Clemson, S.C. – While many Clemson students spent their summers traveling for leisure and leisure alone, golfers Savannah Grewal of Ontario, Canada, and Annabelle Pancake of Zionsville, Indiana, were taking care of business on the golf course. Both Tigers qualified and played in prestigious women’s amateur events and even a couple professional tournaments, all in the span of a couple months. The duo’s summer competition schedule had them jet-setting and teeing it up all over the country and overseas.
Grewal, who is starting her senior season with the Tigers, started her summer off strong at the Suzann Pettersen Amateur Qualifier in Frankenmuth, Michigan. After winning the event with a 36-hole total score of -3, Grewal earned herself and a partner of her choosing (Pancake) a coveted spot at the Dow Great Lakes Bay Invitational (GLBI), an LPGA event.
Two weeks after her victory in Michigan, Grewal’s game took her across the pond to Norfolk, England, where she competed in the prestigious R&A Women’s Amateur. Grewal fired a 36-hole total score of -2 in stroke play qualifying, finishing 16th out of 144 participants. In match play, Grewal fell to Australian Kelsey Bennett after a hard-fought match of 2&1 in the Round of 32.
Back in the States, at Walnut Grove Country Club, Pancake and Grewal played in the same U.S. Women’s Amateur qualifier in Dayton, Ohio. Great teammates must play alike, as both women fired a 71, earning entry into the 122nd U.S. Women’s Amateur Championship at Chambers Bay.
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