Palisades’ Anna Song wins third City Section | College News
Walking off the 18th inexperienced Thursday afternoon, Palisades High golfer Anna Song was greeted by her coach Dave Suarez, who provided her a alternative of a brownie or a cookie. She didn’t hesitate to decide on the latter — a candy reward for her seven-under-par 65 that set a City Section finals scoring report and earned her a third straight particular person championship at Balboa Golf Course in Encino.
“I’m a cookie person, always and forever,” mentioned the Stanford-bound senior, who joined Tiffany Yau of Van Nuys as the one ladies in part historical past to win three particular person titles. “I honestly didn’t know about the record. When you’re out there playing you’re not thinking about that.”
Song bettered the earlier report of 67, which she carded as a sophomore at Balboa to win her first particular person title after ending second behind teammate Chloe Rahn as a freshman. Last 12 months, she fired a bogey-free spherical of 68 to repeat as champion. On Thursday, she adjusted to gusty winds and fast greens to make 5 straight birdies from holes 8-12 and draw back from the sphere. She gained by 10 photographs over Mia Siegel of Los Angeles Center for Enriched Studies, the second largest margin ever in City historical past behind Yau’s 11-stroke win in 2011.
After parring the primary gap, Song bogeyed the second and birdied the third, however discovered herself down three photographs to Cleveland’s Momoka Takahashi, who birdied the primary three holes. However, Song had eight pars and 7 birdies during the last 15 holes.
She missed three short birdie putts on the back 9. Following her scorching begin, Takahashi had just one more birdie the remainder of the best way and completed third with a four-over-par 76.
“It took me a couple of holes to get used to the wind,” mentioned Song, whose best rating at Balboa was nine-under in a league match final 12 months. “Every shot I had to take into account if I was playing with or against the wind. I left a couple of putts out there today, but overall I did pretty well. I like this course and I’ve played it a lot… it’s flat, there aren’t any tricks. It’s great to win, but it’s sort of bittersweet because this is my last one.”
Palisades captured its fourth consecutive group title with a rating of 426 and superior to the SoCal Regionals at Los Serranos in Chino Hills on Nov. 14. Granada Hills completed second, 63 strokes behind, and Cleveland was third. Song was on the Team USA Junior Solheim Cup group in September and was the runner-up on the CIF state finals final 12 months at Poppy Hills Golf Course in Pebble Beach.
Southern Section particular person match
Santa Margarita freshman Sam Daniels shot a 64 to win the CIF-SS particular person finals in Temecula. Orange Lutheran junior Jude Lee was second with a 68. Oak Park sophomore Nina Xu, Marlborough senior Kaila Elsayegh, Sage Hill senior Alisa Ching and Irvine University freshman Gabriella Gu every shot a 69.
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