Augusta James of Bath, Ontario came up just shy of her second win of the 2015 Symetra Tour season on Saturday when Haruka Morita-WanyaoLu defeated her on the second playoff hole at the Raintree Country Club in Charlotte.

"I definitely grinded really hard today," James said. "It was a huge battle between a bunch of us out there. I can take away the fact that it's out there for me, another win, and I'm working hard and grinding hard to get those."

James entered the 18th in regulation a shot behind Morita-WanyaoLu and was able to stuff her 6-iron tee shot to 3-feet and drain the putt to force a playoff. The duo exchanged pars on the first playoff hole thanks to James making a
sand save with clutch 10 footer for par. On the second playoff hole, James reached for the 6-iron again and wound up in the front bunker again but with a difficult lie she was unable to get up-and-down again to put the pressure on Morita-
WanyaoLu.

"I did think it was pure," James said of her approach on the second playoff hole. "I hit 6-iron, which I hit during regulation, and I thought it was going to be tight so that was unfortunate to see but it is what it is."

While she may not won the trophy, James was able to walk away with a second place check for $10,102 to move up to second on the Volvik Race for the Card Money List.

"That's always important," James said. "I think you could ask anyone out here, people are looking to win events and have good finishes and I'm happy that I accomplished a good finish. I feel like there are lots more opportunities out
here for me this year."