Augusta, GA
A pair of Wildcats set to tee off in Augusta National Women’s Amateur
AUGUSTA, Ga. (WKYT) -For the second straight year, two University of Kentucky All-Americans, Jensen Castle and Laney Frye, have received invitations to compete at the Augusta National Women’s Amateur.
The championship will be held on the Island and Bluff nines at Champions Retreat and Augusta National in Augusta, Georgia, from April 3-6.
The international field of 72 women amateurs include reigning champions from various NCAA, amateur and junior events, the last five Augusta National Women’s Amateur champions, the 30 highest ranked players – from the United States – on the final 2023 Women’s World Amateur Golf Rankings and the 30 highest ranked players – not otherwise qualified – on the final 2023 Women’s World Amateur Golf Rankings.
The field will play 36 holes at Champions Retreat on April 3-4, then the top 30 players and ties will compete in the final round at Augusta National on April 6.
All 72 women amateurs, regardless of making the cut or not, will play a practice round at Augusta National on April 5.
Frye, a Nicholasville, Kentucky, native, is currently the 12th-ranked woman amateur in the U.S. and the 46th-ranked amateur in the world, while Castle, a West Columbia, South Carolina, native, is the 26th-ranked woman amateur in the U.S. and the 83rd-ranked amateur in the world.
It will mark Frye’s second straight appearance at the championship (2023, 2024), and it will be Castle’s third straight appearance at the ANWA (2022, 2023, 2024). In 2023, Frye formed an 8-over-par 152, missing the cut by just four shots. Castle has made the cut the past two straight years, with her best finish coming on a 5-over-par 221 to share 12th place in 2022.
Frye and Castle are well acquainted with the big stage, with Frye earning co-medalist honors in the stroke-play competition at the U.S. Women’s Amateur in 2022 and Castle winning the U.S. Women’s Amateur in 2021.
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AUGUSTA, Ga. (WRDW/WAGT) – Democratic candidate for Georgia governor Olu Brown visited Augusta on Friday evening, stopping near the Sand Hills Community Center as early voting continues.
Brown is one of six candidates in the Democratic primary.
Campaign priorities
Brown said his vision as governor would focus on three main areas.
“One, it’s affordability around health care and making sure we expand Medicaid and expand Peach Care and make sure we continue to make our rural health care systems healthy and vital,” Brown said. “Number two, we’ve got to address education in all of Georgia, making sure every kid in Georgia gets an excellent education, and we’re paying our teachers more. And number 3, we’re protecting the rights of all women. Folks in the Gold Dome shouldn’t be making decisions about their bodies or the choices that they make.”
Brown is running against Amanda Duffy, Derrick Jackson, Geoff Duncan, Jason Esteves, Keisha Lance Bottoms and Mike Thurmond.
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AUGUSTA, Ga. (WRDW/WAGT) – An Augusta Prep student was arrested on a charge of terroristic threats over a picture of a LEGO gun he posted on social media.
It happened Wednesday, according to an incident report from the Columbia County Sheriff’s Office.
Eric Hedinger, the principal of Augusta Preparatory Day School, told deputies a student had uploaded a picture to Snapchat of a “pistol” with the caption “shooting up the school so I don`t have to take the stats exam tomorrow. Don`t come yall!”
The principal said he spoke to the student and his father about the photo.
The principal also provided deputies with the student’s address in Grovetown.
A deputy went there and was told by the student that the “pistol” was a LEGO set that he had built.
He also said the comment he made was supposed to be a joke because he was not looking forward to taking his Advanced Placement statistics test this week.
The student showed the deputy the box that the LEGO set came in, and how the set was already disassembled.
The deputy also looked in the boy’s room to make sure he was not in possession of any weapons.
The mother advised that there was one firearm in the residence but it was locked up.
The deputy contacted Judge Leslie Morgan and she issued a warrant for terroristic threats.
The student, age 18, was taken into custody and transported to the Columbia County Detention Center.
News 12 is not reporting his name or publishing his photo since the LEGO gun could not have actually harmed anyone.
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