Ohio State golfer Kary Hollenbaugh makes final round of Augusta National Women's Amateur
Hollenbaugh is in a three-way tie for ninth place (140), five shots behind co-leaders Kiara Romero and Lottie Woad.
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The top 30 golfers plus ties made the cut for Saturday's final round.
Ohio State junior golfer Kary Hollenbaugh, a graduate of New Albany, tees off during a practice round Tuesday, prior to the Augusta National Women's Amateur.
Hollenbaugh, a junior at OSU and graduate of New Albany who has won three events this season for the Buckeyes, had four birdies, two bogeys and 12 pars in each of the first two rounds.
She is one of four golfers in the 71-woman field to have shot the same score Wednesday and Thursday.
The final round will be played at Augusta National, the site of The Masters, which takes place April 10-13. The first two were at Champions Retreat Golf Club.
Hollenbaugh was OSU's top scorer as a sophomore, finishing with a team-leading 71.69 average, one tournament victory and five rounds in the 60s. That was almost two full shots better than her average as a freshman.
Ohio State golfer Kary Hollenbaugh gives a tee to a young fan during the first round of the Augusta National Women's Amateur on Wednesday.
Earlier Thursday, Hollenbaugh was named one of three Big Ten women's golfers of the week, along with Purdue's Natasha Keil and Northwestern's Dianna Lee, after winning the Clemson Invitational. Hollenbaugh scored a career-best 200 with three rounds in the 60s, including a 64 in the final round.
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She has earned the conference honor three times since Feb. 6.
Hollenbaugh was part of four Division I state championships at New Albany from 2018-21 and shot a 60 in the Centerville Lady Elk Invitational as a senior – a round that included her first hole-in-one.
High school sports reporter Dave Purpura can be reached at dpurpura@dispatch.com and at @dp_dispatch on X.
This article originally appeared on The Columbus Dispatch: Ohio State's Kary Hollenbaugh makes cut at Augusta National Amateur
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