NFJG Oak Marsh - 3rd Place

AA and Ford left early, at 6:15. She has the first tee time of the tournament, very brisk this morning and should be sunny and almost 70 degrees today. Sunrise driving to Amelia:

Oak Marsh is one of the truly classic Pete Dye-designed golf courses in the world, is noted for its tight fairways and small greens, meandering along serpentine salt marsh creeks and through the moss draped heritage oaks for which Amelia Island is famous.
Elite Girls: 5560 yards. 8:30 AM Hole 1: Tylar Ann Whiting, Alyzabeth Morgan, Sofia Rivera.

Ford said putting was difficult today for most everyone. AA said she just needed to improve on everything - golf is always a work in progress! Third place - Sophia and AA:

Next is Bent Creek is next Sunday.

Director Jack's Newsletter: It was great to back up in Amelia Island once again for the “2022 Oak Marsh Challenge.  We are incredibly lucky to have gotten the event in as popular that golf is these days. Many thanks to event coordinator Alana Baylon and the Professional Staff at the resort for making this happen amongst all their member and resort guest play.

What was supposed to be a mid-70’s+ temperature day with calm winds turned out to be a little cooler than thought, but the kicker was the 20mph+winds that came out of the northwest. The winds made for some hair pulling moments when the ball was in the area. The scores, as expected were much higher than expected, but it was fair for all. Make the proper adjustments and you were golden. The course was in excellent condition with greens fast and some pretty testy pin locations which added a few more strokes to the score.

In the Elite Tour Girls division St. Augustine’s Sofia Rivera was back in the winner’s circle. Rivera posted a fine score of 83 which included a very chancing shot on her final hole to go for the par-5 in two.  With a pure swing she would carry the marsh some two hundred yards, avoid the well defended green lined with bunkers and have a 20-foot putt for eagle. Her two-putt birdie would the right call as she nipped the hard charging Anaiya Nahar (84) by a single stroke. Finishing in the third spot was Fleming Island’s Alyzabeth Morgan (87p) beating Lexi Milbrandt and Sadaly Campbell in a scorecard playoff.