Macy Pate (pictured) of Winston-Salem, a rising sophomore at Wake Forest, coasted into match play competition with a 1-over-par 73 Wednesday in the second round of stroke play at the Women’s Western Amateur at Onwentsia Club in Lake Forest, Illinois.
Pate, who shot 68 Tuesday, tied for fifth as the top 32 players advanced to match play. University of Texas freshman Farah O’Keefe, who Pate beat in the deciding match in the championship of the Stephens Cup, was the medalist at 8-under 136.
The No. 2 seed will be Catie Craig of Western Kentucky, who beat Pate in the championship match at last month’s North and South Amateur at Pinehurst No. 2.
Morgan Ketchum of Winston-Salem, who plays at Virginia Tech, and Kayla Smith of Burlington, a recent University of North Carolina graduate, missed the cut by one stroke with 147.
