After the second round of the 2021 LPGA Professionals National Championship presented by Voice Caddie,
Alisa Rodriguez (Austin, Texas) leads the way at -4. Four players sit tied for second at -2: first-round leader
Allie Knight (Knoxville, Tenn.),
Stephanie Connelly Eiswerth (Fleming Island, Fla.), and
Sandra Changkija (Kissimmee, Fla.). A total of 33 players made the cut at 17-over par.
Rodriguez, a PGA Professional who works as the lead instructor at Balcones Country Club, came into day two in a tie for third. She recorded two birdies and two bogeys on the front nine but fired a 3-under 32 on the back to take the lead. “I was hitting the ball really well,” said Rodriguez. “I’ve been hitting my irons really good the past couple of weeks. Today I finally hit my driver in the fairway, and I was able to make a couple putts coming in for a solid score today. [Playing Kingsmill is] incredible. The greens are rolling really well, and it’s just nice to play at another pl
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The Road of 8 PGA and LPGA Teaching & Club Professionals to the 2021 KPMG Women’s PGA Championship
By Bob Denney, PGA Historian Emeritus
Published on
Wednesday, June 23, 2021
(From left to right: Stephanie Connelly-Eisworth, Joanna Coe, Ashley Grier, Sandra Changkija, Allie Knight, Moira Dunn-Bohls, Alisa Rodriguez and Samantha Morrell) (Photo by Rachel Harris/PGA of America)
For eight PGA and LPGA Teaching and Club Professionals competing in this week’s KPMG Women’s PGA Championship, there’s a unique path they’ve each carved to join a 156-member field at Atlanta Athletic Club.
Whether making their major debut like PGA Teaching Professional Allie Knight of Knoxville, Tennessee, or a veteran like LPGA Teaching Professional Moira Dunn-Bohls of Tulsa, Oklahoma, who’s making her 56th career major appearance yes, that’s right there’s shared excitement.