Edlin cruises to victory at University Club of Kentucky.

LEXINGTON, KY (August 12, 2022) – The third edition of the Kentucky Women’s Amateur Stroke Play Championship will go down as a dominant showing from Taylor Edlin, who won the competition by four strokes at University Club of Kentucky (Big Blue).

The rising senior at Middle Tennessee State entered the final round leading by that number, and the margin never got smaller than four. In fact, Edlin led by as many as six shots at one stage after playing the front nine in 35 (-1). Only Ryan Bender, her former teammate at Sacred Heart, was able to stay within range of Edlin as the leaderboard finished with the former Valkyrie teammates at first and second on the leaderboard.

For Edlin, this win represents another feather in her cap in Kentucky after winning the 2017 Kentucky Girls Junior PGA Championship and being a member of two KHSAA State Championship winning teams during her high school career. It also sends her into the forthcoming college season with a great deal of momentum, after also notching her top collegiate season in 2021-22.

Net scores were also counted in this event and Nina McMurtrey of Glasgow had a stellar couple of days on that end, winning that competition by seven shots. McMurtrey posted under-par net scores in both rounds to post 139 (-5).

On the senior side, Cynthia Powell was victorious in the gross category with a three-shot margin of victory. This is Powell’s second time winning that prize having also earned it in the inaugural edition of the event in 2020 at Griffin Gate Golf Club. Meanwhile, Melynda Riley dominated the net competition and won by eight strokes after totaling 145 (+1) for the two days.

NOTES & STATS

• Hole 9 was the easiest hole of the day by a significant margin. The par-four bending from right to left yielded a stroke-to-par average of -0.34 for the Open Division.
• The slightly uphill par-four 2nd on the other hand was drastically the hardest hole of the final round. It played +1.11 on Friday.
• For the second consecutive day, the front nine was the side to post a number on as it played to an average of 38.53 (+2.53) compared to 40.84 (+4.84) on holes 10-18.
• Friday’s scoring average overall was 79.37 (+7.37), which was 0.21 shots more than Thursday’s course average.

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The Kentucky Golf Association extends its thanks to Adam Ronniger, PGA Head Golf Professional and the entire staff at University Club of Kentucky for their assistance in hosting this tournament. The KGA also lends its appreciation towards each player who participated in the event.

The next signature event on the calendar for women’s amateur golf in Kentucky is the Clark’s Pump-N-Shop Women’s Kentucky Senior Amateur, which will be at Elizabethtown Country Club on September 13-14. Registration for that event is open and can be completed by clicking here.

About the Kentucky Golf Association:
The Kentucky Golf Association (KGA) is one of the three organizations encompassed under Golf House Kentucky, in addition to the Kentucky Golf Foundation (KGF) and Kentucky PGA Section (KPGA). The Kentucky Golf Association represents the amateur body of Kentucky’s golfers working in assistance with the United States Golf Association (USGA). The KGA provides a wide range of services, including handicapping, USGA course and slope ratings, and tournament management software to its Member Clubs. The KGA also operates the state’s premier amateur tournaments along with USGA National Championship qualifiers. Alongside the KGF and KPGA, the KGA strives to promote the benefits and enjoyment of golf while continuing to grow the sport across the Commonwealth.

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