PUEBLO, Colo. -- Texas sophomore women's golfer Kelley Louth was unable to finish her second round of the U.S. Women's Amateur Public Links (WAPL) on Wednesday after play was suspended due to darkness. The Walking Stick Golf Course (Par 72, 6,263 yards) in Pueblo, Colo., is the 2006 host for the six-day championship.
Play was suspended on two separate occasions during the second round because lighting was spotted on and around the course. The competition was delayed for just over two hours and the field was unable to finish before play was called until Thursday at 7 a.m. (MDT).
In a USGA amateur championship, there are two rounds of stroke play qualifying to determine the 64 players who will make it to match play. The players are seeded according to how they played during stroke play. The winners of each match keep advancing until there is only one player left. With 64 players, this occurs after six matches.
There are 144 individuals competing from 40 sectional events at the WAPL. The event is open to female golfers who have been public-course players since Jan. 1 of the current championship year and whose USGA Handicap Index does not exceed 18.4. The WAPL is one of 13 national championships conducted annually by the USGA, 10 of which are strictly for amateurs.
Louth (Victoria, Texas), making her first career trip to the WAPL, started her second round at the WAPL from the No. 1 tee and tied for 20th after shooting a one-over par 73, tying her season-low, to open the tournament on Tuesday.
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