Kelly is one of 36 girls from First Tee chapters worldwide to take part in the selection process from July 7-11.
Of 78 juniors competing in the Wal-Mart First Tee Open, 70 will be chosen from selection events. Eighty-four boys will participate in a similar event from July 14-18 in Rogers, Ark. Kelly, who is from Lehigh Acres, qualified for the First Tee Open last year. σ2 σ2 σ2 A pair of former Florida Gulf Coast University golfers came up short in trying to qualify for U.S. Open sectionals recently. Joey Lamielle, who made it all the way through to the Open last year, shot a 75 and missed a playoff by five strokes at Port St. Lucie on May 8. Fort Myers’ Derek Lamely shot a 71 at Sugarloaf Mountain in Clermont last week. Lamely missed was three strokes off the final qualifiers.
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