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27 May 2021 / 18:00 H.
LOS ANGELES: Jenny Coleman
(pix) pulled off the upset of the day at the LPGA Match-Play Wednesday, knocking off world No. 5 Brooke Henderson 1-up to open round-robin play at Shadow Creek in Las Vegas, Nevada.
Canada’s Henderson, a 10-time winner on the LPGA tour, got off to a hot start, taking a 3-up lead with birdies at the first three holes.
But Coleman pulled a hole back with a birdie at the fifth, won the 10th with a bogey and squared the match with a birdie to take the 11th hole.
She kept her nerve after Henderson again edged ahead at 13 – where the Canadian’s bogey beat Coleman’s double bogey – nabbing birdies at the par-five 14th and 16th to take the lead.
Youth movement on display in LPGA Classic
The 15th green on the Bay Course at Seaview Resort, with the Atlantic City skyline in the background, during the final round of the 2020 ShopRite LPGA Classic. FRITZ SCHRANCK PHOTO
Fritz Schranck
The LPGA continues to benefit from the elite collegiate programs.
I watched two good examples during the 2020 ShopRite LPGA Classic – Maria Fassi and Leona Maguire.
Maguire ranked as the world’s best amateur golfer for nearly three years. This All-American at Duke University tied for 21st in the 2016 Rio Olympics for Ireland. She played the Symetra Tour in 2019 and earned her LPGA Tour membership for 2020.