Jensen Castle Concludes Inspiring Week at the 2023 Augusta National Women’s Amateur

AUGUSTA, Ga. – Jensen Citadel wrapped up a particular week on the 2023 Augusta Nationwide Ladies’s Novice on Saturday, delivering a 5-over-par 77 within the closing spherical at Augusta Nationwide Golf Membership. The College of Kentucky girls’s golfer assembled a 7-over-par 223 event whole, incomes a share of twenty sixth place on the largest stage in novice golf.

1000’s of patrons flooded by means of the gates of Augusta Nationwide this morning, in hopes of catching a glimpse of the highest amateurs on the planet. The worldwide discipline started with 72 gamers, earlier than the highest 30 gamers and ties made the minimize after 36 holes at Champions Retreat Golf Membership. Together with Citadel, 31 gamers fell contained in the minimize line at 2-over, incomes a closing spherical at Augusta Nationwide on Saturday.

Citadel put collectively rounds of 70, 76 and 77 on the fourth-annual occasion, taking part in on a pair of essentially the most difficult golf programs within the nation. Dozens of neighborhood members, relations and associates wore their Blue and White in assist of Citadel all through the event.

Whereas cool temperatures, wind and fog have been all elements throughout the first and second rounds at Champions Retreat, the weather didn’t develop into disruptive till this morning. The committee suspended the ultimate spherical from 10:30 a.m. to 1:50 p.m. ET due to inclement climate, whereas all patrons have been requested to exit the grounds.

Citadel was 3-over on the spherical earlier than play was postponed. She mixed for a trio of bogeys and 5 pars throughout that stretch.

Beginning on the tenth tee, she bought on the inexperienced in three pictures, however left her par putt brief to file her first blemish of the ultimate spherical. Nevertheless, she responded with a convincing 5 straight pars on gap Nos. 11-15, together with all three holes of the long-lasting Amen Nook.

The wind started to choose up because the morning went alongside, making it additional difficult to create birdie alternatives.

On the par-3 No. 16, she put her first shot inside about eight toes of the pin for what would have been phenomenal place till it leisurely rolled off the left aspect of the inexperienced and right into a bunker. She put her second shot about 5 toes from the pin, however she put a little bit an excessive amount of energy on her putt, inflicting it to lip out for her second bogey of the day. On the following gap, her second shot landed in a bunker that was simply wanting the inexperienced. She hoped for a greater downhill roll in her chip out of the bunker, but it surely left her with a couple of 20-footer that she two-putted for her third bogey of the day.

The Wildcat by no means teed off on gap No. 18 earlier than the ultimate spherical was suspended due to inclement climate. Play resumed at 1:50 p.m. ET, whereas it was nonetheless overcast with a cool breeze and sporadic sprinkling.

Following the pause, Citadel recorded her third straight bogey on the par-4 No. 18. The senior then went par-birdie-par on gap Nos. 1-3, marking her lone birdie of the ultimate spherical on the 500-yard, par-5 No. 2. She then suffered a bogey-par-bogey stretch over her subsequent three holes on Nos. 4-6.

The West Columbia, South Carolina, native recovered in her closing three holes at Augusta Nationwide, logging three straight pars. That features paring the lengthy par-5 No. 8, after a miss hit off the tee field.

Citadel and her teammates will transfer on to compete on the 2023 Southeastern Convention Championship at Greystone Golf & Nation Membership in Hoover, Alabama, starting April 12.

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