ROCHESTER – Taylor Ledwein of New Prague Golf Club won her second career Minnesota Golf Association Women's Amateur Championship on Friday, emerging from a crowd at the top of the leaderboard by shooting 3-under-par 68 and finishing with a three-day total of 3-over 216 at Rochester Golf and Country Club.
Taylor Ledwein wins Women's State Amateur title for second time
The New Prague golfer closed with a final-round 68 to win by three strokes.
July 29, 2022 at 10:59PM
"I don't think it's set in yet that I've actually won the [State Am] twice. If you would've told me in high school that I'd win twice, I wouldn't believe you," Ledwein said. "I believe in my game a lot more now and I believe in the player that I am. A lot of confidence.
"You never really think that you're out of it, but Leah, Kathryn [VanArragon] and Aayushi [Sarkar] are all great players, and I knew I had to put up a number if I wanted to even be in contention. I told myself from hole one that I'm going to have to go low."
Her 68 was the low round of the tournament and the only round to be played in the 60s. Only one other round was played below par in three days.
Ledwein, who entered the day four shots back of Leah Skaar, birdied the first and the fifth hole to take the outright lead, fell into a tie with Sarkar at the top with a bogey on No. 7 and then reclaimed the lead with another birdie to start the back nine.
Ledwein, a two-time Class 3A state champion at New Prague who golfed collegiately at Bradley, also won the tournament in 2018. She lost in a playoff to Sophia Yoemans last year.
Ledwein won her second MGA title in as many months, having beaten Skaar 1 up to win the Women's Match Play on June 23 at Burl Oaks Golf Club.
VanArragon (74) and Skaar (75) finished in a tie for second at 219, followed by Sarkar (73) at 220. Hannah Boraas shot 71 and finished fifth at 224.
Frankie Capan III, who will be playing on the PGA Tour next year, finished at 13 under par at the Nationwide Children’s Hospital Championship.
