Ella Scaysborok reaches semi finals at US Women’s Am
Ella Scaysbrook in action in today’s quarter final match against Canadian Taylor Kehoe
19-year-old Newcastle golfer, Ella Scaysbrook, continues to impress at the US Women’s Amateur Championship, defeating Canadian Taylor Kehoe in the quarter finals of the world’s most significant women’s amateur event, in what was yet another one sided match.
In blustery oceanside conditions, Scaysbrook opened with a 40-foot birdie putt at the opening hole to go 1 up and won the third with a par, but it would be through the middle of the round that Scaysbrook put a seal on the match when she won the 8th, 9th and 10th holes to establish a 4-hole break.
The 10th hole was perhaps the highlight when she holed from close to 50 feet for eagle and although Kehoe would birdie the same hole, the margin was 4. When Scaysbrook won the 12th to go 5 up it was then just a matter of time.
Both players bogeyed the 13th but the end would come at the 14th when both players were conceded bogeys for Scaysbrook to win 5&4.
When asked if she had allowed herself to think ahead to a place in Sunday’s final, Scaysbrook said, “A little bit, but try to stay in the present. Just go out tomorrow and see what happens. I’m proud I made it this far anyway.”
Scaysbrook, after surviving a tense playoff on Wednesday morning for a place in the match play field, has won her four matches to date by no less than a 4&3 margin and tomorrow gets the chance to become just the fourth Australian to make the championship final of the event, following in the footsteps of Lindy Goggin, Anne Marie Knight and Gabi Ruffels (twice)
Scaysbrook’s semi-final opponent is American Megha Ganne who finished 11th in the 36 hole qualifying earlier in the week compared to Scaybrook’s 63rd seeding but the Novacastrian has swept all before her to date and the manner of her wins thus far suggests she could well make the final.
