The LPGA Dow Great Lakes Bay Invitational (GLBI) was held last month in Midland, Michigan, Annabelle Pancake, a Zionsville resident and current Clemson University golfer, was in the field paired with Clemson teammate Savannah Grewal.
The Dow GLBI is a two-person team competition. Canadian golfer Savannah Grewal qualified for the Dow, which meant she needed a partner and she asked Annabelle to join her. In the first-round alternate-shot format, the Grewal-Pancake duo shot a two-over par round of 72. But, in the second round Four Ball, they responded with a strong six-under par 64, for a total of four-under par for the two days. That score is usually good enough to make the cut at the Dow GLBI, but they came up one shot short this year.
Other prominent players in the field who did not make the cut were U.S. Solheim Cup teammates Lexi Thompson and Brittany Altomare, Ireland’s Leona Maguire, American Angela Stanford, England’s Mel Reid, as well as, the defending champs, the sister team of Moriya and Ariya Jutanugarn from Thailand.
This was Pancake’s second experience on the LPGA Tour, as she also played as a 17-year-old back in 2019 when she participated in the LPGA’s Indy Women in Tech tournament, which was played at Brickyard Crossing Golf Club in Indianapolis. She also won the 97th Women’s Indiana State Amateur Golf Championship in June 2019.
