Beaver Dam’s McKenna Nelson fired a 3-over-par 74 in Tuesday’s second round of the U.S. Girls’ Junior Championship at Old Chatham Golf Club in Durham, North Carolina, earning a spot in the championship’s match play bracket.
Starting on the back nine, the Beaver Dam High School senior-to-be carded rounds of 38 and 37 for her 74. She birdied Nos. 14 and 15 while making bogeys on Nos. 11, 13, 16, and 17 on her opening nine. After the turn, Nelson added another birdie on No. 6 and bogeys on Nos. 5 and 8.
Her two-round total of 145 (+1) left her tied for 47th place, good enough to qualify for the 64-player match play field as the No. 48 seed.
Clairey Lin of Canada claimed medalist honors in stroke play with rounds of 65 and 66 for a 13-under-par total of 131, finishing 14 shots ahead of Nelson.
Nelson will open match play against No. 16 seed Celina Yeo of San Carlos, California, who finished stroke play at 3-under par, which tied her for 17th. Their first-round match is scheduled to tee off at 7:48 a.m. Central Time on Wednesday.
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