State sports brief

GOLF

AWGA match-play tournament begins

The 2014 Arkansas Women’s Golf Association state match-play championship will begin this morning at Pleasant Valley Country Club in Little Rock with an 18-hole qualifying round.

First-round matches in the championship flight will be held later in the afternoon.

The tournament is scheduled to run through Friday with final matches in the championship and open flights beginning at 8 a.m.

Pam Spikes of Maumelle is the defending champion. She defeated Tanna Richard of Fort Smith 1-up in last year’s final.

The AWGA junior girls match-play championship will be played in conjunction with the state tournament at Pleasant Valley and also will begin today.

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