Editor’s Note: The following is an official press release courtesy of LSU’s athletics department.
BATON ROUGE – LSU senior Ingrid Lindblad advanced through two rounds of qualifying and then through four matches before her run at The Women’s Amateur, presented by The Royal and Ancient, came to an end Saturday in the semifinal round at Prince’s England.
Lindblad who showed her strength in her second week as the world’s No. 1 ranked amateur, finished T2 in the 36-hole qualifying and then won her first match on Thursday, two matches on Friday and a quarterfinal win on Saturday morning before falling to Germany’s Chiara Holder, 4&3, in the semifinal outing.
Lindblad found herself one down early against Horder after her birdie at the par-5 2nd. The Swede birdied the 8th to square the match only to bogey the 10th. Horder then dropped a stunning eagle at the 12th and her eagle again on the par 5 15th gave Lindblad no chance to make any kind of comeback.
Earlier in the day, Lindblad defeated fellow Swede Kajsa Arwefjall 4&3 as the LSU star had six birdies on her card.
Of her quarterfinal win, Lindblad told the R&A: “I just tried to keep the ball in the fairway and keep the ball in the greens and play well today and roll the few putts in and that was enough to win. It’s a nice course even though its very dry. So, sometimes we can hit the fairway and the ball just you don’t know where it’s gonna bounce, but that’s part of the game too. The greens are really nice. You can hit your putts and like be sure that it goes nice.”
Horder in the 36-hole finale on Sunday will face American Annabelle Pancake.
It is expected that Lindlbad will next tee it up in The Vagliano Trophy, a women’s amateur international match between Great Britain and Ireland and the Continent of Europe. Lindblad has already been selected for the event which is scheduled for June 30-July 1 in Scotland.