{"id":37625,"date":"2026-01-10T03:31:23","date_gmt":"2026-01-10T08:31:23","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sportsdaily.news\/index.php\/2026\/01\/10\/the-two-are-tied-for-the-lead-in-surry-at-15-under-heading-into-saturdays-final-round\/"},"modified":"2026-01-10T03:31:23","modified_gmt":"2026-01-10T08:31:23","slug":"the-two-are-tied-for-the-lead-in-surry-at-15-under-heading-into-saturdays-final-round","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sportsdaily.news\/index.php\/2026\/01\/10\/the-two-are-tied-for-the-lead-in-surry-at-15-under-heading-into-saturdays-final-round\/","title":{"rendered":"The two are tied for the lead in Surry at 15 under heading into Saturday&#8217;s final round."},"content":{"rendered":"<div>\n<p>At the 100th Anniversary Edition of the Surrey Championship at Oceanside Country Club, what appeared to be a rout turned into a battle with 18 holes remaining.<\/p>\n<p>Amelie Zelsman, who started the day with a seven-stroke lead, shot an 8-under 64 on Friday to move into a tie for the lead with Mia Hammond, who started the day with a six-shot lead.<\/p>\n<p>advertisement<\/p>\n<p>They have a 15-under 201 through 54 holes, but they&#8217;re not exactly alone. Just three strokes behind is Carrie Hollenbaugh, who has won the last two Surrey tournaments. Hollenbaugh shot a 68 on Friday, leaving a three-peat within range.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"content-figure\">\n<div class=\"content-image\"><button aria-label=\"View larger image\" class=\"lightbox-btn\" data-ylk=\"elm:expand;itc:1;sec:image-lightbox;slk:lightbox-open;\"><span class=\"lightbox-expand\"><svg viewbox=\"0 0 22 22\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"size-4 lg:size-6\" width=\"22\" height=\"22\"><path d=\"M12.372.92c0-.506.41-.916.915-.916L21 0l-.004 7.712a.917.917 0 0 1-1.832 0V3.183l-6.827 6.828-1.349-1.348 6.828-6.828h-4.529a.915.915 0 0 1-.915-.915M1.835 17.816l6.828-6.828 1.349 1.349-6.829 6.827h4.529a.915.915 0 0 1 0 1.831L0 21l.004-7.713a.916.916 0 0 1 1.831 0z\"\/><\/svg><\/span><\/button><dialog aria-label=\"Image Lightbox\" class=\"lightbox-overlay\" aria-modal=\"true\"\/><\/div><figcaption class=\"fig-caption\">\n<p>.<\/p>\n<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Hammond&#8217;s round suffered damage in the final stages when he hit a double-bogey 7 on the par-5 17th hole. The bogey left Hammond with a 1-over 37 on the back nine, but Zelsman played the second nine with a 4-under 32, highlighted by an eagle on the par-5 12th.<\/p>\n<p>The next golfer closest to the top three was Palm Coast&#8217;s Alexandra Gazzzoli, who shot a 68 on Friday to sit alone in fourth place at 5 under.<\/p>\n<p>advertisement<\/p>\n<p>The leader and closest pursuers Hammond, Zelsman and Hollenbaugh will start Saturday&#8217;s final round with the final tee time at 11:30 a.m.<\/p>\n<p><em>This article originally appeared in the Daytona Beach News Journal: Surry Golf Championship enters final round in two-way battle<\/em><\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>At the 100th Anniversary Edition of the Surrey Championship at Oceanside Country Club, what appeared to be a rout turned into a battle with 18 holes remaining. Amelie Zelsman, who started the day with a seven-stroke lead, shot an 8-under 64 on Friday to move into a tie for the lead with Mia Hammond, who [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":37626,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[11],"tags":[17],"class_list":{"0":"post-37625","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-golf","8":"tag-golf"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/sportsdaily.news\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/37625","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/sportsdaily.news\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/sportsdaily.news\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sportsdaily.news\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sportsdaily.news\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=37625"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/sportsdaily.news\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/37625\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sportsdaily.news\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/37626"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/sportsdaily.news\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=37625"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sportsdaily.news\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=37625"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sportsdaily.news\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=37625"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}