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                         Striking Gold                                      Three the Hard Way


              outhern Nevada Golf Association member Josh             NLV senior Veronica Joels continued to dominate
              Goldstein had quite the summer, highlighted by low      the Nevada State Women’s Amateur, winning the
        S medalist honors at the U.S. Open local qualifier on  U coveted trophy for the third time in four years. She
        the Sun Mountain course at Las Vegas Paiute Golf Resort   came from behind to defeat her Rebels teammate, Aliyah
        and also as champion of the Nevada State Amateur, played   Williams, by a single shot.
        at Red Hawk in Reno. He also won the Nevada State Mid-
        Amateur championship.                                  “It was just an awesome day,” she said. “I got the putter
                                                               working for me. I hit 17 of 18 greens so I just kept trying to
        Goldstein, a member at Anthem Country Club, recorded 22   make birdie putts. I made a par on 10 and then birdied 11
        birdies over the three tournament rounds during the state   and then hopped on the birdie train.”
        amateur at Red Hawk. It was plenty to win by five shots over
        Joe Peroglio.                                          Joels now only trails LPGA Tour hall of famer Patty Sheehan
                                                               by one when it comes to total Nevada State Women’s Amateur
        “All three days I putted very well … the putter really got on   wins. Sheehan hailed from Northern Nevada and won the
        fire,” Goldstein said. “My motto the whole tournament was   event four times prior to winning 35 LPGA Tour titles.
        to have fun and just take it shot by shot.”
                                                               “I have a lot of pride to be the Nevada champion and rep-
        Through August, Goldstein was the SNGA player of the   resent my state,” Joels told the Las Vegas Review-Journal.
        year points leader and had won five of the 13 tournaments   “It’s just super exciting.”
        he had entered in 2021. He also had finished in the top 10 in
        10 of those events. His points lead over second-place Scott   In the Silver division, Cristy Atencio (gross) and Robin
        Lytle was 800 points in the player of the year race.   Rakusin (net) earned Silver titles.







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