Golf

Shepherd close to Q School reduce line

Center Grove graduate Erica Shepherd shot a 2-under-par 70 on Thursday, placing herself in a tie for forty first place on the LPGA and Epson Tour Qualifying Tournament in Venice, Florida. The high 40 gamers plus ties after Friday’s closing spherical will advance to the LPGA Q-Series, which can happen in Mobile, Alabama starting Nov. 30.

Tied for 68th after two rounds, Shepherd began on the again 9 Thursday and birdied the par-4 14th to make the flip at 1 beneath. She added birdies on the fourth and sixth holes earlier than closing with a bogey on the ninth to place herself proper on the reduce line. The Greenwood resident has one other back-nine begin Friday, teeing off at 12:55 p.m.