Highlights from first round of Match Play July 28th---80th TRANS Championship being played at The Country Club of Lincoln (Nebraska).

TRANS Tournament Medalist Mia Piccio of the Philippines defeated Hannah Collier of Birmingham, Alabama, 4 & 3 in the first round of match play. Collier is a recent High School graduate playing in her first national golf championship has committed to the University of Alabama Women's Golf Team. TRANS Junior Medalist, Dottie Ardina, Laguna, Philippines, won over Samantha Postillion of Scottsdale, Ariz. 6 & 5.  Postillion will be a freshman at the University of Texas starting in August.

More results:
In a twenty-hole match, Anna Christenson of Oro Valley, Ariz., defeated S. Dak. native Maggie Murphy. Murphy is a member of the University of New Mexico Women's Golf Team.
In an international match, Beverly Mendoza from the Philippines who enjoyed a hole-in-one during qualifying, fell to defeat in a first round match  to Alison Whitaker, a member of the Duke Blue Devil's Women's Team from Melbourne, Australia.

Defending Champion Julia Boland from Sydney, Australia, defeated Jacqueline Williams, Univ. of Calif. Berkley, on the 22nd hole with par. Academic All American and UNLV Women's Team Member from Mesa, Ariz., Kristen Schelling defeated Sarah Thead, Poway, Calif. 5&4. Stephanie Kolbas of Lincoln lost 5&4 to Meghan Stasi of Oakland Park, Fla., 2008 & 2009 US Women's Mid-Amateur Champion and 2008 USA Curtis Team member

Seven players from the Philippines arrived in Lincoln for the 80th TRANS Championship. All seven qualified for match play and won three of four TRANS Perpetual Trophies provided for the stroke play portion of the championship.
Mia Piccio, Trans Medalist; Dottie Ardina, Junior Medalist; the duo also ran away with the Howell Team Trophy.
Mendoza, Rodriguez, Dela Paz and Ikeda lost in the first round of match play with Piccio, Ardina and Guioguio advanced to the second round.

Ashley McKenney from Scottsdale, Ariz., a 2010 Conference USA Champion, lost to Heather Lott of Baton Rouge, La. on the 19th hole. USGA 2009 Girls' Junior Champion of Fargo, N. Dak., Amy Anderson lost to Jenny Schneider, Mitchell, S. Dak., on the 20th hole. Kamryn Ruffin of Pryor, Oklahoma made her fourth appearance in the TRANS with defeating Julia Thead of Poway, California, 2 & 1 in the first round matches. University of Minnesota student from Omaha, Nebr. Mary Narzisi lost to Demi Runas of Torrance, CA, on the 17th hole.University of Nebraska Women's Golf Team member Madeleine Sheils ousted Philippino Marie (Bambee) Dela Paz. in 19 holes. Senior Medalist Kim Eaton of Greeley, Colo. was defeated by Catherine Dolan, from Ballwin, Missouri, 7 & 5.

About the TRANS

The WTNGA voted to organize at a meeting of the Missouri Valley Women's Golf Association at Omaha Country Club in 1926.  The first championship was played in June 1927 at Kansas City Country Club.  The TRANS annually conducts two national championships for women--the national amateur championship and the Senior Women's Four-Ball.

The all volunteer organization publishes and distributes the TRANS Golf Annual Program which includes results of Trans championships and many national and regional amateur events for women.

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Lincoln Neb- Qualifying for the 80th TRANS National Championship 36 hole match play was completed today with the top 64 players moving on. In perfect weather the 6,230 yards, 36-36- 72 par was no match for seven players from the Philippines all qualifying for match play. Mia Picco of Bocalod, Philippines fired a 2 under par 70 in the second round to add to a one-over par and become the TRANS tournament medalist with 143. Dottie Ardina of Laguna, Philippines, shot even par 72-72-144 to win Junior Medalist honors.  The Senior Medalist trophy went to Kim Eaton of Greeley, Colo. with 76-82-158.

The Mother/Daughter duo of Kerry and Samantha Postillion qualified for match play. Daughter Samantha will go head to head against Junior medalist Dottie Ardina.

Two of the 2009 Top Ten Women Amateur Golfers playing in the championship are Meghan Stasi, Oakland Park, FL, (73-75-148) and defending champion Julia Boland, Syndey, Australia (77-75-152). Boland will meet Jacqueline Williams of Fair Oaks, Calif. in the first round of match play.

2009 USGA Girls' Junior Champion Amy Anderson, (74-79-153) of Oxbow, North Dakota will meet Jenny Schneider Mitchell, South Dakota at 12:08 p.m. Wednesday.

University of Nebraska Women's Golf Team members qualifying for match play
Madeleine Sheils, Boise, Idaho (76-73-149).

Six players, Carly Childs, Hannah Collier, Sarah Faller, Samantha Postillion, Sofia Toccafondi and Katelyn Wright tied with 162 in a play off for 4 places.  Those advancing to the match play were Collier, (Birmingham, Ala) Faller (Ireland), Postillion (Scottsdale, AZ) and Toccafondi (Argentina)

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Lincoln- The Country Club of Lincoln is the home of the 2010 Women’s TRANS
National Amateur Championship. The tree-lined course is set up at 6, 230 yards, Par 36-36-72.

Competing for the finalist are 105 women and the 2009 Champion Julia Boland 24 year-old graduate student at Texas A & M from Sydney, Australia. The field consists of players from all over the United States, Australia, Ireland and Philippines.  This is the third time the TRANS has been played at The Country Club of Lincoln with the last visit in 1980 won by current University of Miami Golf Coach, Patti Rizzo. TRANS is a week long event with Monday and Tuesday consisting of qualifying rounds and four days of match play.  After the two days of qualifying rounds the field will be cut to the top 64 players.

The TRANS Championship has been around for 80 years, starting in 1926 founded in Omaha Nebraska.  Women’s TRANS Championship site changes each year with the first site in Kansas City, Missouri at Blue Hills Country Club in June 1927.

After day one of the qualifying round Tulane University golfer Ashley McKenney of Scottsdale, Arizona leads the field with two under-par 70, followed by University of Las Vegas golfer Kristen Schelling of Mesa, Arizona, Chihiro Ikeda of Laguna, Philippines and Duke golfer Alison Whitaker of Melbourne, Australia all one under-par 71.

Beverly Mendoza of Mandaluyong Philippines had a hole-in-one on number 10, a 144 yard par three at The Country Club of Lincoln using a 6 iron. She recently qualified for the US Women’s Amateur for the first time. It was also her first hole-in-one. Mendoza completed her freshman year at Texas Tech with a 4.0 GPA.

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The TRANS Amateur Championship
The Country Club of Lincoln, Lincoln, Nebraska
July 26-31, 2010

Number One Priority for defending champion Julia Boland of Sydney, 2009 Australian National Champion, is to retain the Trans title for the second consecutive year.  The pressure will be on as 112 entries into the 80th women's Trans National Amateur championship will be challenging for the win.

While playing in Trans at Tennessee National in 2009, Boland became friends with Trans Champion Ashley Freeman, a member of Texas A&M Women's Golf Team.   Freeman contacted her coach and soon there after Boland was enrolled in a graduate program at Texas A&M, and a welcomed member of the Women's Golf Team.       

Entries from 29 states include California (19), Nebraska (13), Arizona (10), Texas (7), followed by Florida (6) and Colorado & Kansas (5).  USGA Girls Junior Champion AMY ANDERSON of Oxbow, ND, (recently named non-school athlete of the year by the North Dakota Associated Press Sportscasters and Sportswriters Association) tops a list of entries which include 2010 Women's Western G.A. Finalist Dottie Ardina of Lipa City, Philippines, Kyle Roig, Pembroke Pines, FL, 2010 Harder Hall Women's Invitation Champion; outstanding senior player Kim Eaton of Greeley, CO, and numerous talented collegiate players.

The Trans Championship will be played at The Country Club of Lincoln, July 26-31 with 18 holes stroke play on Monday and Tuesday, followed by match play with a scheduled 36-hole final on Saturday.

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19th Women's Trans Senior Four-Ball Championship
The Quarry, San Antonio, Texas                         Yardage 6618, par 72

COLORADOANS TRANS FOUR-BALL CHAMPIONS
Kim Eaton and Christie Austin of Greeley, Colorado, topped the field by four strokes in scoring 10 under-par for the 54-hole tournament.   Eaton is enjoying the Victor Hugo adage of "fifty is the youth of old age". After turning fifty late in 2010, she has won the Colorado State Women's Senior Championship, the Arizona State Senior, and Jones/Doherty Senior, played in Florida in January.

Eight teams were in contention for the Trans Four-Ball title going into the final round.
Olive Henry, Addison, Texas, and Mimi Hoffman, Springfield, Virginia, were tied with Eaton/Austin at 137.  Henry/Hoffman shot 6-under 66 for the low score of the tournament.

Players had high praise for The Quarry, saying it was challenging, fair and fun.

Results:
Austin/Eaton -70-67-69---206
Henry/Hoffman-71-66-73---210
Bro/Zahn-69-71-72---212
Anderson/Butler-73-69-71---213
Malick/Schultz-72-67-74---213
Albertson/Byrnes-72-71--73---216
Jackson/Knott-72-69--76---217
Barker/Davis-71-71-76---218