Glasgow Has Share of Lead in U.S. Amateur Stroke Play

Corona del Mar graduate Jenny Glasgow shared the lead with two players after shooting a course-record two-under 70 Tuesday in the first round of stroke-play qualifying for the U.S. Women’s Amateur Championship in Ann Arbor, Mich.

Glasgow, who plays at Pepperdine, joined Brenda Corrie Kuehn of Fletcher, N.C., and Virginia Derby of Montgomery, Ala., in breaking the middle tees women’s record of 71 set by Babe Didrickson Zaharias in 1948.

Five players were one shot back of the lead and eight others, including Coto de Caza’s Kellee Booth, trailed by two.

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Jin Park of Fullerton is one of four golfers who advanced to the U.S. Amateur in the sectional qualifying at Industry Hills. Park shot one-under 143 on the Eisenhower course. The championship starts Aug. 24 at Oak Hill in Rochester, N.Y.

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Fountain Valley’s Candie Kung shot one-over 69 and trailed Brittany Straza of Fort Myers, Fla., by one stroke after the first round of the Independent Insurance Agent Junior Classic in Edmond, Okla. Starza lost Sunday in the final of the U.S. girls junior championships.

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Chris Chung, Jay Patel and Stefan Pongratz have signed with the UC Irvine men’s tennis program, Coach Steve Clark announced.

Chung, a 1997 Sunny Hills graduate, was a redshirt at California last season. Patel, from Gujarat, India, has an International Tennis Federation world ranking of No. 157 in singles and 124 in doubles. Pongratz, from Vaesteras, Sweden, is a transfer from Ventura College.