Samantha Griffith of Ooltewah was one of 11 qualifiers Monday at Laurel Springs Golf Club in Suwanee, Ga., for the U.S. Women's Amateur tournament to be held Aug. 10-16 at 101-year-old Portland Golf Club in Oregon.
Griffith shot a par 71. The medalist Monday was 2013 Georgia Girls' champion Bailey Tardy of Norcross at 66, followed at 68 by Rinko Mitsunaga of Roswell, Ga., a reigning U.S. Women's Amateur Four-Ball champ and Georgia Women's Match Play winner.
Area aces
Don Gregory scored the sixth hole-in-one of his life last Thursday at Creeks Bend - on No. 10 with Thad Smith, Jake Gray, Adam Hughes and Jim Cofer watching. It covered 165 yards, and he used a 7 iron.
Reid McClurd has three holes-in-one now after acing No. 5 at Valleybrook last Friday. The 155-yard shot with a 5 iron was witnessed by Tom Massey, Jimmy Morris and Ross Hensley.