Kelly Whaley shot an even-par 72 to win the 46th Connecticut Women's Amateur by 1 shot over Ellie Dutch at Timberlin Golf Club.
Kelly is the youngest daughter of Suzy Whaley, the teaching pro at TPC River Highlands, home to the Travelers Championship. The elder Whaley qualified for the 2003 Travelers, then known as the Greater Hartford Open.
Dutch, a first-round co-leader, three-putted the final hole for a bogey to miss out on a sudden-death playoff. She shot 76. Mia Landegren, the other first-round leader, skied to a 78.
Whaley is the second-youngest winner of the Amateur behind Liz Janangelo, who won it five times.

Mia Landegren and Ellie Dutch both shot even-par 72s to share the lead after the opening round of the Connecticut Women's Amateur tournament being held at Timberlin Golf Club.
Landegren isn't even 16, yet she is the No. 1 player on her high school team - the Shepaug Valley boys team - as a sophomore. She qualified for the U.S. Women’s Amateur Public Links Championship this year and also is a member of the Swedish Junior National team.
Dutch played for the boys team at Hale-Ray High School. A 2010 graduate of UConn, Dutch won the Massachusetts Women's Open in late June.
Defending champion Erica Barnes shot a 75 on her home course and is 3 shots behind the leaders heading into Wednesday's final round.

Massachusetts shot a 12-over-par total of 367 to win the New England Junior Championship by 13 shots over New Hampshire and Connecticut Tuesday at Brattleboro Country Club in Brattleboro, Vt.
The tournament was shortened from 54 holes to 18 because of rain. Connecticut coach Nick Pahoulis said the teams got 10 holes in Monday before play was called.
Peter French of Massachusetts was the only player under par, shooting a 4-under 67. Nick Hedden (New London CC) led Connecticut with a 73. It was just the third time in 10 years that Connecticut, the defending champion, did not win the title.

Massachusetts shot a 12-over-par total of 367 to win the New England Junior Championship by 13 shots over New Hampshire and Connecticut Tuesday at Brattleboro Country Club in Brattleboro, Vt.
The tournament was shortened from 54 holes to 18 because of rain. Connecticut coach Nick Pahoulis said the teams got 10 holes in Monday before play was called.
Peter French of Massachusetts was the only player under par, shooting a 4-under 67. Nick Hedden (New London CC) led Connecticut with a 73. It was just the third time in 10 years that Connecticut, the defending champion, did not win the title.

Lou Stone of New Haven CC is a first alternate in a qualifier held Tuesday at Hartford Golf Club for the 56th U.S. Senior Amateur Championship.

The lowest three scores qualified for the championship to be played Sept. 10-15 at Kinloch Golf Club, Manakin-Sabot, Virgina. There are 2 alternates.

Rank Player Name Overall Front Back Total
Qualified 1 Jack Kearney, Peachtree City, GA +1 36 36 72
Qualified T2 J Robert Gengras, Avon, CT +2 37 36 73
Qualified T2 Philip Pleat, Nashua, NH +2 36 37 73
First Alternate T4 Lou Stone, New Haven, CT +3 39 35 74
Second Alternate T4 Bob Spaniotis, Wethersfield, CT +3 40 34 74
T6 David Zeid, Redding, CT +4 37 38 75
T6 Shawn McLoughlin, Newtown, CT +4 38 37 75
T6 David Szewczul, Farmington, CT +4 36 39 75
T25 William T Lee, New Haven, CT +10 39 42 81

The opening round of the Connecticut Women's Amateur golf tournament has been cancelled due to the rain the area received Sunday and was expecting today.
It will now be a 36-hole event at Timberlin Golf Club in Berlin Tuesday and Wednesday.

Connecticut goes for its eighth win in 10 trues this week at Brattleboro Country Club in Vermont.

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