Rianne Malixi may treat this as lesson learned or a foretelling of what happens next week.
But the 16-year-old Filipina could make use of something positive right after she crashed out with a 76 in the fourth round of the Canadian Women’s Amateur Championships in Halifax, Nova Scotia.
She posted 12-over 300 after 72 holes and finished tied for 38th following a troubled final round that saw her double-bogeying the 13th for the second straight day.
Malixi, the country’s hottest golf find these days, has high hopes when she sees action in the US Women’s Amateurs slated 7-13 August in Los Angeles.
Hometown bet Lauren Kim shot a final-round 2-under 71 on Friday to win the 109th edition.
The native of Surrey, B.C., held second place during the first three rounds of the championship and entered Friday’s final round two strokes behind Brooke Rivers of Brampton, Ontario.
Kim had five birdies in the final round at Ashburn Golf Club to edge out Rivers by one shot to win the national championship.
She earns an exemption into this year’s CPKC Women’s Open at Shaughnessy Golf & Country Club in Vancouver at the end of August as well as the U.S. Women’s Amateur Championship at Bel-Air Country Club in California, which starts Monday.
Kim also won $1,200. To align with the modernized Rules of Amateur Status, players at the Canadian women’s amateur championship competed for a purse of $8,000.
Rivers played an impressive tournament and finished second after shooting 1 over during the final round.
