Bandon, Oregon | A term that has been used more and more in recent years is ‘work-private balance’. Work is important to pay the bills, but it is equally important to pursue hobbies and other things that you like to lead a satisfactory life.
For Emilia Doran, Golf is both her job and her passion. On Wednesday and Thursday she played in the American amateur in Bandon Dunes in the morning and covered the championship as an on-course reporter for Golf Canal in the afternoon.
“I told myself that I will never regret it if I do both, but I will probably always regret having not done one,” said Doran. “So I was like I might as well do both and find out how I can compartmentalize it.”
Doran has compiled an impressive amateur career that includes playing on two winning US Curtis Cup teams (2021-2022) and records a NCAA championship with its Wake Forest team in 2023. She has been at Golf Channel since 2021 and started working as an on-course reporter for PGA Tour Live Live. Despite her many responsibilities, Doran went on to the round of 32 with the amateur of American women and enjoyed it every second.
“It felt really great,” said Doran. “Almost every t -shirt that you can stand out and see a beautiful view for you. My husband, Charlie, and I was just really grateful for every hole we can experience this.”
After he ended her student in Wake Forest in 2021, Doran decided not to pursue a professional golf career. Instead, she did an internship as a sports commentator at Golf Channel. The decision only deepened Doran’s appreciation for the game.
“I want to decide not to play a professional wave and to have that time to lean back and work in Golf, I really realized how much I loved the game,” said Doran.
Even after her last season in the Wake Forest team as a graduate student in 2023, Doran wanted to keep playing with amateur golf while working for Golf Channel. Despite how busy her schedule would be, Doran’s colleagues would not stand in the way of her.
“They were really supportive,” said Doran. “They told me:” You could do what you want, but I would encourage you to play as long as possible. ” That has been so special. “
Doran would certainly not have missed this year’s amateur, because it was the last year of her exemption to be in the Curtis Cup team of 2022. But it was a hectic journey to come to Bandon Dunes. The week before she was in Salt Lake City about the Utah Championship of the Korn Ferry Tour. She made sure she took her clubs.
‘We only went in the air at 4 p.m. [p.m.]So I got up every day at 6.30 am and got balls and practiced, “she said.
Despite the arrival in Bandon Dunes, the morning of her first round, Doran 69-73 (-2) shot in a stroke to claim the no. 33 seed. She was the only mid-amateur in the field to qualify for match game, of which Doran said it felt great after she missed match game last year and lost in a play-off of 20-to-10 to get ahead.
She finished work last Sunday evening, flew to Eugene, Oregon, with her husband and arrived in her hotel after midnight. On Monday morning they drove to Bandon for more than two hours. Doran was the last player in the field to register and drop off in the first round of the qualification of a Slagplay shortly before 2 p.m.
This year Doran went into the amateur of American women and played in two amateur events this year. She won the Donna Andrews Invitational in Lynchburg, Virginia, and failed to qualify for competition game in the amateur of North & South Women in Pinehurst. Although they do not have as many competitive representatives as others who enter the week, Doran said her game felt good enough.
“I really felt that I probably got the best preparation I could have,” she said.
The fact that her husband as her Caddy also gave Doran a lot of confidence.
“He is really a calming presence,” said Doran. “He has a lot of confidence in me and my game and he knows my numbers well too. We have a lot of confidence in each other and it’s just fun to have someone who supports you emotionally outside of it.”
Despite the arrival in Bandon Dunes, the morning of her first round, Doran 69-73 (-2) shot in a stroke to claim the no. 33 seed. She was the only mid-amateur in the field to qualify for match game, of which Doran said it felt great after she missed match game last year and lost in a play-off of 20-to-10 to get ahead.
“It was definitely a victory to get into match game without stress,” said Doran.
The only potential problem with making match play: the 3-6 hour Pacific Time Television window. Yet Doran was determined to do her work as a player and as a reporter. And yes, on Wednesday morning she won her round of 64 match against Reagan Zibilski in 20 holes and was immediately back in the afternoon for a golf canal.
“Of course you want to compete there, but from a track perspective it actually helps me because I know a bit what’s going on,” said Doran.
Unfortunately for Doran, the magic did not take place in the Tour of 32 Thursday morning. She lost, 4 and 2, from Arianna Lau, who had defeated Co-medalistic and defending champion Rianne Malixi in the round of 64. After the game, Doran laughed to cover her victorious competitor later that day.
“In 2021 I lost to Brooke Seay in the Tour of 32 at the Women’s Am and I covered her that afternoon,” said Doran. “I might cover Arianna and Carolina [Lopez-Chacarra]who was my former teammate [at Wake Forest] this afternoon. I now know their games very well. “
Doran dealt with the round of 16 match between Lau and Lopez-Chacarra on Thursday afternoon and interviewed Lau after she had overcome, 5 and 4.
Doran has some free time in the coming weeks. She plans to go to North Carolina, relax and golf with friends. In September it is back to work as a reporter. Although she doesn’t have much time to practice next month, Doran will take her clubs with her with a view to the US Women’s Mid-Amateur of October in the California in Monterey Peninsula Country Club.
“I’m going to try to be prepared as I can go in the middle of AM,” she said.
TOP: Emilia Doran interviews Ella Scaybrook after Scaysbrook conquered in the round of 64 in Bandon Dunes. Photo: Darren Carroll, USGA
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