b'Carly Carter capsoff her amateur career with a Womens Amateur winThe 91st playing of the Idaho Womens Amateur featured a fitting endthe (likely) final walk for a player whose last name is forever linked to golf in Idaho and whose first name joins a short list of winners with multiple titles in the last 25 years. Carly Carter is now a two-time Idaho State Womens Amateur Champion, boat-racing the field along the Snake River at Canyon Springs Golf Course to finish seven strokes clear of BYU duo Whitney Banz and Ava Schroeder. Carter was the only player to keep every round at level par or better.With back-to-back birdies to start the championship in the first round, Carter pinned her name to the top of the board early and never really left. Carters second round featured both fumbles and firepower. After a routine birdie-par start, things, as she put it, got squirrely as she played her next four holes in five over par. I usually hit it pretty consistent, but it was windy out there so it was getting kind of squirrely on me, Carter said. But I just stayed steady and tried not to overreact to any bad shots.She played the next seven holes in five-under par to bring her round back into red figures, and finished the round with a three-shot, 36-hole lead. In an unusual setup, Canyon Springs played to a par 74 for the championship. Its six par-5s made many of the longer players, including Carter, feel like the opportunities to score were there to be had, and she played the par-5s in seven-under par for the week.Carters final round featured four more birdies as she ran away from the field, totaling a field-high 13 birdies forSisters in Chargethe week to finish at three-under par. A second etchingCarlys younger sister Cara competed in the 2025 her name on the Jean Lane Smith Cup sits alongside threePNGA Junior Girls Amateur, held last month at Idaho Girls Junior Amateur titles.RedHawk Golf Course in Nampa. Cara won the 2014 Carter intends to turn professional this fall, playing onIdaho Junior Amateur, which Carly had won three some mini tours before heading to LPGA Qualifying School.times; and qualified for the 2025 U.S. Girls Junior. (Shane Rene)GOLF IDAHO|SEPT2025 5'