Lincoln’s Nicole Kolbas completed an incredible back nine comeback to win the 21st Nebraska Girls’ Amateur Championship on Tuesday at Fremont Golf Club.
Kolbas started the final round three strokes back, and charged through the back nine, finishing with a 71 (E) to win by two strokes at 145 (+3). She joins her mother, Steph Kolbas, who won two Nebraska Women’s Amateurs and a Nebraska Women’s Match Play, and her older brother Jason Kolbas, who won the 2018 Nebraska Junior Amateur, as a state champion.
Fremonter Ansley Giesselmann finished 15th with a two round score of 171.
Grand Island’s Marcus Holling and Omaha’s Connor Steichen produced the only under-par rounds of the day on Tuesday, and share the 36-hole lead at the 54th Nebraska Junior Amateur Championship at Fremont Golf Club.
Holling and Steichen both shot a second round of 70 (-1) to jump into the lead at 141 (-1). Holling was the first player in under-par, making birdie on No. 15 to get to even-par and then finishing with another to post his red number. He knocked a wedge close from the left rough on No. 18 and rolled in the putt for his closing birdie.
Fremonter Brady Davis is tied for 36th at 155.
The field was cut after Tuesday’s round, with 41 players advancing at 155 (+13) or better. The final round is set for an 8 a.m. start on Wednesday, with the leaders set to tee off at 11 a.m.
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