Keating faces uphill battle in final

BY Fred Norks | Australian Ladies Amateur Tour | 2008 Australian Womens Amateur | Grand Final | 20 Apr 2008

Stacey Keating

Stacey Keating heads up the 18th fairway 6 down and facing an uphill battle across the final 18 holes this afternoon

(Photo: Jason Savidge)

Victoria’s Stacey Keating faces an uphill battle on the final day of the 2008 Australian Women’s Amateur in the Adelaide today.

Keating finished the morning’s play 6 down after a round that was dominated by the in-form West Australian, Kristie Smith.

In was a tight battle across the front nine with neither player dominating the course in what were perfect conditions at the Royal Adelaide Golf Club.

Smith made the turn at 2up following a birdie at the par 5 9th hole and then proceeded to stamp her mark on the back nine moving to 5up through 14 holes.

Keating clawed her way back with a birdie at the 15th and a square at the 16th, however Smith put paid to the first 18 holes of the final with a pair of birdies to close the morning at 6up, leaving Keating with a lot of work to do in this afternoon’s final 18 holes of match play.

Top 10
AUS/NZ

Position	Score	Player	R 1	R 2	R 3	R 4	Total
1	-15	Stephanie Na	69	70	69	73	281
2	-8	Kristie Smith	72	72	75	69	288
3	-5	Rebecca Flood	72	74	71	74	291
4	-2	Liz Bennett	74	71	76	73	294
5	+2	Justine Lee	75	77	72	74	298
6	+3	Rachel Jennings	79	74	77	69	299
T7	+4	Christine Trimmer	73	82	72	73	300
T7	+4	Stacey Keating	74	77	73	76	300
9	+5	Ashlee Dewhurst	77	76	72	76	301
10	+6	Elissa Orr	73	77	76	76	302
T11	+7	Jovanna Bozanic	76	71	80	76	303
T11	+7	Naomi Edwards	73	72	79	79	303
T13	+8	Chihiro Ikeda	76	79	70	79	304
T13	+8	Jayde Panos	77	77	74	76	304
T13	+8	Bree Arthur	77	75	75	77	304
T16	+9	Claire Choi	73	78	77	77	305
T16	+9	Courtney Massey	77	74	77	77	305
T16	+9	Florentyna Parker	73	78	77	77	305
T16	+9	Julia Boland	75	75	78	77	305
T20	+10	Sarah King	79	76	77	74	306
T20	+10	Jessica Noh	74	78	77	77	306
T22	+11	Jessica Speechley	76	78	78	75	307
T22	+11	Samantha Holt	77	73	76	81	307
T22	+11	Cara Guest	80	78	73	76	307
T25	+12	Jody Fleming	75	77	78	78	308
T25	+12	Christabel Goh	79	75	76	78	308
T25	+12	Zoe Beth Brake	79	74	80	75	308
T25	+12	Ebony Heard	73	78	79	78	308
29	+13	Whitney Hillier	77	78	75	79	309
30	+14	Kerry Smith	78	77	75	80	310
T31	+15	Ainil Johani Abu Bakar	75	77	79	80	311
T31	+15	Sheree Hasson	78	76	78	79	311
Cut +15
CUT	+16	Sophie James	74	81	79	78	312
CUT	+16	Michelle Coetzee	79	78	77	78	312
CUT	+16	Monica Jung	82	75	74	81	312
CUT	+16	Dana Kim	84	71	78	79	312
CUT	+17	Grace Lennon	75	79	83	76	313
CUT	+18	Julie Swanson	75	77	79	83	314
CUT	+18	Penny Smith	76	80	77	81	314
CUT	+18	Bronwyn Speechley	80	76	76	82	314
CUT	+19	Tricia Borgward	80	78	78	79	315
CUT	+20	Tamara Fuller	81	75	77	83	316
CUT	+20	Ellie Na	76	79	79	82	316
CUT	+20	Nicole Montgomery	74	82	78	82	316
CUT	+21	Sarah Johnstone	82	77	80	78	317
CUT	+21	Hannah Kim	77	79	78	83	317
CUT	+22	Caroline Bon	79	78	85	76	318
CUT	+22	Francesca Yong	80	81	80	77	318
CUT	+22	Katrina Jones	83	81	78	76	318
CUT	+22	Annie Choi	87	76	79	76	318
CUT	+23	Breanna Elliott	82	80	79	78	319
CUT	+23	Laura Holdsworth	84	82	76	77	319
CUT	+23	Allyce Watkinson	74	83	80	82	319
CUT	+25	Bianca Hegarty	82	84	79	76	321
CUT	+26	Rhianna Davies	77	83	83	79	322
CUT	+26	Laurie Chew	79	81	77	85	322
CUT	+26	Emma Ash	84	79	80	79	322
CUT	+27	Stacey Shanahan	76	82	84	81	323
CUT	+27	Jessica Parker	84	82	76	81	323
CUT	+27	Stephanie Brennan	76	79	84	84	323
CUT	+28	Rebecca Blain	79	81	81	83	324
CUT	+29	Lisa Wright	82	81	80	82	325
CUT	+29	Alizah Kendler	84	80	78	83	325
CUT	+30	Lauren Sinclair	86	81	79	80	326
CUT	+31	Emily Mclennan	84	86	79	78	327
CUT	+32	Sue Wooster	77	84	79	88	328
CUT	+32	Amanda Chin Xhiee	79	83	83	83	328
CUT	+32	Jana Welsford	86	77	81	84	328
CUT	+34	Jill Hodge	80	82	88	80	330
CUT	+34	Jacqualine Lau	85	77	83	85	330
CUT	+34	Stephanie Loi	89	79	80	82	330
CUT	+37	Deborah Lee	80	84	87	82	333
CUT	+37	Kristen Eales	81	84	79	89	333
CUT	+39	Cassandra Wee	82	86	84	83	335
CUT	+40	Cathleen Santoso	84	89	81	82	336
CUT	+40	May Yen Sharon Lau	85	84	81	86	336
CUT	+41	Sock Hwee Koh	82	85	85	85	337
CUT	+42	Hannah Thomson	88	83	84	83	338
CUT	+42	Samantha Whittle	89	83	83	83	338
CUT	+43	Corinne Swan	86	83	83	87	339
CUT	+47	Erina Williams	87	86	87	83	343
CUT	+49	Josie Hodge	84	85	88	88	345
CUT	+54	Kimberley Crawley	90	88	84	88	350