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Kirkwood, MO - The 33rd Metropolitan Women’s Amateur Championship at Greenbriar Hills Country Club is in the books. All players returned for a second day to try to get to the top. Ellen Port led the Championship with Kallie Harrison and Eva Brown following behind. In Flight A, Ginny Orthwein led the group, while Kay Tice led Flight B following the first round. Play began at 9:00am with the divisions going off in the order of Flight A, Flight B, and Championship. 

Ginny Orthwein of St. Louis Country Club held her position on the leaderboard in the Final Round. Shooting just one stroke worse than her first round, Orthwein brought in a total of net eleven-over (+11) par and claimed the crystal for Flight A. Peggy Shamleffer of Annbriar Golf Course finished as runner-up at net fifteen-over (+15) par. Flight B was tightly contested between Erica Ely of Gateway National Golf Links and Kay Tice of St. Louis Women’s Golf Association. Both ladies bettered their scores from the first round to finish the day at net eighteen-over (+18) par. In a scorecard playoff, Ely would take home the hardware as champion and Tice would be runner-up.

Ellen Port of Sunset Country Club began the day with a two shot lead as she was in pursuit of her 17th Metropolitan Women’s Amateur title. Unwilling to give up or give way, Port came out with a bogey-free front nine. Finishing the day six-over par, Port concluded the championship at nine-over (+9) par to clinch her 17th title. The 2025 Metropolitan Girls’ Junior Amateur champion, Eva Brown of the Gateway PGA Jr Golf Club, bettered her score today by one stroke. Brown carded her first birdie of the week on Hole 17 today to bring in a total score of fifteen-over (+15) par. This placed Brown in the second slot on the leaderboard to walk away as runner-up. Kallie Harrison of Norwood Hills Country Club finished in third at sixteen-over (+16) par. Meera Upadhyay of Greenbriar Hills Country Club let her home course advantage lead her to the lowest round of the day at four-over par and moved up the leaderboard to end in fourth at eighteen-over (+18) par. Momo Kikuchi of The Quarry at Crystal Springs completed the top five at nineteen-over (+19) par. 

At the conclusion of the 33rd Metropolitan Women’s Amateur, Ellen Port continues to make history with her 17th champion title. Ginny Orthwein is the Flight A champion and Erica Ely is the Flight B champion.

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