UNION, Ontario -- University of Iowa golfer Jessica Ip is among the top-5 following the first round of the Golf Association of Ontario’s (GAO) 2015 Investors Group Women’s Amateur Championship. Ip shot a first round 72 (E), making par on 11 of the first 18 holes. The Richmond Hill, Ontario, native also fired in three birdies.
The sophomore is currently in fifth, three strokes off the leader Brittany Marchand of the Brampton Golf Club, and two strokes behind five-time champion Mary Ann Hayward (The Club at North Halton) for second place.
Round two of the tournament takes place on Wednesday with a cut to follow, the top-54 scorers will move on.