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Mack Champ Invitational Featured in PGA Tour Video

The PGA Tour produced this video feature on the 2023 Mack Champ Invitational for Girls.

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Photos From the Final Round

Photos by Amanda Cantor of the AJGA and Mike Major.

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Two Aces Highlight Hard-Fought 12-and-Under Contest

Aleah Shields-Rodipe with trophy
Aleah Shields-Rodipe had a hole-in-one on No. 3 on Friday. Her opponent Vivian Lott aced No. 12 on Saturday.

After a two-under 70 on Friday that included a hole-in-one on No. 3, Aleah Shields-Rodipe seemed poised to cruise to victory in the 12-and-under division at the third annual Mack Champ Invitational.

She went into Saturday’s final round with a comfortable six-shot lead over Vivian Lott, but things got interesting on No. 12, their third hole of the day, when Lott came up with an ace of her own. The girls shot matching 39s on their first nine, but Lott made a run on the final nine, going one under through the first five holes to Shields-Rodipe’s three over.

In the end, Shields-Rodipe held off the charge, shooting 40 on her final nine for a seven-over 79 and five-over total, three shots ahead of Lott, who shot 76-76 to finish eight over.

Shields-Rodipe, a 7th-grader from Conroe, TX, just down the road from The Club at Carlton Woods, has played in every Mack Champ Invitational and finished second in her age division last year. Lott (Fayetteville, GA) and third-place finisher Layla Phillips (Harbor City, CA) are both sixth graders who made their MCI debuts in last year’s tournament.

Aleah Shields-Rodipe after making hole in one on Friday
Aleah Shields-Rodipe after her hole-in-one on Friday.
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Shields-Rodipe Scores an Ace on Friday

Aleah Shields-Rodipe, a 7th-grader from nearby Conroe, TX, made a hole-in-one on the par-3 third on Friday. She also had an eagle on the par-5 eighth on the way to a two-under 70. She leads the 12-and-under division by six shots.

Aleah Shields-Rodipe after making hole in one on Friday
Aleah Shields-Rodipe after making her ace on Friday.