Published: July 17, 2008 07:40 pm      

Field is set for Women's Open

The field for the Golf Capital of Tennessee Women's Open on July 21-23 at Bear Trace Cumberland Mountain is now set, as 102 ladies — 40 professionals and 62 amateurs — are entered at the close of registration Wednesday evening.

This is the fifth straight year for the tournament to be played at Bear Trace; however, defending champion Karen Daves is not entered in the field. A number of the professionals are first-time participants of this tournament and are present or former members of the Duramed Futures Tour of the LPGA.

Professionals entered are Shelly Anderson (Clarksville), Rachel Bellefeuille (Tocca, GA), Jessica Blackley (Fairfield Glade), Lori Cate (Maryville), Carole Clark (Arden, NC), Kimberly Coleman (La Mesa, CA), Lisa Depaulo (Austin, TX), Adriane Duke (Jonesboro, AR), Taryn Durham (Glasgow, KY), Carrie Dykstra (Scottsdale, AZ), Stephanie Edwards (Senioa, GA), Sue Ertl (Bradenton, FL), Susan Fasoldt (Sarasota, FL), Tiffany Faucett (Ormand Beach, FL), Jenna Finlinson (Bloomington, IN), Jeannine Fiorito (Las Vegas, NV), Claudine Foong (Aurora, ON), Anna Green (Ft. Pierce, FL), Shannon Hanson (Sulphur, LA), Cuyler Hedley (Cobourg, ON), Mary Elizabeth Horne (Cordova, TN), Sarah Jacobs (Hendersonville, TN), Collette Jamarowicz (Newwark, NJ), Jennifer Jordan (Johns Island, SC), Sante Koch (Murray, KY), Felisha Lee (Sherwood, AR), Shari Lindsey (Sarosta, FL), Maria Kostina (Hayden, ID), Jacklynn Miller (North Bay, ON), Michaelyn Morgan (Cordova, TN), Andrienne McDonald (Mabank, TX), Anne Marie Palli (Scottsdale, AZ), Kathlene Robinson (Alexandria, VA), Walailak Satarak (Bellflower, CA), Erin Szekely (Bothell, WA), Maggie Steciuk (London, ON), Suzanne Strudwick (Knoxville), Paula Tucker (Miami, FL), Marci Turner (Tompkinsville, KY), Lee Ann Walker-Cooper (Southport, NC), Paige Veliz-Gilbert (Leesburg, VA), Gwen Watson (Montgomery, AL) and Kimberly Williams (Sorrento, FL).

DePaulo was the 2007 runner-up and was the '07 LPGA Teacher of the Year. Jacobs and Robinson are former champions. Walker-Cooper finished with a 54-hole total of three-under-par 216 in the LPGA Tour's P&G Beauty NW Arkansas Championship on July 3-6.

Blackley is the assistant professional at Bear Trace Cumberland Mountain.

The remaining entrants are amateurs Heather Arnold, Ashley Averitt, Kellye Belcher, Katherine Bell, Ashley Birdwell, Mallory Bishop, Evelyn Blackmon, Chelsea Boshears, Jordan Britt, Katie Brown, Diana Carson, Jennifer Cassidy, Haley Cothran, Madison Denman, Kennie Leigh Eisenhower, Shayla Forsey, Ashleigh Garman, Charlotte Grant, Sara Grantham, Ashley Haggard, Morgan Hale, Sara Hunt, Rachel Ingram, Jillian Jones, Taylor Kirby, Ryan Kopet, Ashley Lance, Staci Lynch, Kelly Maguigan, Angelina Manzitto, Patricia Masick, Alyson Mitchell, Linda Mullins, Rhonda Nadasi, Jennifer Newman, Brooke Pancake, Carolyn Prebul, Katie Pursell, Karin Rader, Carly Rhyne, Peyton Elizabeth Ritchie, Hunter Ross, Brie Rowden, Maggie Scott, Lindsey Spradlen, Lauren Spurlock, Suzanne Stanley, Maria Stapleton, Kayla Stewart, Shay Sullivan, Jessica Tarbet, Erika Thornton, Kayla Turner, Lorie Warren, Ashley Wathen, Hannah Weathersby, Leigh Wilkins, Karen Williams, Dawn Woodard and Ginny Zanca.

Colleges represented include Austin Peay (Averitt, Lynch, Manzitto and Wathen); Trevecca University (Birdwell); Tennessee Tech (Carson, Rhyne and Brown); ETSU (Eisenhower); Brigham Young (Forsey); Belmont (Garman, Warren, Spurlock); MTSU (Hale, Wilkins); Ole Miss (Lance); UAB (Mitchell); Pancake (Alabama); Lipscomb (Rowden); UTC (Stewart); Kennessaw St. (Tarbet); Mississippi State (Jones, Stanley and Weathersby); and Samford (Hunt).

Warren is the 2008 women's state amateur champion, beating Kendal Martindale in the final match at the Honors Course in Ooltewah, TN.

A $7,000 first-place check goes to the winning professional.

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The Golf Capital of Tennessee Women's State Open pro-am is scheduled for Saturday, July 19, with a 1 p.m. shotgun start. The entry fee is $500 per three-person teams. The field will be limited to the first 18 teams entered. Each threesome will be paired with one of the lady professionals or a past champion of the tournament.

Pros committed to play in the pro-am are Shelley Anderson, Lori Cate, Carole Clark, Lisa DePaulo, Stephanie Edwards, Sarah Jacobs, Anne Marie Palli, Kathleen Robinson and Kimberly Williams. Jacobs and Robinson are former champions.

"I would like to encourage everyone to sign up and play in an outstanding events, as the proceeds will benefit Cumberland County Junior Golf," said Bear Trace professional Kelvin Burgin.

There will be a dinner following play on Saturday.

For more information, call Tammy French at (931) 456-6632.