Rohanna posts another 2-under round
Rachel Rohanna’s dad has reminded her if she shoots 2-under in each round, she’ll finish with a solid score of 8-under.
Well, on this Father’s Day weekend, the Waynesburg Central graduate is heeding Tom Rohanna’s advice after finishing the third round of the Meijer LPGA Classic for Simply Give with her third straight score of 2-under.
Rohanna sits at 6-under 205 and is tied in 40th place entering today’s final round at Blythefield Country Club in Grand Rapids, Michigan.
Lexi Thompson surged to the top of the leaderboard after shooting 5-under in the third round. She enters today’s final round at 15-under.
The tournament was delayed by two hours to dry out the course after a heavy rain fell in the early morning hours. The conditions led to one of the par-5s to be transformed into a par-3 and make par 69, instead of 71.
Although she closed with another 2-under, a couple wayward tee shots cost her a shot to go 3- or 4-under for the round.
“On my 15th and 16th holes, I hit two errant tee shots. I had to hit out and had some lip-outs. That cost me two shots, for sure,” said Rohanna, adding, “I’m happy with 2-under.”
Rohanna started the third round with a birdie, but gave the shot right back with a bogey on No. 2. She closed the front nine with two birdies and a bogey over the final four holes to go out in 1-under 33.
She made the turn strong with a par and back-to-back birdies.
“I had it down to 7-under for the round,” said Rohanna.
That’s where she stayed until the consecutive bogeys.
However, she closed out with sixth birdie of the round to come back in 1-under 34.
Rohanna has totaled 13 birdies through the first three rounds.
Although she hit a couple errant tee shots, Rohanna isn’t giving up on hitting her driver.
“I feel good with my driver,” said Rohanna.
Rohanna donned West Greene’s school colors in Friday’s second round and received word from her husband Ethan Virgili during the round that the Lady Pioneers had won the PIAA Class A softball title.
Of course, the blue and gold fit right in with the color scheme of the University of Michigan. Rohanna’s college alma mater, however, is another matter.
“I think Michigan is the only place where they announce I’m from Ohio State, so they can boo,” Rohanna said with a chuckle. “Every where else I’m announced from Pennsylvania.”