUT
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