South Australian Raegan Denton makes cut at Augusta National Women’s Am
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Raegan Denton – file image USGA
Australian Raegan Denton might not win the Augusta National Women’s Amateur Championship, being played this week in Augusta, Georgia. Still, she has ticked one of the boxes she had in mind for the week when she qualified to play the final round of the event at Augusta National on Saturday.
18-year-old Denton finished the opening 36 holes with a second round of 72 following her opening 67 to have her at 5 under and in a share of 6th place in the 54-hole event, six shots from the lead of American, Asterisk Talley.
The opening 36 holes were played at the Champions Retreat layout in Evans, Georgia, and she now gets to play Augusta National in a practice round on Friday and in the final round of the championship proper on Saturday, providing the chance to play one of the game’s most revered courses on two occasions.
Denton, who earlier this year won the Master of the Amateurs event at the Southern Golf Club in Melbourne, plays her golf at Royal Adelaide when at home, but is about to join the golf team at Louisiana State University.
A total of 32 golfers made the top 30 and ties cut, and for the second straight year, the number was under par at 1-under 143 over the par 72, 6,450-yard Champion’s Retreat venue.
Denton was the only Australian in the field, although New Zealand’s Eunseo Choi also received an invite but missed making it to the final round. She will, however, get to play Friday’s practice round at Augusta National.
