New Haven Register (Sunday) (New Haven, CT)
Li to defend her title at CWGA Championship
Leslie Li will be defending her title when the 102nd Connecticut Women’s Golf Association Championship begins Tuesday at Shuttle Meadow Country Club in Kensington.
Li was 16 when she won the event in 2020, defeating Priscilla Wargo in the championship final at CC of Farmington.
Also last year, Mercedese Large won the Senior Division; Ava Gross, a rising senior at Amity High School, won the Junior Division; and Pam Burt was the Founders Cup champion.
Wargo, Burt, 2019 winner Mim Schreck, 2017 champion Lisa Fern-Boros and four-time champion Donna Harris are among the competitors.
The low 16 finishers from Tuesday’s stroke-play round advance to the Championship Flight on Wednesday. Two rounds of matches that day lead to Thursday morning’s semifinals, followed by the final on Friday. The Founder’s Cup final is also held on Friday.
NE WOMEN’S AMATEUR
Jen Holland of Guilford headlines the state contingent competing in the New England Women’s Amateur Monday through Wednesday at the Agawam Hunt Club in Rumford, Rhode Island.
Joining Holland from Connecticut are Gross, Debbie Johnson (Oronoque CC), Liz Garfield (unattached), Mia Grzywinski (CC of Farmington) and Lynn Scully (CC of Waterbury).
It is a 54-hole event. The low 70 players and ties will make the cut for the final round.
CT JUNIOR PGA
Keney Park in Windsor is once again the host of the Connecticut Junior PGA Championship on Tuesday and Wednesday.
It’s a strong field for the 36-hole event. Among the competitors are: Brett Chodos (Amity High), the CIAC Division I and State Open individual medalist earlier this month; Luke Stennett (Portland), the Division IV state tournament medalist; Charlie Duffy and Michael Rothberg from Fairfield Prep; Kyle St. Pierre from Shelton; and Colin Firda from St. Joseph.
On the girls side, reigning State Open champion Libby Dunn and Division I state champion Catarina Petrovic are in the field, along with Jensie-Rose Nicholas of Trumbull and Brooke Zajac from Southington.