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Pinehurst, NC – Jennie Arseneault captured medalist honors by one stroke and was awarded the Putterboy trophy after the qualifying stroke play rounds at the 106th Women’s North and South Amateur Championship at Pinehurst Tuesday. The UVA rising senior and Women’s Western Amateur champion carded a 70-71–144 on Nos. 2 and 8 respectively, one less than UCLA rising senior Ryann O’Toole, who shot a low 6-under par in Monday’s No. 8 round and finishing Tuesday with a 76 on No. 2.
Both enter the match play field of 64 beginning Wednesday morning on Pinehurst No. 2, as defending champion
Alison Walshe, a recent graduate of Arizona, assumes the No. 1 seed. Only five women, including
Duke’s Jennie Lee, shot under par in the two-round total that included play on No. 2, playing at a 6,472-yard par 73,
and the par-72, 6,253-yard course at No. 8. A total of 12 women scoring 155 vied for nine remaining spots in a playoff
on No. 2 to advance to match play late in the day.
Arseneault will be joined by several Cavalier teammates in the match play field.
Kristen Simpson, who was the runner-up at the Virginia State Amateur last week, also advanced to match play after finishing 33rd in qualifying with rounds of 77 and 75. Whitney Neuhauser was 38th at 153 (73-80) and Eleana Collins was 45th at 154 (79-74).
Pinehurst Resort has hosted the United Women’s North and South Amateur Championship since its inception in
1903. One of the longest consecutive running amateur championships in the country for women, it continues to
draw a strong field of career amateurs and collegians alike. Among its many champions are Morgan Pressel, Carol
Semple Thompson, Babe Didrikson Zaharias and Peggy Kirk Bell.