Humana to allow amateurs to play in final round
Top amateur players in the Humana Challenge will be able to play in the golf tournament's final round for the first time next year, it was announced today.
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Top amateur players in the Humana Challenge will be able to play in the golf tournament's final round for the first time next year, it was announced today.
Alison Lee of Valencia, who played in the 2012 LPGA Kraft Nabisco Championship as a junior qualifier, torched the Dinah Shore Tournament Course at Mission Hills Country Club on Tuesday for a 9-under 63 and a six-shot lead after the first round of the American Junior Golf Association's ClubCorp Mission Hills Desert Junior tournament.
A week before the biggest tournament for club professional golfers in the country, Kyle Kelly showed Tuesday his game is more than ready.
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