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August 30, 2019 | Women's Golf
CORVALLIS, Ore. – Ellie Slama made the cut at the Cambia Portland Classic and will play the weekend in her first-ever LPGA event.
Slama, a rising junior from Salem, Ore., shot rounds of 68 and 69 at the par-72, 6,478-yard Columbia Edgewater Country Club to give her a 7-under 137 heading into the weekend.
She had five birdies and one bogey in the first round and six birdies and three bogies in the second round. Slama is the top amateur on the leaderboard.
"It means a lot making the cut at my first LPGA tournament, especially since it is close to home," Slama said. "I've been associated with this tournament since I was little. My goal is now to continue to have fun and play my best golf."
Slama won the Oregon Amateur for the second consecutive year this past June with a 3 and 2 win over Haley Greb. She won her first Oregon Amateur last year with a 2 and 1 win over Jessica Young. Slama was the medalist and match play champion at the 2015 and 2017 Oregon Junior Amateur.
She had a scoring average of 72.43 in 35 rounds as a sophomore, the best single-season scoring average in Oregon State history. Slama was selected to the All-Pac-12 First Team, named the Pac-12 Golfer of the Month for October and set the program single-season record with seven top-10 finishes.
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Slama, a rising junior from Salem, Ore., shot rounds of 68 and 69 at the par-72, 6,478-yard Columbia Edgewater Country Club to give her a 7-under 137 heading into the weekend.
She had five birdies and one bogey in the first round and six birdies and three bogies in the second round. Slama is the top amateur on the leaderboard.
"It means a lot making the cut at my first LPGA tournament, especially since it is close to home," Slama said. "I've been associated with this tournament since I was little. My goal is now to continue to have fun and play my best golf."
Slama won the Oregon Amateur for the second consecutive year this past June with a 3 and 2 win over Haley Greb. She won her first Oregon Amateur last year with a 2 and 1 win over Jessica Young. Slama was the medalist and match play champion at the 2015 and 2017 Oregon Junior Amateur.
She had a scoring average of 72.43 in 35 rounds as a sophomore, the best single-season scoring average in Oregon State history. Slama was selected to the All-Pac-12 First Team, named the Pac-12 Golfer of the Month for October and set the program single-season record with seven top-10 finishes.
OUR MISSION
Oregon State Athletics strives to Build Excellent Authentic Visionary Student-Athletes (Go BEAVS).
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