Jennifer Kupcho and Lizette Salas teamed up to win the Dow Great Lakes Bay Invitational by 5-shots over the team of Matilda Castren and Kelly Tan in Midland Michigan. Kupcho and Salas finished at 26-under par for the tournament. This was Kupcho’s third win of the year, and for Salas it was her first win since 2014.
The event is played with teams of two persons playing alternate shot in rounds 1 and 3, and better ball in round 2 and 4. Kupcho and Salas shot 68 and 64 in the alternate shot in rounds 1 and 3 respectively, and a pair of 61s in the better ball format in rounds 2 and 4.
"I think we just have a lot of faith in each other. We make each other comfortable."@jenniferkupcho and @LizetteSalas5 fired a final round 61 to win the @DowGLBI.
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A weekend to remember at the @DowGLBI! 🏆
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For the LPGA Golf Pool, Josh Whitt managed to score a whopping 62 points for the week!
Points for Dow Great Lakes Bay Invitational
| Place | Player | Points |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Jennifer Kupcho / Lizette Salas | 15 |
| 2 | Matilda Castren / Kelly Tan* | 10 |
| 3 | Maria Fassi / Stacy Lewis | 9 |
| 4 | Cheyenne Knight / Elizabeth Szokol | 8 |
| 4 | Tiffany Chan* / Haeji Kang | 8 |
| 6 | Na Rin An / Hye-Jin Choi | 6 |
| 6 | Pauline Roussin / Dewi Weber | 6 |
| 8 | Jessica Korda / Nelly Korda | 4 |
| 8 | Daniela Darquea* / Karis Davidson* | 4 |
| 10 | Lauren Hartlage* / Brooke Matthews* | 2 |
| 10 | Ruixin Liu / Wichanee Meechai | 2 |
| 10 | Sarah Kemp / Alena Sharp* | 2 |
| 10 | Sophia Popov / Anne van Dam | 2 |
| 10 | A Lim Kim / Yealimi Noh | 2 |
* denotes not part of the LPGA Golf Pool
Here are the highlights from the final round: