June 30, 2011
UNIVERSITY PARK, Pa. - Hanule Seo (St. Louis, Mo.) has advanced to the round of 32 at the U.S. Women's Amateur Public Links Championship in Bandon, Ore., after picking up the match play victory in the round of 64 on the 6,098 yard, par-71 Old Macdonald course. The tournament started stroke play with 156 golfers.
Seo qualified in stroke play as the No. 12 seed and faced off with the No. 53 seed Brooke Baker of Edmond, Okla. Seo won the match in 16 holes 3 and 2, as she had won three more holes than Baker with just two holes to play.
The round of 32 will take place Thursday, June 30 at the Bandon Trails course. Seo will meet Stephanie Kono, a Honolulu, Hawaii native, as she looks to advance to the round of 16. Should Seo pick up a match play victory over Kono, who is seeded 21st, she would then play again in the round of 16 tomorrow at Bandon Trails.
The quarterfinal and semifinal matches are on Friday, July 1, and the 36-hole championship final will be played Saturday, July 2. The final three rounds will all be conducted at the Old Macdonald course. Seo will tee off with Kono tomorrow, June 30, at 8:40 a.m. PT.
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