Left: Anika Varma with the golf ball after the ace; at a tournament. Pic: Courtesy Twitter handle of Anika Varma and Noah Montgomery/ Anika Varma.
July 19:Anika Varma, who was confirmed. For the US Women’s Amateur Championship earlier in the week, celebrated with a superb back nine that included a hole-in-one at the 50th Sacramento County Women’s Scratch Championship on Saturday.
The 16-year-old Anika, who began the day with a bogey, was one-over after eight holes. She then seemed to shift gears as she birdied the ninth, the tenth and the 12th. She went even better on the Par-3 14th, where she aced the Par-3 143-yard hole. She added birdies on 16thand 18thto finish at six-under 66 and a two-shot 72.
She leads by two shots over Kaylyn Noh (68) and Elizabeth Scholtes (68) and by four-over Hanna Montgomery (70).
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