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THE idea
of quitting and forfeiting the remainder of the season
never crossed Jennifer Rosales’s mind.
Rosales
is just raring to go full-blast in the next six months
when the second half of the Ladies Professional Golf
Association (LPGA) Tour gets underway Friday with the
Jamie Farr Owens Corning Classic in Sylvania, Ohio.
 Coming
off a decent finish at the P&G Beauty NW Arkansas
Championship, Rosales was wide-eyed when asked about her
plans for the forthcoming tournaments.
That
begins with this week’s Jamie Farr Classic, which also
serves as the US qualifier for the Women’s British Open
from July 31 to August 3 in Berkshire, England.
The
former US college champion is hoping to make the field
of the prestigious event set at Sunningdale Golf Club,
just like what Angelo Que did to qualify for the men’s
version of the British Open.
After
the first 36 holes at the Jamie Farr, the top five LPGA
Tour members not yet qualified for the Open will advance
to the season’s fourth major championship.
“I’ll
have to say that Angelo [Que] would serve as my
inspiration here. If I make it, at least, there would be
at least a Filipino male and female entered in the
Open. That would make our country proud,” Rosales told
the BusinessMirror.
Rosales
is on what she calls a “minirun” since she earned three
money finishes in as many tournaments.
“I just
like what is happening now. Whereas before, I would get
beat up and miss the cut and still had to basically pay
for that. I have to manage my game and play optimum
professional golf as advised repeatedly by my swing
coach Bong Lopez,” she said.
Filipina-American Dorothy Delasin is also competing at
the Highland Meadows Golf Club, where 144 players
featuring defending champion Se Ri Pak, Paula Creamer
and Karrie Webb plus 11 rookies—10 of which are trying
to earn a maiden LPGA Tour win. |
