Birdie run gives Lidya her second RI women's amateur open
Birdie run gives Lidya her second RI women's amateur open
The Jakarta Post, Karawaci, Banten
Defending champion Lidya Ivana Jaya fired five birdies for the
lone below par score of the tournament on Thursday to retain her
Indonesia Ladies Amateur Open Golf Championship.
The East Javan's one-under 71 at Imperial golf club gave her a
54-hole total of 223, four strokes ahead of national teammate
Juriah.
The latter's 75 was enough to overtake second round leader Ana
Imelda Tanpinco of the Philippines, who started the final day
with a three-stroke lead after an even par round on Wednesday.
"I played better than before, especially on the greens,"
Lidya, 20, said, referring to the putting problems during the
opening rounds of 78 and 74.
The 15-year-old Filipino wilted in the mid-morning heat and
under the pressure of the occasion, carding a lackluster 228.
Lidya, Juriah, 23, and Ana will be in the medal hunt at the
Southeast Asian (SEA) Games in the Philippines in November, but
the winner put competition aside to congratulate her opponent on
solid play.
"I'm glad I won today but I was also happy to see Ana play
well in the second round," said Lidya, who received the Srikandi
Cup.
Juriah showed some excellent play, notching five birdies, but
her threat diminished as she slumped to five bogeys and a double
bogey.
Ana admitted she was nervous playing with Lidya and Juriah in
the final threesome and that the Banten heat affected her play.
"But I'm quite satisfied," she said, adding that she would be
looking for "revenge" at the 23rd SEA Games, where golf will
return after being left off the medal roster at the previous
Games in Vietnam in 2003.
Risti Yuanda Puteri, despite carding a 10-over 82 for a total
of 240, won the net event based on her handicap of eight and was
awarded the Kartini Cup.
The two top-place finishers from last week's West Java Ladies
Amateur Open, Banten's Jamilah and Singapore's Heng Su-Ann, were
unable to repeat their winning form in Karawaci.
Perth-based Heng's 84 was her worst round of the week, putting
her in tied seventh place with Puteri. Jamilah, despite playing
in her home province, carded 244 for 12th. (004)