Allison Graceffa used her home-course advantage to reach Thursday’s semifinals of the Greater Rockford Women’s Golf Classic.
“I have experience playing here,” Graceffa said after holding off former champion Jordan Hatch 1-up Tuesday at Rockford Country Club. “I figure I have a little one-up on the girls playing here, which probably helped me out on the greens. I did know how to read some of those.”
But it took a while for Graceffa, seeded seventh, to get adjusted as the second-seeded Hatch went 4 up through five holes. Upon reaching No. 8, something clicked for Graceffa, who went on a hot streak winning that hole and Nos. 9, 10 and 11.
“I was nervous in the beginning,” said Graceffa, who attends the University of Illinois-Springfield. “Match play gets into your head a little bit.”
Graceffa wasn’t the only player in the championship flight mounting a comeback.
Allison was featured in a August 4, 2010, article in the Rockford Register Star.
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