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VSGA Women’s
Amateur Championship
THE VENUE
Farmington Country Club, a classic Fred Findlay
design in Charlottesville, is no stranger to hosting
VSGA championships. This will be the fifth Wom-
en’s Amateur contested at the course, which has
also been the site for three men’s Amateurs. Carol
Robertson, the current Virginia Tech women’s
golf coach, won the Women’s Amateur in 2006 at
Farmington, the last time it hosted.
TOP CONTENDERS
Lauren Greenlief (International CC): Green-
lief admittedly wasn’t herself in 2016, the year
after she won the U.S. Women’s Mid-Amateur
Championship. She lost in the round of 16 at the
Women’s Amateur, marking the only time since
2010 that she had failed to reach the semifinals
at the event. She got off to a strong start in 2018
when she teamed with Katie Miller to win the
Women’s International Four-Ball in Florida. The
pair will compete at the U.S. Women’s Amateur
Four-Ball in late May.
Abby Portyrata (First Tee of Greater
Richmond): Now a junior at Old Domin-
ion University, Portryata has a ster-
ling 13-2 record in match play at the
Women’s Am. She reached the semi-
finals last year despite having barely
played during the summer ahead of
the championship.
Amanda Hollandsworth (Great Oaks CC):
Hollandsworth won the VSGA Women’s Stroke
Play title last year and reached the championship
match of the 2016 Women’s Am, but a first-round
defeat last year left a bad taste for the Virginia
Tech junior.
Amanda
Hollandsworth
Caroline Curtis (Hermitage CC): If Curtis
competes, she’s as big of a threat as anyone. The
Collegiate School junior has been the stroke-play
medalist at the last two Women’s Ams but lost
to the eventual champion both years (Portyrata
in ’16, Greenlief in ’17). As of early April, she was
15th nationally in the AJGA Rolex girls rankings.
TOUGHEST HOLES: The opening inward nine
at Farmington starts with the long par-3 10th
hole and features the short par-4 13th hole that
could be drivable for match play, which could
make for some interesting strategic decisions.
DID YOU KNOW? The last time the run-
ner-up from the prior year won the Women’s
Amateur the following year was in 2008 when
Lauren Doughtie defeated Kristen Simpson
the year after losing to Sarah Harvey in the
title match.
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