SCGA GIRLS' CHAMPIONSHIP: H.-W. TIES FOR THIRD; KIM WINS.Byline: Dave Shelburne Staff Writer MURRIETA - Ina Kim kept the Southern California Southern California, also colloquially known as SoCal, is the southern portion of the U.S. state of California. Centered on the cities of Los Angeles and San Diego, Southern California is home to nearly 24 million people and is the nation's second most populated region, high school golf championship in the family Tuesday. The Harvard-Westlake of North Hollywood senior shot 1-under-par 71 at SCGA SCGA Southern California Golf Association SCGA Software Carrier Group Alarm Members Club to follow her sister as medalist in the second-annual winter championship, which is sponsored by the Women's Southern California Golf Association. The younger sister of Northwestern freshman golfer Hana Kim - who won the inaugural WSCGA WSCGA Wisconsin State Cranberry Growers Association title last year as a senior at Brentwood - was the only player to break par on a day just two others shot as low as par-72. ``I could have played better, but the greens were a little hard for me,'' said Kim, who reached the title match of the Girls' U.S. Junior Amateur Championship last summer and led Harvard-Westlake (247) to a third-place tie Tuesday behind team winner Torrey Pines Torrey Pines can refer to:
``I couldn't get the speed right,'' Kim said of her troubles on the greens. ``I was missing all my birdie putts and they weren't very long.'' Cindy Baker, president of the WSCGA, thought Kim and others just ran into a difficult course. ``The course played tougher than last year,'' Baker said. ``But I think the scores reflected some really fine golf.'' Kim, who posted the only sub-par round since this event was switched to an all-girls format (boys and girls boys and girls mercurialisannua. had a combined spring championship before last year), outlasted Jessica Martin Jessica Martin (born 25 August 1962 in Fulham, London, England) is an actor and comedian. She is probably best known for her work as an impressionist and voice artist on the television series Spitting Image. of Bakersfield Centennial and Hannah Jun of Torrey Pines (both 72). Moah Chang of Burbank shot 77 for the second-best area score behind Kim and placed eighth overall in the field of 103. Sara Jones of Hart and Mayumi Kobayashi of Notre Dame Notre Dame IPA: [nɔtʁ dam] is French for Our Lady, referring to the Virgin Mary. In the United States of America, Notre Dame (both 79), Julie McKenna of Thousand Oaks Thousand Oaks, residential city (1990 pop. 104,352), Ventura co., S Calif., in a farm area; inc. 1964. Avocados, citrus, vegetables, strawberries, and nursery products are grown. (80), Nikki Imoramna of Notre Dame (81) and Rebecca Norris of Thousand Oaks (82) were other top performers in an area contingent of 16. Emma Stachowicz (83), Eunice Lee (93) and Kathryne Cooper (93) completed the team scoring for Harvard-Westlake, which qualified for the four-section WSCGA event by placing second in the Southern Section team final. Kim will join her sister on scholarship at Northwestern next year, but Harvard-Westlake coaches Koval Kochar and Darlene Bible will have Stachowicz, Lee and Cooper back, when the three-time defending Mission League-champion Wolverines bid for a fourth straight berth in the Southern California championship. ``It's unbelievable how it's grown,'' Bible said of girls' golf, which first became a Southern Section sport in 1998. ``The ability has improved so much that I can't believe it. Colleges are going to have no trouble finding good players. These girls are very fortunate to be right where they need to be.'' |
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