August Kim
SEBRING, Florida (Jan. 8, 2015) -- Friday’s third
round of the 61st Harder Hall Women’s Invitational
was delayed by heavy rain with the leaders
finishing
their rounds just before darkness set in. The
tournament is being played at the tight and
demanding 6,142-yard, par-72 Harder Hall Country
Club, which has been playing longer because of the
rains
that have saturated the area.
The Harder Hall Women's Invitational is the first
event on the 2016 AmateurGolf.com "Majors of Women's Amateur
Golf" calendar.
August Kim, a junior on the
Purdue University
women’s golf team from St. Augustine, Florida,
seized the lead today with a sizzling 4-
under par 68, for a three-day total of 2-under 214.
Second-round leader Jessica Porvasnik -- a
junior at
Ohio State -- started the day at 3-under but
struggled to a 74 and is one-shot back
at 1-under 215.
In 2015, Kim was 41st in the Golfweek/AmateurGolf.com
Women's Rankings, while Porvasnik was 138th.
Both have had solid performances almost
everywhere they have teed it up, with Kim winning
the 2014 Women's Trans National Championship.
Lori Beth Adams carded a 70 and is alone at 216
heading into the final round while a quartet of
players: Linn Andersson, Kelly Grassel,
Alex Wright, and first-round leader Diane Lim are
tied at 217, and definitely within striking distance.
Mark Pinson of Highlands Today contributed to this
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FIRST ROUND STORY
SEBRING, Florida (Jan. 7, 2015) A strong field of 132
golfers took advantage of better weather conditions
to shoot some low scores in Thursday’s
second round of the 61st Harder Hall
Women’s Invitational.
Jessica Porvasnik of Hinckley, Ohio led the way
with a sizzling 4-
under par 68 to go with a first round 73 for a two-
day total of 3-under 141 at the halfway point of the
72-hole tournament.
Porvasnik, a junior and a member of The Ohio
State University women’s golf team, had four
birdies to go with no bogeys on the tight and
demanding Harder Hall course.
Alone in second place is first-round leader Diane
Lim who had rounds of 69-75-144, Alex Wright and
Kelly Grassell are tied at 145, Lori Beth Adams,
Ashley Holder and Amira Alexander are part of a trio
of golfers at 146.
Linn Andersson and Samantha Marks are within
striking distance at 149, Emmy Martin came in at
150 and Sebring’s Kendall Griffin is at 152
after a second round score of 78.
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ABOUT THE Citrus Golf Trail Ladies Invitational
Formerly known as the Harder Hall Invitational,
this
is a four-day no cut stroke play
tournament for women amateurs. It was played
at
Harder Hall CC for more than 65
years, but in 2021 it moves to a rotation of
courses
on the Citrus Golf Trail in Sebring,
Florida. The illustrious list of past champions
includes
the current world #1 Nelly Korda; Hall-of-
Famer
Joanne Carner; LPGA stars
Christie Kerr, Brittany Lincicome, Morgan
Pressel,
Stacy
Lewis and Charley Hull; amateur legends Carol
Semple
Thompson and Meghan
Stasi; and two members of the winning 2021
Curtis
Cup Team, Emilia Migliaccio and Gina Kim.
It has long drawn an international field and
has two Divisions: the
Championship Division and the Forever 49 Division
(max
index 16.4). It is the first of the
"Orange Blossom" series of Florida winter
tournaments.
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