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Rohanna shoots 3-over in first round

By Jim Downey, For The Greene County Messenger 2 min read

The first round of the Fuccillo Kia Championship at Capital Hills started out rather calm for Rachel Rohanna. The Waynesburg Central graduate was 1-under through six holes on Capital Hills at Albany (N.Y.), but played the final 12 holes in 4-over to finish the first day at 3-over 74.

Rohanna is tied for 88th place heading into today’s second round with the low 70 scores (and ties) advancing to Sunday’s third and final round.

Augusta James and Breanna Elliott share the first round lead at 6-under 65.

Rohanna’s round took a turn for the worse on No. 16, her seventh hole, when she carded a double bogey-5. She finished her front nine with a bogey and par to go out in 2-over 35.

Rohanna sandwiched bogeys around a birdie-3 on No. 3 to go to 3-over for the round. She followed with another bogey on No. 5, but managed to get that stroke back with a birdie-4 on No. 8, her 17th hole.

Rohanna played her back nine in 1-over 37.

Despite her score, Rohanna felt she didn’t play that bad.

“I was in the scorer’s tent, thinking what I had to go out and work on. I really didn’t play that bad. I hit two or three shot that weren’t that great,” said Rohanna.

The problem wasn’t her ball-striking. Rather, where the ball landed was the issue.

“I had some really bad breaks. I had one ball stop on a 50-degree grade slope that balls never stop on,” explained Rohanna.

Rohanna needed 35 putts to complete her round, including three 3-putts.

“I had a 3-putt par on my first hole. The first putt was from 100 feet away. I’m not used to rolling a 100-foot putt,” said Rohanna.

Sixty-one golfers were at par or better after the first round.

“This course sets up well for a lot of players. It’s a public course. I expected to see some low numbers,” said Rohanna. “I just need to shoot a couple decent rounds. If I’ve learned anything, you can’t press.”

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