GOLF magazine’s April issue, due on newstands within days, features a centerpiece golf-travel package on Albuquerque and Santa Fe.
The piece is a coup for golf in New Mexico. Another piece scheduled for the the March 12 issue of Golf Week magazine details the affordability and quality of Albuquerque’s daily-fee golf. [Read more →]
Sandia High and recent University of Denver graduate, Katie Kempter has advanced through the first sectional qualifier in LPGA Q School.
The Arnold Palmer and Dinah Shore courses in Mission Hills Rancho Mirage, Calif., pared the 139 contestants down to the top 30 finishers and ties who will move on to the final stage held in December at the LPGA International courses in Dayton Beach, Fla.
Kempter carded a2-over par 290 for the four-round event (77-70-74-69). “It was a rough start, but I got the job done” Kempter said of her efforts which allow her to sit out the next sectional event.
She is the daughter of UNM Chamoionship Men’s Association player Chris Kempter. Katie Kempter recently caddied for teacher and mentor Bill Harvey at the Sun Country Players’ Championship at Isleta Eagle Golf Course.
The LPGA “Q-School” final includes the top 30 players and ties from the two sectional tournaments held on either coast, current LPGA professionals who did not earn enough to maintain their status, and top money winners from the Futures Tour. The top 20 players following 90 holes of play will earn their full player exemption with the LPGA for the 09-10 tournament season.
New Mexico State University Aggie golfer Tim Madigan of Rio Rancho claimed the first edition of the Callaway Golf Players Championship at Isleta Eagle in Albuquerque, outpacing the field with a two-day total of 137, seven-under par.
The Players Championship features the top professionals and amateurs in the Sun Country Section facing off in 36 holes of stroke play. The event is a cooperative effort between the Sun Country PGA and the Sun Country Amateur Golf Association. It is designed to identify the top golfers in Sun Country regardless of professional or amateur status, and is limited to players with ties to New Mexico.
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