SOPHIE LAMB IN TOP 20 AT THE SALLY

Clitheroe's Sophie Lamb is T16 in South Atlantic Ladies Amateur championship at Oceanside Country Club, Ormond Beach, after rounds of 78-76 for 154.
The 87th staging of  "The Sally" is the latest event on the Florida Orange Blossom Tour for amateur ladies and girls.
The GB and I Junior Vagliano Trophy team player is 11 shots behind the new leader, American Sierra Brooks (72-71 for 143).
First-round pacemaker Katie Mitchell slumped from an opening three-under-par 69 to a five-over 77 and is second place on 146.
Embry Riddle University, Florida students Sophie Olley from Leeds and St Michaels GC, Fife member Hannah Robb are on 162 and 174 respectively.
Olley has scored 84-78 for T38 position while Robb has gone 85-89 for 55th place. 
Hally Leadbetter, daughter of renowed coach David Leadbetter,  is joint 33rd on 160 (84-76)

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  OF THE SECOND DAY'S PLAY

SECOND-ROUND SCORES
Par 144 (2x72)
1st Sierra Brooks 72-71--143
2nd Katie Mitchell 69-77--146
T3 Eva Gilly 77-70--147
Lori Beth Adams 76-71--147
Louise Oxner 74-73--147
Nelly Korda 73-74--147
T7 Alex Milan 74-74--148
Ashley Holder 76-72--148
9th Bethany Wu 75-75--150
T10 Kennedy Bodfield 73-79--152
Meghan Stasi 77-75--152
Morgane Metraux 81-71--152
T13 Claire Hodges 79-74--153
Hannah Pietila 78-75--153
Luiza Altmann 76-77--153
T16 Emmie Pietila 77-77--154
Gabriella DiMarco 80-74--154
Sophie Lamb 78-76--154
T19 Christina Paulsen 80-75--155
Courtney Zeng 79-76--155
T21 Gabriela Coello 82-74--156
Scotland Preston 80-76--156
Tara Joy Connelly 81-75--156
T24 Martha Leach 79-78--157
Rinko Mitsunaga 82-75--157
T26 Camilla Vik 83-75--158
Katie Petrino 79-79--158
Selin Timur 81-77--158
Shannon Gramley 81-77--158
T30 Emma Albrecht 77-82--159
Gina Clark 81-78--159
Kim Metraux 78-81--159
T33 Catarina Agerbak 81-79--160
Dree Fausnaugh 82-78--160
Hally Leadbetter 84-76--160
Mariana Ocano 82-78--160
37th Claire Albrecht 82-79--161
T38 Anna Young 79-83--162
Haley Andreas 83-79--162
Linda McMillan 83-79--162
Sophie Olley 84-78--162
Gigi Higgins 80-84--164
T42 Alyssa Gaudio 84-80--164
T44 Georgia Oboh 87-80--167
Riley Rennell 80-87--167
46th Anna Lesher 81-87--168
T47 Elle Nachmann 85-84--169
Minami Levonowich 87-82--169
Sue McMurdy 83-86--169
50th Ashley Rose 83-87--170
T51 Ashley Malinchak 89-82--171
Janie Carpenter 86-85--171
T53 Fatima Carriles 84-88--172
Rachel Carpenter 86-86--172
55th Hannah Robb 85-89--174
56th Angie Coleman 93-82--175
57th Sandra Jackson 88-88--176
58th Kelsey Zeng 90-87--177
T59 Debbie Friede 93-88--181
Sarah Greene 89-92--181
61st Suzanne Kenkel 90-95--185
62nd Anastasia Mashevsky 105-89--194
63rd Corrie Meyers 95-withdrew

Mitchell leads Louisville contingent at The Sally

Katie Mitchell with her caddie/father Mitch during the 2015 South Atlantic Amateur. ( Tracy Wilcox )

By Beth Ann Nichols

ORMOND BEACH, Florida – Louisville University head coach Courtney Trimble told her players she’d like to see them in competition during the off-season to stay sharp, and they listened. Five Cardinals are in the field at the South Atlantic Amateur (Sally) and one of them, Katie Mitchell, led the way after the first round.
Mitchell followed an opening 3-under 69 with a 77 for 146. 
Room-mate Louise Oxner played alongside Mitchell and put forth more consistent rounds of 74-73 for 147. 
The five team-mates rented a house close the ocean and will join the rest of their team-mates in Orlando on Sunday for a practice retreat. School already started for Louisville, which means homework in the evenings.
“It felt like a qualifying round,” said Mitchell of playing alongside Oxner the first two rounds.

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Katie Petrino, Shannon Gramley and Haley Andreas round out the Cardinals contingent. Trimble’s squad finished the fall season ranked 22nd by Golfweek.
For Mitchell, Louisville is the third school for the red-shirt junior. She started with Trimble at Central Florida as a freshman and then transferred to Florida after Trimble got the job at Louisville.
But the lifelong Gator fan found out that for her, it’s more about people than anything. She transferred for a second time to Louisville and played in all five events last fall, posting a 75.3 scoring average.
“I’ve found the perfect place,” Mitchell said.

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Brooks (only 16) de-commits from Florida, 

leads The Sally after two rounds

Sierra Brooks in action at The Sally ( Tracy Wilcox ) 

 

By Beth Ann Nichols

College coaches bundled up and came out to the South Atlantic Amateur to court Sierra Brooks, the 16-year-old who de-committed from the University of Florida shortly after winning the AJGA Polo Golf Junior Classic in late November.
Brooks is putting on a show, too, leading The Sally field by three after shooting 72-71 at Oceanside Country Club to top Louisville’s Katie Mitchell (77) by three.
“I made that decision to go to Florida at 14,” said Brooks. “I was very young.”

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Coaches from Texas, Auburn, Wake Forest and LSU were 
on site yesterday. Brooks, a junior at Lake Mary (Florida) Prep, already has made campus visits to Wake Forest, North Carolina and LSU. She plans to visit Auburn and Texas next month after the Annika Invitational and hopes to have a decision made before summer break.
Brooks admits to going through a two-month slump last summer, and switching coaches twice. She’s now working with her father, Brent, a former pro who plans to caddie for Sierra the last two rounds in Ormond Beach.
“What I learned is I’m a feel player and I just need to keep it simple,” she said. “I know how to play the game; I’ve been playing for 10 years. There’s no reason to try to complicate it even more.”
Brooks took a history test Wednesday morning before driving herself to a tournament for the first time. After Thursday’s round she planned to head back to school for an anatomy quiz.
Cold and windy conditions somehow suit the Florida native, who said she prefers the challenge. Her second-round 71 included a bogey on the par-5 17th after she went for the green in two from 190 yards with a 4-iron and found the water hazard.
While the Polo victory served as a confidence boost after a trying summer, Brooks called her time in Scotland for the Junior Ryder Cup at Blairgowrie last September the best experience of her life.
As team spokesperson, she gave a speech in front of a big crowd at the opening ceremony. It’s easy to see why the well-spoken, engaging blonde was chosen for the task.
“Words can’t even describe,” she said.