Macy Pate (pictured) advanced to the quarterfinals of match play at the Women’s Western Amateur at Onwentsia Club in Lake Forest, Illinois, with Thursday victories over Sydney Roberts of Chesnee, South Carolina, and Kaitlyn Schroeder of Jacksonville, Florida.
Pate, who lives in Winston-Salem and plays for Wake Forest, beat Roberts, a Clemson golfer, 2 and 1 in the first round. Pate beat Kaitlyn Schroeder, who is set to begin her second season at Alabama, 5 and 3.
The No. 6 seed after a 36-hole, stroke play qualifier, Pate will play Alice Hodge of Larchmont, New York, in Friday morning’s quarterfinals. Hodge, who recently completed her career at Florida State, advanced with a 1-up victory over Clemson’s Annabelle Pancake in the second round.
The Western is the fourth of five tournaments in the Elite Amateur Series for college golfers. Pate was the runner-up in the last Elite event, the North and South Amateur at Pinehurst Resort.
In other matches Thursday, Catie Craig of Western Kentucky, who beat Pate at Pinehurst, lost in the first round. Medalist Farah O’Keefe of Texas won her first two matches. Clemson’s Isabella Rawl is among the quarterfinalists.
