June 2021 Ohio Golf Journal

Haylee Harford Earns Spot in US Women’s Open Haylee Harford, in her second year as a professional on the Symetra Tour, earned a spot in the U.S. Women’s Open to be held at Olympic Club. The Leavittsburg, Ohio native and Furman grad made it through a four player for two spot sudden death playoff at the Mid-Pines qualifier. Harford seems to be adjusting well to the professional lifestyle. In 2020 she made eight of 10 cuts with her bests finish being a runner-up. This season she seems well on her way to qualifying for the 2022 LPGA Tour with three top-10 finishes in her five starts. She is currently ninth on the Symetra Tour’s money list. The top 10 at the end of the season earn LPGA Tour cards for next year. Ohio Golf News U.S. Open Local Qualifiers In the U.S. Open Local Qualifier held May 17th at Kinsale Golf Club, 2018 Ohio Amateur Champion Brandon Hoelzer tied for co-medalist honors with Ben Taylor at three-under par. Charlie Phillips, Bryce Reed, Bob Sowards, Alex Scott and Jacob English also punched their tickets to the Final Qualifying round. In the Catawba Island Golf Club Qualifier, Caleb Davern blew away the rest of the field with a six-under par 65. Four strokes back, Patrick Wilkes-Krier fired a 69 and Andrew Arft’s even- par 71 was good enough to move on to the Final Qualifier. The U.S. Open Final Qualifiers will be held at 11 sites around the world beginning in May. On June 7th Brookside Country Club and The Lakes Country Club in Columbus, plus Springfield Country Club will host Final Qualifiers in Ohio. Kent State Women Advance to NCAA Championship KSU Women’s Golf Team finished sixth at the Columbus Regional behindGeorgia,Duke,Arizona State, Kentucky and Michigan to move on to the NCAA Championships. The NCAA Women’s Finals were in May at Grayhawk Golf Club in Scottsdale, Arizona. Ole Miss defeated Oklahoma State to win the 2021 championship. Ohio Golf Journal