Jin and Snyder Lead by One Heading into the Final Round of the Texas Women’s Open, Two Others Sit Atop the Legends of the LPGA Division
GUNTER, TX – Britta Snyder (a) and Grace Jin (a) are co-leading the Championship Division after the second round of the 2023 Texas Women’s Open at The Bridges Golf Club. Yvonne Cox-Holmes and Michele Redman lead in the Legends of the LPGA Division.
Britta Snyder (a), a rising senior at Baylor University, carded the low round of the day after firing a 68. Snyder (a) started on the back-nine and played well until a bogey and double-bogey on the 17th and 18th holes. After making the turn at one-over-par she made four straight pars before beginning an impressive final five holes. Snyder finished with an eagle and four straight birdies and a total score of 30 for the front nine.
Snyder (a) vaulted to the top of the leaderboard and is now a co-leader with Grace Jin (a). Jin (a) completed the day with an even-par round of 72. Jin (a) is a recent high school graduate and will be heading to Sam Houston State University in the fall. Looking to tomorrow she said, “I have no expectations, it’s the same for any other tournament. Just play my round. If I don't do good then [I will] learn from that, and if I do…[I will try to] execute it again.”
Snyder (a) and Jin (a) will be in the final group tomorrow at 10:00 a.m. as they look to claim the 2023 Texas Women’s Open title. Six other players are within three shots of the lead. The current low professional is Gracen Blount from Hot Springs, Arkansas. She sits at 3-under-par after rounds of 71 and 70.
56 players made the two day cut, including 11 professionals who will be competing for $27,000 with the champion earning $7,500.
The newly formed Ewing Automotive Group Legends of the LPGA Division also has a stacked leaderboard. Yvonne Cox-Holmes of Irving, Texas and Michelle Redman of Plymouth, Minnesota are tied at the top of the leaderboard at 6-under-par heading into the final round.
Cox-Holmes fired her second consecutive 3-under-par, 69. Heading into tomorrow, she said she is ready to “pick the targets, smooth, slow and steady and stick with the game plan.”
Redman, who has two wins on the LPGA Tour, also shot her second 69 today. “I kind of got off to a little bit of a slow start the first couple of holes and then on the third hole I made a birdie and had an eagle on five,” said Redman.
The duo at the top who were paired together in round two today, will once again be paired together in the final round tomorrow. “It’s a great caliber of play and you feed off of that," said Cox-Holmes. They will tee off at 9:00 a.m. on the first hole.
The Legends of the LPGA Division is competing for a separate purse of $75,000 thanks to an enhanced partnership with the Ewing Automotive Group. The Champion will take home $13,500.
For the second day in a row, the 17th hole yielded a hole-in-one. Barb Bunkowsky of Daytona Beach, Florida who is competing in the Legends Division knocked it in from 133 yards with an 8-iron.”I dunked it! It was like Michael Block,” said Bunkowsky when speaking about her seventh all-time ace.
The Bridges Golf Club
Par 36-36–72
Championship Yardage: 6,421 yards
