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Women’s Stroke Play: BYU’s Adeline Wach takes one-stroke lead into final round
Adeline Wach bogeyed the first two holes she ever played at Mountain Dell Golf Course. The rest of her day got a lot better.
Weber State freshman Braylyn Bayer.
The BYU golfer from Southern California made an eagle, two birdies and one bogey over the last 16 holes Tuesday, posting a 1-under-par 70 on the Lake Courseto begin the Utah Women’s Stroke Play Championship. She will take a one-stroke lead over Weber State’s Braylyn Bayer and Isabel Gutierrez Paillaud and Westminster’s Kyra Sponenburgh into Wednesday’s final round.
Isabel Gutierrez Paillaud
Kyra Sponenburgh
Faith Vui, a semifinalist in last month’s Women’s State Amateur, is fourth at 74. Defending champion Kelsey Chugg is in a group at 76.
Faith Vui
Wach, the winner of last week’s Siegfried & Jensen Utah Women’s Open in Provo, earned an exemption into this week’s Utah Open at Riverside Country Club. She participated in an afternoon pro-am event Monday, when she otherwise may have played a practice round at Mountain Dell,
Wach’s strategy was to play conservatively in the first round, while learning the course. It helps that No. 5 is a straightaway par-5, and she eagled it to get back to even par. She added birdies on Nos. 10 and 11, before bogeying No. 15.
Adeline Wach
The former Adeline Anderson has never won a Utah Golf Association event. She was the runner-up to Chugg in the 2022 Women’s State Amateur.
Bayer, who’s from Idaho and will be a Weber State freshman, made three bogeys on the front nine and three birdies on the back nine in her even-par round. Paillaud, a native of Mexico, also rallied, getting to even par with birdies on Nos. 14 and 18. Sponenburgh, from Wyoming, arrived at 71 from the other direction. She played the front nine in 2 under before making two bogeys.
Bridgette Volk
Kareen Larson is the low senior at 78. Bayer and Sponenburgh are the co-leaders of Championship Flight 2, while Bridgette Volk (78) tops Championship Flight 3. Caroline DeLoach leads the A Flight with an 88.
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Utah Women’s Stroke Play Championship round one recap written by Fairways Media senior writer Kurt Kragthorpe. Photos by Fairways Media/Randy Dodson.