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Georgette Rolle fails to advance in Pure Silk-Bahamas LPGA Classic
By Lindsay Thompson, BIS
Jan 29, 2016 - 2:04:24 PM

Bahamian golfer Georgette Rolle takes a photo with her Golf Caddy Ricardo Davis at the Pure Silk-Bahamas LPGA Classic at the Ocean Club Golf Course, Friday, January 29, 2016. (BIS photo/Kemuel Stubbs)

PARADISE ISLAND, The Bahamas -- Georgette Rolle shot 85 in Round 2 ending her chance to compete for the winning title in the Pure Silk-Bahamas LPGA Classic at the Ocean Club Golf Course, Friday, January 29, 2016.

At about 1:30pm she made her way to the Scoring Tent to get her final score, after which she said it was time to think about her next step – qualifying for the upcoming summer Olympics in Brazil.

“I still have the same end point in mind – the Olympics. I came out here, hitting the ball well but when I make a mistake it gets be a little bent out of shape,” she said.

“It is a lot to swallow,” Rolle said, “especially being at home it is a little more difficult. I will now focus on getting qualified for the Olympics and make sure I give it my all so I have no regrets.”

However, she said she was proud and honoured to still be playing at a level to again represent The Bahamas in the tournament at the world famous Tom Weiskopf –designed Ocean Club Golf Course. Eighteen holes of stroke play scheduled on each of the four days – Thursday, January 28 through Sunday, January 31.

Bahamian golfer Georgette Rolle (centre) poses with other LPGA participants Cheyenne Woods Phoenix, Arizona, left, and Annie Park, of Levittown, New York, right, at the Pure Silk-Bahamas LPGA Classic at the Ocean Club Golf Course, Friday, January 29, 2016. (BIS photo/Kemuel Stubbs)

Rolle, 30, who competed in the 2014 tournament, is a two-time winner of The Bahamas National Amateur Championship and is teaching professionally at the Bahamas Golf Federation Driving Range.

She was among 108 players competing in the fourth edition of the Pure Silk-Bahamas LPGA Classic, which offers a purse of $1.4 million and is the opening event of the 2016 LPGA season. Sei Young Kim is the defending champion.

This is the fourth year The Bahamas, through the Ministry of Tourism, is hosting the Pure Silk-Bahamas LPGA Classic, January 25 -31.

The Ladies Professional Golf Association (LPGA) is an American organisation for female professional golfers. The organisation is headquartered in Daytona Beach, Florida, and is best known for running the LPGA Tour, a series of weekly golf tournaments for the elite female golfers from around the world.

The Golf Channel will provide 10 hours of live coverage beginning Thursday from 11:30 a.m.-2:30 p.m. EST. Live second-round coverage on Friday, also is 11:30 a.m.-2:30 p.m., while live coverage of the final two rounds Saturday and Sunday will air 3-5 p.m. EST.

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