10/09/26 – Round One Complete at 2026 Leachman Buick GMC Cadillac/KHSAA Girls’ State Golf Championships

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FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: October 9, 2026

The opening round of the 2026 Leachman Buick GMC Cadillac girls’ golf state tournament ended with Lexington Catholic’s Parker Haddix as the clubhouse leader for the individual championship. Haddix shoots a 3-under 69 with defending champion Keira Yun (Sacred Heart) just one shot back. Emlie Miller (Graves County) and Grace Soale (Lexington Christian) opened with an even par 72.

Lexington Christian, looking for their third state title and first since 2019, shot an opening round 302.  The Eagles are +14 with 13-time champion Sacred Heart in second place just nine shots back. Reigning girls’ state champion Madison Central is third at +40.

Here are the individual and team leaderboards heading into Saturday’s final round.

INDIVIDUAL COMPETITION
1. Parker Haddix (Lexington Catholic)           -3 (69)
2. Keira Yun (Sacred Heart)                           -2 (70)
T3. Emlie Miller (Graves County)                   E (72)
T3. Grace Soale (Lexington Christian)            E (72)
T5. Elizabeth Dickson (Ryle)                          +1 (73)
T5. Piper Dunn (Lexington Christian)             +1 (73)  
 7. Willa Borough (Frederick Douglass)          +2 (74)
T8. Makena Myatt (Corbin)                             +3 (75)
T8. Mary Clayton Rodgers (Franklin County)  +3 (75)
T8. Elin Fritz (Madison Central)                       +3 (75)
T8. Reese Anthony (St. Henry)                        +3 (75)

TEAM COMPETITION
1. Lexington Christian    +14 
2. Sacred Heart             +23
3. Madison Central        +40
4. Bowling Green           +48
5. Taylor County             +53
6. West Jessamine         +59
7. Assumption                +71
8. Corbin                        +95
9. Conner                       +96

For complete scoring, follow this link: https://ly.khsaa.org/dg4a

Final round begins Saturday morning at Bowling Green Country Club.

Tickets to the events are available for purchase online (https://gofan.co/app/school/KHSAA), with a discounted $13 advance ticket (including fees) available prior to the day of each round. For those who wait to purchase on the day of the competition, only the $15 Game Day ticket will be available. Tickets to the event are only available online. There will be no cash sales at Bowling Green Country Club.

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About the Kentucky High School Athletic Association

The Kentucky High School Athletic Association was organized in 1917 and is the agency designated by the Kentucky Department of Education to manage high school athletics in the Commonwealth. The Association is a voluntary nonprofit 501(c) (3) organization composed of 290 member schools, both public and non-public. The KHSAA crowns 74 team and 275 individual champions at 48 state championship events; funds catastrophic insurance coverage for its nearly 120,000 rostered member school student-athletes, provides coaching education and sports safety programs for more than 12,000 coaches, and licenses and facilitates the distribution of training material for over 4,000 contest officials.