Bauer Cards Second Consecutive Sub-70 Round In LPGA Qualifying Tourney

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Third Round Pairings

VENICE, Fla., (Aug. 24) - Beth Bauer, the 1999 ACC player of the year and member of the 2000 U.S. Curtis Cup Team, improved on her second-round, three-under-par 69 with a five-under-par 67 in the third round of the 2000 LPGA Sectional Qualifying Tournament for a 209 (-7) total to take a two-stroke lead over Hee-Won Han (211, -5) of Seoul, Korea, heading into final-round play. Bauer carded six birdies and one bogey en route to her third-round 67, while Han moved into second place via five birdies and a bogey for a four-under-par 68.

"I've made a lot of good putts this week, so my putter has been key," said Bauer, who carded four bogeys on the front nine of the Plantation Golf and Country Club's 6,245-yard Bobcat Course. "I've been able to eliminate a lot of bogeys with my chipping and putting, which has been great for me this week. This golf course is like coming back home. I love putting on these Florida greens."

Bauer got off to a good start with a birdie on the par-4 first hole, then added birdies on holes four, six and nine to make the turn at four-under-par for the day and six-under-par for the tournament. A birdie on the par-4 11th hole put Bauer at five-under-par for the day, but she dropped back to four-under-par with her lone bogey of the day, at the par-5 13th hole. The two-time NGCA All-American sank a birdie putt on the par-4 18th hole to finish at six-under-par 209 with her third-round 67.

Han, who started the day five strokes behind second-round leader Soo Yun Kang of Seoul, Korea, carded birdies on holes two, seven and eight to make the turn at three-under-par for the day and four-under-par for the tournament. Han's only bogey of the day came at the par-4 10th hole, dropping her to three-under-par for the tournament and two-under-par for the day, but she recovered quickly with a birdie on the par-4 11th hole. Han's fifth and final birdie of the day came at the par-5 16th hole, leaving her in second place at 211 (-5), two strokes behind Bauer.

"I felt a lot more comfortable today," said Han, who played in the second-to-last pairing with the 20-year-old Bauer. "At first, at the beginning of the tournament, I was very nervous, but I feel more comfortable now."

The 149-player field was cut to 75 players after the second round, and only the top 30 players from the Venice sectional will move on to the LPGA Final Qualifying Tournament, Oct. 17-20, at LPGA International's Champions Course in Daytona Beach, Fla. In the event of a tie for the 30th and final spot, there will be a sudden-death playoff to determine the 30th player who will move on to the Daytona Beach event.

Kang, who set a Bobcat Course record with a 65 (-7) in the second round, carded a two-over-par 74 in the third round to drop into third place behind Han at 212 (-4). Former LPGA Tour player Suzy Green is fourth at 215 (-1), while first-round leader Ji Hyun Suh of Korea is fifth at even-par 216.

Reigning NCAA individual champion Jenna Daniels is tied for 34th at 223 (+7) after a third-round 76 (+4), while 2000 U.S. Women's Amateur champion Marcy Newton and 1998 U.S. Women's Open and U.S. Women's Amateur runner-up Jenny Chuasiriporn are tied for 43rd at 224 (+8) after shooting a 74 (+2) and 79 (+7) in the third round, respectively.

The Venice qualifier is the first of the LPGA Tour's two sectional qualifying events in 2000. The second LPGA Tour Sectional Qualifying Tournament, scheduled for Sept. 12-15, will be played at Mission Hills Country Club in Rancho Mirage, Calif. The top 30 finishers from the Rancho Mirage qualifier, the Venice sectional qualifiers, current LPGA Tour members attempting to improve their status, as well as the seven players who finished fourth through 10th on the 2000 SBC Futures Tour money list will travel to the LPGA's Final Qualifying Tournament.

2000 LPGA SECTIONAL QUALIFYING TOURNAMENT
ROUND 3 RESULTS
PLANTATION GOLF CLUB/BOBCAT COURSE PURSE: $0
VENICE, FL PAR: 36 36 YARDS: 6245
08/22/00 - 08/25/00

1 Beth Bauer 73-69-67 209
2 Hee-Won Han 73-70-68 211
3 Soo Yun Kang 73-65-74 212
4 Suzy Green 72-69-74 215
5 Ji Hyun Suh 67-74-75 216
6 Nan Kyong Ha 73-74-71 218
6 Christel Tomori 70-75-73 218
6 Michelle Louviere 73-71-74 218
6 Beth Bader 72-72-74 218
6 Jamie Hullet 71-73-74 218
6 Connie Wei 72-70-76 218
12 Jean-Marie Busuttil 74-74-71 219
12 Irene Yeoh 75-72-72 219
12 Stephanie Mitchell 75-72-72 219
12 Kelly Cap 74-73-72 219
16 Angela Stanford 73-74-73 220
16 Clarissa Childs 73-73-74 220
18 Kristen Register 78-71-72 221
18 Colleen Cashman 75-74-72 221
18 Diane Irvin 75-73-73 221
18 Kati Becker 74-73-74 221
18 Margie Arnold 74-73-74 221
18 Kris Lindstrom 73-73-75 221
18 So Young Park 72-74-75 221
25 Renee Heiken 77-75-70 222
25 Abby Pearson 70-80-72 222
25 Tracy Cone 77-72-73 222
25 Namika Omata 74-75-73 222
25 Michelle Fuller 74-75-73 222
25 Laura Moore 74-74-74 222
25 Maria Sardi 73-75-74 222
25 Cindy Mueller 71-76-75 222
25 Tonya Gill 70-76-76 222
34 Cheryl Musser 75-76-72 223
34 Becky Morgan 75-74-74 223
34 Smriti Mehra 71-78-74 223
34 Michelle Vinieratos 73-75-75 223
34 Jayne Lohr 72-76-75 223
34 Paige Veliz 77-70-76 223
34 Janice Littlefield 74-73-76 223
34 Jenna Daniels 73-74-76 223
34 JaeJen Ro 70-77-76 223
43 Heather Wilbur 76-75-73 224
43 Marcy Newton 75-75-74 224
43 Kimberly Vinton 71-79-74 224
43 Shannon Hanley 77-72-75 224
43 Myra Murray 73-73-78 224
43 Jenny Chuasiriporn 72-73-79 224
49 Angie Rizzo 73-78-74 225
49 Julia Boros 77-73-75 225
49 Tammy Lohren-Thomas 75-75-75 225
49 Dolores Nava 72-77-76 225
49 Charlaine Coetzee-Hirst 74-74-77 225
54 Collette Anderson 77-74-75 226
54 Karly Mills 70-77-79 226
54 Eunice Choi 72-73-81 226
57 Louise Ferguson 76-76-75 227
57 Tamara Johns 75-77-75 227
57 Kristin Derdenger 77-73-77 227
57 Kirsten Samp 74-76-77 227
57 Sachie LaVoie 73-77-77 227
57 Juli Hilton 74-75-78 227
57 Shauna Estes 76-72-79 227
64 Julie Miyagi 78-74-76 228
64 Tamie Durdin 76-74-78 228
66 Nicole Materne 73-79-77 229
66 Corina Kelepouris 75-76-78 229
66 Jung Yeon Lee 74-77-78 229
69 Lindsay Smith 74-78-78 230
69 Natalie Wong 74-75-81 230
71 Nicole Jeray 79-71-81 231
71 Cary Kohatsu 74-76-81 231
73 Krista Bartlett 77-75-80 232
73 Amie Lehman 75-77-80 232
75 Chela Quintana 75-77-81 233
Teresa Ishiguro 79-74 153 CUT
Stacy Orschell 78-75 153 CUT
Kimberlly Milles-Freeman 78-75 153 CUT
Brandi Miller 78-75 153 CUT
Shayne Wild 77-76 153 CUT
Kerri Prammanasudh 76-77 153 CUT
Malin Landehag 76-77 153 CUT
Sano Kumiko 71-82 153 CUT
Amy Langhals 82-72 154 CUT
Sandy Song 81-73 154 CUT
Sanaya Kitamura 80-74 154 CUT
Mary-Lee Cobick 79-75 154 CUT
Lanny Whiteside 78-76 154 CUT
Mika Arito 78-76 154 CUT
Dana Ebster 77-77 154 CUT
Kylie Wilson 76-78 154 CUT
Pam Sowden 76-78 154 CUT
Stephanie Comstock 76-78 154 CUT
Rita Arora 76-78 154 CUT
Lisa Balch 75-79 154 CUT
Nicole Gardner 73-81 154 CUT
Tiffany Faucette 80-75 155 CUT
Vanessa Vignali 78-77 155 CUT
Shino Yokoyama 77-78 155 CUT
Lisette Lee 77-78 155 CUT
Kori Johns 77-78 155 CUT
Hiroko Fukushima 77-78 155 CUT
Mara Larrauri 76-79 155 CUT
Aurora Kirchner 76-79 155 CUT
Brittany Bacon 76-79 155 CUT
Victoria Suhocki 75-80 155 CUT
Eve Lux 80-76 156 CUT
Kimberly O'Connor 78-78 156 CUT
Hope Kelley 78-78 156 CUT
Caryn Louw 77-79 156 CUT
Niina Laitinen 77-79 156 CUT
Anne Marie Goslak 82-75 157 CUT
Danielle LaVoie 80-77 157 CUT
Angela Buzminski 80-77 157 CUT
Tara Keller 78-79 157 CUT
Dawn Freitag 78-79 157 CUT
Lisa Strom 77-80 157 CUT
Ji-Yun Lee 77-80 157 CUT
Claudia Beauchesne 77-80 157 CUT
Jessica Popiel 74-83 157 CUT
Jennifer Lynn Hubbard 73-84 157 CUT
Sarah Neville 81-77 158 CUT
Chieko Miki 80-78 158 CUT
Linda-Chen Olsen 79-79 158 CUT
Dawn Kaneshiro 77-81 158 CUT
Kimberly Brozer 80-79 159 CUT
Maggie Sakamoto 79-80 159 CUT
Vicki Appleton 77-82 159 CUT
Launa Crites 82-78 160 CUT
Sarah Ward 81-79 160 CUT
Miki Hirao 79-81 160 CUT
Michelle Scerri 74-86 160 CUT
Lauren Mellen 84-77 161 CUT
Masayo Kawaguchi 79-82 161 CUT
Divina Delasin 79-82 161 CUT
Jennifer Sweeney 77-84 161 CUT
Kati Poppmeier 76-85 161 CUT
Jenni Sherwood 82-80 162 CUT
Maria Combes 80-83 163 CUT
Zoe Grimbeek 79-84 163 CUT
Kristen Nelson 83-81 164 CUT
Jodi Hutchinson 85-80 165 CUT
Jill Gomric 83-82 165 CUT
Kari Williams 84-82 166 CUT
Patricia Beliard 84-82 166 CUT
Julie Perry 81-85 166 CUT
Vinny Rivello 82-86 168 CUT
Kimberly Kolstad 83-87 170 CUT
Lisa Hires 82-88 170 CUT
Gaye Stark 86-85 171 CUT
Heather Cochran DQ
Linda Ishii 72 DQ
Lesley Nicholson 85 85 WD
Sachiko Sakurai 88 88 WD
Tricia Olson 88 88 WD
Christine Miller 89 89 WD
Mayumi Nakajima WD

Bauer Cards Second Consecutive Sub-70 Round In LPGA Qualifying Tourney

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