Daniel and Johnson take honors at US
Women’s 4-Ball Sectional Qualifier
Julia Johnson of Baton
Rouge,
Louisiana,
and
Abbey Daniel of Covington,
Louisiana, fired a seven-under
par 65 to earn medalist honors
at the U.S. Women’s Amateur
Four-Ball Qualifier at Money
Hill Golf & Country Club on
Thursday. Johnson, an Ole
Miss Women’s golf commit,
is the reigning Louisiana
Women’s Amateur Champion,
and Daniel is the reigning
Louisiana
Girls’
Junior
Amateur Champion. The
“young guns” now set their
sights on national aspirations
as they advance to the 2nd
U.S. Women’s Amateur FourBall Championship at the
Streamsong Resort in Florida
May 21-25.
Johnson started their round
with a par at the par 5 1st
hole which was playing 454
yards on Thursday. Daniel
made another par at the par
4 2nd hole and then added
the team’s first birdie at the
par 5 3rd hole. Johnson added
a par on the par 3 3rd hole
then another birdie at the
par 4 5th hole. Back-to-back
pars contributed by Johnson
and Daniel on holes 6 and 7
were followed by a birdie-par
combo by Johnson on the par
3 8th and the par 4 9th. The
team made the turn at threeunder par 33.
Johnson got off to a blistering
start on the back nine, making
three consecutive birdies. She
made a par on the par 4 13th
hole, then contributed the last
birdie for the team at the par
3 14th. Johnson capped off the
round with more solid play and
four straight pars. Their back
nine total of 32 put the South
Louisiana duo safely into the
championship at seven-under
par 65.
After
the
round,
Johnson described the epic
performance, “This was one
of the most fun rounds I’ve
had in a while. I putted the ball
the best I think I ever have. I
changed to cross [