Competing at a course she estimated at the time that she’s played more than 1,000 times, Eaton lapped the field in her old hometown of Greeley, prevailing by 16 strokes in a 36-hole event six years ago.
We bring that up now because the Women’s Senior Stroke Play will return to Greeley CC next week — specifically Monday and Tuesday. And Eaton (left) — a Colorado Golf Hall of Famer who has now won the championship five times, including last year — will be in the field looking for a shot at history.
Should she prevail at her old home club, it would be the 26th CGA/CWGA title of her career, which would break the record she currently shares with another Hall of Famer, Carol Flenniken.
Eaton, who recently turned 59 and is now a full-time resident of Arizona, has won four Stroke Plays, one Match Play, five Senior Stroke Plays, four Senior Match Plays, one Junior Match Play, seven Brassies, one Mashie, one Chapman and one Mixed championship in Colorado.
While Eaton may know the Greeley Country Club course better than anyone in the 104-player Senior Stroke Play field — 14 golfers are in the championship flight — there’s no lack of competitors capable of winning the title next week.
Another Colorado Golf Hall of Famer, Janet Moore of Cherry Hills, teamed up with Eaton to win this year’s CGA Women’s Brassie, which marked her 21st CGA/CWGA win, putting her in the mix for the all-time record when all is eventually said and done. Moore competed this summer in the inaugural U.S. Senior Women’s Open.
Also scheduled to be in the field in Greeley are 2016 champion Deb Hughes of Green Valley Ranch, 2018 CGA Women’s Senior Match Play winner Tiffany Maurycy of Cherry Creek, and two players who advanced to match play at the 2017 U.S. Senior Women’s Amateur (along with Eaton), Kristine Franklin of Colorado National and Susan Hartwell of Hyland Hills.
The championship flight is one of eight flights that will produce a winner next week in Greeley. For Monday’s tee times, CLICK HERE.
]]>The CGA Women’s Brassie Championship is set for Monday and Tuesday (May 21-22) at The Club at Flying Horse, the Tom Weiskopf-designed course (pictured in a club photo) in Colorado Springs.
The four-ball stroke play event features 64 two-person teams in seven flights — championship through sixth.
The championship flight includes one team with two Colorado Golf Hall of Famers: Kim Eaton and Janet Moore. Between them, they have won 10 Brassie titles, though never together. Eaton captured six between 1994 and 2011, while Moore earned four between 1994 and 2015. (There were two Brassie tournaments held in 1994, with Eaton and Nina Whalen winning one and Moore and Christie Austin the other.)
Eaton, an eight-time CWGA Senior Player of the Year and four-time U.S. Senior Women’s Amateur quarterfinalist, owns 24 CWGA/CGA women’s championships in her career. That leaves her one shy of the record, set by another Colorado Golf Hall of Famer, Carol Flenniken. So if Eaton and Moore should prevail next week, Eaton would pull even with Flenniken. And Moore isn’t far behind, with 20 CGA/CWGA women’s titles.
Among the other championship flight competitors next week is Kathy West, who won the 2017 Brassie title with Austin, who isn’t entered this year. This year West is teaming with Sue O’Connor. And there are two Brassie players who have won both the CWGA/CGA Women’s Senior Stroke Play and Senior Match Play: Mary Doyen and Deb Hughes. At the Brassie, Doyen will pair up with Nina Dulacki and Hughes with Bev Hoffenberg.
For Monday’s tee times at Flying Horse, CLICK HERE.
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Deb Hughes of Denver and Kelly Martin of Evergreen came up big in that statistic at the end of their round on Sunday, which is why they earned the title at the CWGA Dunham Chapman Championship at Raven Golf Club at Three Peaks in Silverthorne.
Hughes played the wrong ball on her 16th hole of the final round and she and Martin subsequently made a double bogey after a two-stroke penalty. Then they bogeyed their 17th hole.
But they managed to gather themselves to make a birdie from 4 inches on their final hole of the day and win the championship by one stroke on Sunday. Hughes and Martin barely fended off playing partners Kathy Malpass and Bev Hoffenberg, who likewise finished with a birdie — from 3 feet.
Ironically, it was Malpass who helped match up Martin and Hughes for the Dunham Chapman. Hughes was signed up for the event with a different partner, but that player had to withdraw just three days before the championship. Hughes called the CWGA to pull out, but the association quickly arranged for a new partner. Malpass, vice president on the CWGA board of directors, made a call on Wednesday to fellow Evergreen resident Martin, who was happy to fill in.
“I didn’t know Kelly,” Hughes said on Sunday. “They found me Kelly to play with — and sure enough we end up winning the tournament.”
Said Martin: “It was nice of Kathy to ask me. I felt very privileged. I had no idea who I’d be playing with or anything. But I feel like I got lucky with a good partner obviously.”
Hughes, winner of the 2016 CWGA Senior Stroke Play and the 2014 Senior Match Play, and Martin teamed up to shoot the low of the championship on Sunday — a 1-over-par 73, despite the two-stroke penalty — to improve their score by eight strokes compared to Saturday. That left them with a 10-over-par 154 winning total. (The champions are pictured, with Hughes at left.)
Malpass, who recently competed in the U.S. Senior Women’s Amateur, and Hoffenberg closed with a 76 on Sunday to check in at 155.
Tying for third at 158 were first-round co-leaders Kim Gould and Meagan Arvidson, along with Denise Cohen and Ron Irons. Cohen and Irons carded a 75 in round 2, while Gould and Arvidson had an 80.
The Dunham Chapman format features two-person teams, with each golfer hitting tee shots, then playing her partner’s ball for the second shot. After that, a scoring ball is chosen, and that ball is played alternately into the hole.
That was the issue with the penalty Hughes and Martin incurred on their 16th hole — the 17th at Raven as they began on No. 2 for the shotgun start. With Hughes supposed to hit Martin’s ball in the alternate-shot, after asking her partner if a ball down the fairway was hers and Martin saying yes, Hughes didn’t double check before striking the shot. It turns out it was Malpass’ ball. With the two-stroke penalty, Martin had to sink a 6-foot putt for double bogey.
And even after following that up with a bogey on their 17th hole, Martin and Hughes wouldn’t be denied.
“After the penalty, then we had a bogey, we had a hole left,” Martin said. “I said, ‘Let’s just birdie this last one.’ It was fun. We did.
“That (last hole) was probably the first time in two days that Deb hit a terrible tee shot. She popped it up. I thought, ‘OK, no big deal.’ It was about 225 yards in and I hit a 3-wood. My (tee) shot was up there and I knew she’d hit her (approach) shot close to the pin. So I thought, ‘She’ll be fine, I’ll just go ahead and go for it.’ I liked the line and it rolled right up next to the pin. It was very comforting that we had a tap-in birdie at the end.”
Hughes and Martin trailed by three going into the final round, but posted three birdies, two bogeys and the double bogey on Sunday to rally for the victory.
“It was a fantastic day,” Hughes said. “We were so discouraged after our performance the first day, finishing with an 81. But we were determined. The second day we were both pretty much ready to go, so it really clicked well.
“This feels fantastic because I’d never won a team event until now. I’ve always felt it’s just not complete. Now I’ve won one and can check that off my bucket list I guess.”
While Sunday’s win was Hughes’ third in CWGA championships, it was the first for Martin, the women’s club champion at Fox Hollow the last two years.
This year marked a return of the Dunham Chapman after a one-year hiatus. The championship was recently renamed to pay tribute to Jo Ann Dunham, a longtime CWGA volunteer whose came up with the idea for the Chapman. Dunham passed away last September.
In all, 61 teams competed in the Dunham Chapman — in seven different flights.
Here are the gross-score winners of the various flights on Sunday:
Championship Flight — Deb Hughes/Kelly Martin 81-73–154
First Flight — Maria Tafuri/Heidi Horner 81-82–163
Second Flight — Diane Thompson/Regina Valis 86-81–167
Third Flight — Debbie Childs/Janine Lowe 89-83–172
Fourth Flight — Peggy Chandler/Wendy Markley 86-91–177
Fifth Flight — Katherine Rojas/Mary Jo Turner 89-102–191
Sixth Flight — Barbara Bender/Mary Graff 98-98–196
Here are the net-score winners from each flight:
Championship Flight — Kim Gould/Meagan Arvidson 66-68–134
First Flight — Maria Tafuri/Heidi Horner 67-68–135
Second Flight — Diane Thompson/Regina Valis 71-66–137
Third Flight — Ellen Thomas/Anne Mursch 74-61–135
Fourth Flight — Peggy Chandler/Wendy Markley 64-69–133
Fifth Flight — (tie) Katherine Rojas/Mary Jo Turner 66-79–145; Candy Gerlach/Lucille Larson 77-68–145
Sixth Flight — Barbara Bender/Mary Graff 71-71–142
For complete results, CLICK HERE.
Kim Eaton has competed in scores of CWGA championships since her first one in 1972. Emily Gilbreth just made her CWGA debut.
But the two have at least one thing in common regarding the golf association: They both emerged as champions in the 102nd CWGA Match Play on Thursday at Buffalo Run Golf Course in Commerce City.
Gilbreth (left), who just moved to Denver in April after spending her whole life in Houston, claimed the championship flight title, while Eaton, a Colorado Golf Hall of Famer who now lives in Mesa, Ariz., earned her fourth senior division championship in this event.
Gilbreth, a 22-year-old former University of Houston golfer who is planning to compete in LPGA Q-school starting late this summer, defeated Regis University golfer Maddie Kern 6 and 4 in Thursday’s scheduled 36-hole final to hit pay dirt in her first CWGA event.
“Golf is this huge grind,” said Gilbreth, who plays out of Highlands Ranch Golf Club. “This is pretty rewarding for me. It feels really good especially because match play is a difficult format.”
And Eaton, who will turn 58 in a couple of weeks, fended off 2014 champion Deb Hughes of Green Valley Ranch Golf Club 3 and 2 in the 18-hole senior championship final. It marked the 23rd CWGA title of Eaton’s career, leaving her just two shy of Carol Flenniken’s record in that regard.
“I’m doing it,” Eaton (left) said of a full-bore pursuit of Flenniken’s mark. “I’m going to keep coming back. That’s my goal now.”
In the overall championship flight, Kern built an early 2-up lead after parring the first four holes. But Gilbreth won the next three — going birdie (from 40 feet), birdie, par — to take the lead for good.
Following a bogey on the 15th hole, which left her 2 up, Gilbreth parred each of her final 17 holes of the match. On the 32nd and final hole, that included a save from 15 feet after her approach went over the green. Kern, who started on a state championship-winning basketball team at Broomfield High School, took a double bogey on that last hole after hitting twice into deep native grass.
“There was a long putt I made for birdie on 5, and I got some momentum there,” Gilbreth said. “Later, I made something ridiculous like 17 pars in a row. I just got into the zone. I got the (yardage) number, pulled the club and just hit it.”
For Gilbreth (below), the Match Play victory was an individual success after she spent much of the last four years as part of a college team that grew by leaps and bounds. When Houston added a women’s golf program in 2013, Gilbreth was among the players on the Cougars’ first roster. Three years later, they won a conference championship.
As for Kern, she was disappointed at not winning the title, but happy she made it as far as she did.
“I had a great start. Everything was going really well,” she said. “I just had one off shot (early in the round that went way right) that 
kind of threw the rest of the game off. Unfortunately, that carried with me a little too long. After playing great the first three days, it’s not exactly how I wanted it to end, but it was a great experience being out here.
“Coming here I was not expecting to make it all the way (to the finals). But it’s definitely a good feeling knowing I have it in me to make it and play well.”
In the senior championship, the title match was all square through five. But Eaton won the last four holes of the front nine with a birdie and three pars. Hughes, the 2016 CWGA Senior Stroke Play winner, cut the deficit to 2 down when Eaton three-putted 13 and Hughes came up with nice up-and-down for par on 14.
But Eaton, a four-time quarterfinalist in the U.S. Senior Women’s Amateur and a seven-time CWGA Senior Player of the Year, responded with a 6-foot birdie on No. 15, where Hughes lipped out her birdie pitch. Then on No. 16, Eaton won the match despite shanking her third shot as Hughes conceded a 3 1/2-foot bogey putt that halved the hole.
“I haven’t had much competition in the last month and a half so I was very anxious to get here,” said Eaton (below). “I kind of thrive on competition. After the qualifying round, I played mediocre. I thought, ‘Maybe I’m getting to the point I don’t want to do this anymore.’ But yesterday Tiffany (Maurycy in the semifinals) brought it out in me. We had a great match. I was 4 under after the 17th hole and she was 2 under (when Eaton won 2 and 1). I made a couple of birdies on top of her.
“I didn’t putt very well at all today. That’s probably because putted very well yesterday and I used them all up. I didn’t hit the ball as well either. But sometimes you play to the level you need to play to win.”
Besides about a dozen state championships in Arizona and one in California, Eaton’s resume in Colorado includes the following CWGA titles: Stroke Play (four), Match Play (one), Junior Match Play (one), Senior Match Play (four), Senior Stroke Play (four), as well as team titles in the Brassie (six), Chapman (one), Mashie (one) and Mixed (one).
Despite all that success her opponent has had, Hughes certainly wasn’t playing for second on Thursday.
“I came in expecting to win the match. I really did,” the 59-year-old said. “I faced Kim last year (in the Match Play). During that match, I wanted to learn about her, hoping I’d face her this year in the championship, which ended up happening. I came closer than I’ve ever come (to beating her on Thursday). And I know I can do it. She won’t like me saying this, but I know I can beat her. I’ve just got to keep working at it.”
CWGA Match Play Finals
At Buffalo Run GC in Commerce City
CHAMPIONSHIP FLIGHT
Championship (36 Holes)
Emily Gilbreth def. Maddie Kern, 6 and 4
Consolation
Erin Sargent def. Katrina Prendergast, 3 and 2
SENIOR CHAMPIONSHIP FLIGHT
Championship
Kim Eaton def. Deb Hughes, 3 and 2
Consolation
Nancy Ziereis def. Meghan Christensen, 3 and 2
FIRST FLIGHT
Championship
Jessica Sloot def. Sydney Gillespie, 6 and 5
Consolation
Samantha Barker def. Ashlyn Kirschner, 1 up
SECOND FLIGHT
Championship
Julia Baroth def. Jenna Chun, 4 and 3
Consolation
Kelsey Webster def. Jamie Zook, 5 and 4
THIRD FLIGHT
Championship
Tabitha Diehl def. Mariah Ehrman, 3 and 1
Consolation
Nancy Werkmeister def. Dee Baker, 2 up
FOURTH FLIGHT
Championship
Katherine Hollern def. Jennifer Cassell, concession
Consolation
Margi Batal def. Karen Chase, 4 and 3
FIFTH FLIGHT
Championship
Molly Lange def. Joanne Kates, 1 up
Consolation
Lea Croghan def. Teresa Smiley, 2 and 1
For all the CWGA Match Play brackets, CLICK HERE.
]]>Kern, a Regis sophomore-to-be who plays out of Hyland Hills, beat Montana State’s Tait 1 up in Wednesday’s semifinals. Kern took the lead with a birdie on No. 15, then halved the final three holes by going par-par-birdie.
Gilbreth advanced with a 2 and 1 semifinal victory over University of Denver golfer Weinstein. Weinstein took the first hole with a par, but Gilbreth won four of the next five to take charge. Weinstein, the Junior Golf Alliance of Colorado’s 2016 Girls Player of the Year, birdied 12 and 13 to get back to 1 down, but Gilbreth went birdie-par-par to close out the match.
In the senior championship flight, two past champs won their matches on Wednesday and will meet in Thursday’s 18-hole final.
Colorado Golf Hall of Famer Kim Eaton, the defending champion who’s seeking her fourth senior title in the Match Play, and 2014 champ Deb Hughes of Green Valley Ranch Golf Club advanced.
Eaton “” winner in 2010, ’13 and ’16 “” scored a 2 and 1 semifinal victory Wednesday over Tiffany Maurycy of Cherry Creek Country Club. Eaton, a four-time quarterfinalist in the U.S. Senior Women’s Amateur, never trailed in the match but was just 1 up through 15. However, a birdie on 16 and a par on 17 closed things out.
Hughes, winner of the 2016 CWGA Senior Stroke Play, defeated Colorado Golf Hall of Famer and 2007 champion Christie Austin of Cherry Hills Country Club 4 and 3 in the other semi. After being 1 down through five, Hughes won the next three holes “” going birdie-par-par “” to take a lead she wouldn’t relinquish.
In Thursday’s 36-hole championship flight final, Kern and Gilbreth will tee off at 7:30 a.m., while Eaton and Hughes will begin their senior championship title match at 9:06 a.m.
For results from all seven flights, click on the following:
]]>Tait (pictured), a Montana State golfer who lost in the finals of last year’s CWGA Match Play to Jennifer Kupcho, scored a 4-and-3 victory in Tuesday afternoon’s quarterfinals over University of Wyoming golfer Megan Knadler. Earlier in the day, Knadler rallied from being 2 down after five holes to defeat qualifying medalist Katrina Prendergast, a Colorado State University golfer, 2 and 1.
Weinstein, the 2016 Junior Golf Alliance of Colorado’s 2016 Girls Player of the Year and a University of Denver golfer, defeated CSU women’s head coach Annie Young in 19 holes in the quarterfinals. Young, the 2002 U.S. Women’s Amateur Public Links champ, was 2 up through 10, but had to birdie the 18th hole to square the match. Then Weinstein parred the first extra hole to advance.
Tait will meet Kern and Weinstein will face Gilbreth in Wednesday’s semifinals.
Meanwhile, three former champions advanced on Tuesday to the final four in the senior championship flight.
Colorado Golf Hall of Famers Christie Austin and Kim Eaton easily won quarterfinal matches on Tuesday, and will be joined in Wednesday’s semifinals by 2014 winner Deb Hughes from Green Valley Ranch Golf Club and second-seeded Tiffany Maurycy of Cherry Creek Country Club. In the semis, Austin will face Hughes and Eaton will meet Maurycy.
Austin, the qualifying medalist and 2007 champion, defeated Katty Rothberg of Cherry Creek CC 6 and 5 on Tuesday. Eaton, a three-time senior winner of the Match Play and a four-time quarterfinalist in the U.S. Senior Women’s Amateur, scored a 7-and-6 win over Jennifer Hocking of Colorado Springs Country Club on Tuesday.
Hughes edged Meghan Christensen of The Club at Cordillera in 19 holes, winning the last two holes with pars to advance. Maurycy beat Nancy Ziereis of Valley Country Club, 5 and 4.
The semifinals for all seven flights, including championship and senior championship, will be held on Wednesday, with the finals set for Thursday. The championship flight title match will be a 36-hole affair, with each other finale being 18 holes.
For results, click on the following:
]]>But to hear her tell it, that was about the furthest thing from the truth.
“I haven’t won this before — I’ve come in second once — but that’s a lot of pressure,” the player from Green Valley Ranch Golf Club said. “I was so distracted by how I stood and what I wanted to do — and then I’ve got to hit a shot. It’s very, very stressful.”
However it came about, Tuesday’s performance resulted in a lopsided victory. And not only that, but a career “senior slam” for Hughes in CWGA championships.
Two years after claiming the CWGA Senior Match Play title, Hughes posted her double-digit victory in the Senior Stroke Play. She shot a 5-over-par 79 on Tuesday, leaving her at 7-over 155 overall.
Hughes, who will turn 59 next week, becomes the sixth player to have won both the CWGA Senior Stroke Play and the Senior Match Play over their careers. She joins Lynn Larson, Mary Doyen and Colorado Golf Hall of Famers Christie Austin, Kim Eaton and Lynn Zmistowski.
“When I won the (Senior) Match Play, I wanted this so bad — too much, to be honest,” Hughes said. “I wanted to win both. My wife (Alex) and I, we’re not Buddhists, but in Buddhism you’re supposed to (let go) of expectations. That kind of helped me. But now that I have (the CWGA senior slam), my golf career is pretty awesomely set. It’s the source of immense pride for me.”
Colorado Golf Hall of Fame inductee Janet Moore trailed Hughes by three after the first round, but withdrew before round 2 due to back problems. So tying for second place in the championship flight on Tuesday, at 166, were Bev Hoffenberg of Columbine Country Club and Kathleen Johnson of The Ranch Country Club.
Though Hughes made two double bogeys on Tuesday, including three-putting from 1 foot on one hole, the rest of the round she was rock solid, posting a birdie, 13 pars and two bogeys. And she almost aced the 128-yard par-3 11th hole, where she made birdie, hitting an 8-iron to 6 inches.
For the 36-hole tournament, Hughes finished with six birdies.
All in all, it was a very satisfying end to a golf season in which she has played in an abundance of tournaments, including the recent U.S. Senior Women’s Amateur in Wellesley, Mass.
“I had a really (busy) year” on the golf course, Hughes said. “I was tired. To be honest when I came into the tournament, I was saying to a friend, ‘I just want this to be over. I want to rest, I want to sleep.’ So I get to rest now. And I feel so great about the win.”
Gross-score champions in the other flights of the Senior Stroke Play on Tuesday were: Pam Cortez of Coal Creek (165, first flight), Carol Key of the Country Club of Colorado (173, second flight), Marie Schriefer of South Suburban (177, third flight) and Connie Garcia of Fox Hollow (192, fourth flight).
For interactive scores, CLICK HERE.
CWGA Senior Stroke Play
At Par-74 Patty Jewett GC in Colorado Springs
GROSS
Championship Flight
Deb Hughes, Green Valley Ranch Wga 76-79–155
Beverly Hoffenberg, Columbine CC Lga 85-81–166
Kathleen Johnson, Ranch CC Lga 87-79–166
Ron Irons, Eisenhower Wga 86-81–167
Nancy Ziereis, Valley CC Wga 79-89–168
Louise Lyle, Patty Jewett Wgc 83-86–169
Carla Stearns, Wellshire Women 86-89–175
Betty Bullington, Eisenhower Wga 94-86–180
Patty Smogor, Saddle Rock Wga 98-85–183
Jane Ford, Hyland Hills Wga 96-92–188
Janet Moore, Cherry Hills CC Wga 79-WD–WD
First Flight
Pam Cortez, Coal Creek Wga 84-81–165
Patricia Swanson, West Woods Wga 88-82–170
Wendy Atkinson, Ranch CC Lga 85-86–171
Karen Leuschel, Riverdale Wga 88-84–172
Lisa Bolam, Highland Meadows GC 89-83–172
Maggie Brindley, Pinehurst CC Wga 90-82–172
Nancy Werkmeister, Foothills Wga 82-90–172
Janine Lowe, South Suburban Wga 85-88–173
Penny Mack, Patty Jewett Wgc 89-84–173
Carol Heupel, Colorado Springs CC Lga 93-81–174
Betsy White, Kissing Camels Lga 87-93–180
Karen Chase, Fox Hollow Lgc 99-82–181
Kay Geitner, Littleton Lgc 94-91–185
Peggy Puckett, Wellshire Wga 96-94–190
Dee Baker, Shining Mountain Wga 99-92–191
Second Flight
Carol Key, CC of Colorado Wga 84-89–173
Valerie Hunter, CC of Colorado Wga 87-87–174
Andrea Berry, Indian Peaks Wga 90-86–176
Becky O’Brien, Links Lga 90-86–176
Pat Dwyer, Patty Jewett GC 89-87–176
Karin Hathaway, Wellshire Women 92-87–179
Lea Croghan, Spring Valley Wga 92-89–181
Jennifer Tempas, Columbine CC Lga 92-90–182
Carlene Decker, Kissing Camels Lga 92-95–187
Claudia Gallegos, South Suburban Wga 96-92–188
Annette Sulzman, Aurora Hills Wga 93-97–190
Kim Kaiser, Foothills Wga 97-95–192
Donna Edelen, Riverdale Wga 94-103–197
Barbara Ingledue, Fox Hollow Lgc 99-99–198
Juliet Miner, Bear Dance Wga 98-100–198
Bobby Jackson, Willis Case Wga 97-WD–WD
Third Flight
Marie Schriefer, South Suburban Wga 85-92–177
Barbara DeGrand, Kissing Camels GC 96-82–178
Lyndon Lieb, Broken Tee Englewood Wga 90-90–180
Becky Hammer, Kissing Camels Lga 96-89–185
Becky Finger, Riverdale Wga 95-92–187
Marilyn Swedenburg, Eisenhower Wga 93-95–188
Judy Maillis, Broken Tee Englewood Wga 95-94–189
Sharon Thiel, Riverdale Wga 98-91–189
Beverly Byer, Wellshire Wga 103-94–197
Denise Thornton, Eisenhower Wga 98-99–197
Jalinda Gieck, Patty Jewett Wgc 103-94–197
Amy Hicks, Spring Valley Wga 101-100–201
Connie Norkoli, Heritage Eagle Bend Wga 107-94–201
Holly Schuetz, Meadow Hills Wga 106-96–202
Susan Elliott, Riverdale Wga 100-102–202
Fourth Flight
Connie Garcia, Fox Hollow Lgc 101-91–192
Cindy Ortega, Foothills Wga 101-92–193
Harlene Bowman, South Suburban Wga 99-97–196
Kathleen Comes, Patty Jewett GC 103-98–201
Linda Schippers, Heritage Eagle Bend Wga 105-100–205
Audrey McEwen, Coal Creek Wga 105-101–206
Ramona Conner, Murphy Creek Wga 107-99–206
Barbara Fagan, Heritage Eagle Bend Wga 102-105–207
Virginia Newton, Aspen Wga 105-102–207
Bunny Ambrose, Riverdale Wga 104-105–209
Diane Dubose, Applewood Wga 105-104–209
Sandra Schnitzer, Riverdale Wga 104-106–210
Cheri Wallace, Meadow Hills Wga 109-105–214
JoAnn Smith, Foothills Wga 103-111–214
Deanna Messerli, Riverdale Wga 105-112–217
Carol Peterson, Twin Peaks 115-122–237
NET
Championship Flight
Kathleen Johnson, Ranch CC Lga 80-72–152
Nancy Ziereis, Valley CC Wga 71-81–152
Ron Irons, Eisenhower Wga 79-74–153
Beverly Hoffenberg, Columbine CC Lga 79-75–154
Carla Stearns, Wellshire Women 76-79–155
Deb Hughes, Green Valley Ranch Wga 76-79–155
Louise Lyle, Patty Jewett Wgc 76-79–155
Betty Bullington, Eisenhower Wga 87-79–166
Patty Smogor, Saddle Rock Wga 91-78–169
Jane Ford, Hyland Hills Wga 88-84–172
Janet Moore, Cherry Hills CC Wga 79-WD–WD
First Flight
Pam Cortez, Coal Creek Wga 73-70–143
Karen Leuschel, Riverdale Wga 75-71–146
Janine Lowe, South Suburban Wga 72-75–147
Penny Mack, Patty Jewett Wgc 76-71–147
Wendy Atkinson, Ranch CC Lga 73-74–147
Carol Heupel, Colorado Springs CC Lga 80-68–148
Patricia Swanson, West Woods Wga 77-71–148
Maggie Brindley, Pinehurst CC Wga 79-71–150
Lisa Bolam, Highland Meadows GC 79-73–152
Nancy Werkmeister, Foothills Wga 72-80–152
Betsy White, Kissing Camels Lga 74-80–154
Karen Chase, Fox Hollow Lgc 88-71–159
Kay Geitner, Littleton Lgc 81-78–159
Peggy Puckett, Wellshire Wga 83-81–164
Dee Baker, Shining Mountain Wga 88-81–169
Second Flight
Carol Key, CC of Colorado Wga 69-74–143
Pat Dwyer, Patty Jewett GC 73-71–144
Becky O’Brien, Links Lga 75-71–146
Valerie Hunter, CC of Colorado Wga 73-73–146
Andrea Berry, Indian Peaks Wga 76-72–148
Karin Hathaway, Wellshire Women 77-72–149
Lea Croghan, Spring Valley Wga 77-74–151
Jennifer Tempas, Columbine CC Lga 78-76–154
Carlene Decker, Kissing Camels Lga 76-79–155
Claudia Gallegos, South Suburban Wga 81-77–158
Annette Sulzman, Aurora Hills Wga 78-82–160
Kim Kaiser, Foothills Wga 83-81–164
Donna Edelen, Riverdale Wga 78-87–165
Barbara Ingledue, Fox Hollow Lgc 83-83–166
Juliet Miner, Bear Dance Wga 84-86–170
Bobby Jackson, Willis Case Wga 83-WD–WD
Third Flight
Marie Schriefer, South Suburban Wga 68-75–143
Barbara DeGrand, Kissing Camels GC 79-65–144
Lyndon Lieb, Broken Tee Englewood Wga 73-73–146
Becky Finger, Riverdale Wga 76-73–149
Becky Hammer, Kissing Camels Lga 79-72–151
Judy Maillis, Broken Tee Englewood Wga 77-76–153
Sharon Thiel, Riverdale Wga 80-73–153
Marilyn Swedenburg, Eisenhower Wga 76-78–154
Jalinda Gieck, Patty Jewett Wgc 84-75–159
Beverly Byer, Wellshire Wga 85-76–161
Connie Norkoli, Heritage Eagle Bend Wga 88-75–163
Denise Thornton, Eisenhower Wga 81-82–163
Holly Schuetz, Meadow Hills Wga 87-77–164
Amy Hicks, Spring Valley Wga 83-82–165
Susan Elliott, Riverdale Wga 82-84–166
Sue Knutson, Coal Creek Wga DQ
Fourth Flight
Diane Dubose, Applewood Wga 72-71–143
Kathleen Comes, Patty Jewett GC 74-69–143
Harlene Bowman, South Suburban Wga 75-73–148
Connie Garcia, Fox Hollow Lgc 80-70–150
Bunny Ambrose, Riverdale Wga 76-77–153
Cindy Ortega, Foothills Wga 81-72–153
Ramona Conner, Murphy Creek Wga 81-73–154
Audrey McEwen, Coal Creek Wga 80-76–156
Deanna Messerli, Riverdale Wga 75-82–157
Cheri Wallace, Meadow Hills Wga 81-77–158
Sandra Schnitzer, Riverdale Wga 78-80–158
Barbara Fagan, Heritage Eagle Bend Wga 79-82–161
Virginia Newton, Aspen Wga 83-80–163
JoAnn Smith, Foothills Wga 78-86–164
Linda Schippers, Heritage Eagle Bend Wga 85-80–165
Carol Peterson, Twin Peaks 83-90–173
Next week, the historic course will be the site of another CWGA championship, the 34th Senior Stroke Play.
When the tournament is held Monday and Tuesday (Sept. 26-27), a first-time champion is guaranteed to be crowned. No former winners of the Senior Stroke Play championship flight are entered this year — a rarity in CWGA events.
But among the dozen championship flight players entered is Colorado Golf Hall of Famer Janet Moore, a five-time winner of the CWGA Stroke Play who made it to the round of 64 earlier this week in the U.S. Senior Women’s Amateur. Also in the field is Deb Hughes, the 2014 CWGA Senior Match Play champ. Hughes and fellow Senior Stroke Play competitor Bev Hoffenberg joined Moore in playing in the U.S. Senior Women’s Am.
Overall, 76 players are entered in the CWGA Senior Stroke Play, with competition set for five different flights.
For Monday’s tee times, CLICK HERE.
]]>All in all, it was a memorable performance for Janet Moore on Thursday in U.S. Senior Women’s Amateur qualifying at The Club at Cordillera’s Valley Course in Edwards.
Let’s count the ways:
— The Colorado Golf Hall of Famer (left) from Centennial shot a 4-under-par 32 on her front nine, a score so good she can’t remember when she last had a nine-hole total as low.
— She not only earned medalist honors at the Colorado-based U.S. Senior Women’s Am qualifying for the second straight year, but this time her even-par 72 was the best score by a whopping six strokes.
— With Thursday’s showing, Moore has gone 3-for-3 in her qualifying attempts for the Senior Women’s Amateur. Moreover, after having earned a spot last week in the U.S. Women’s Mid-Amateur, she’s now qualified for an impressive 22 individual-event USGA championships between the U.S. Women’s Am, U.S. Senior Women’s Am and the U.S. Women’s Mid-Am.
“I really wasn’t planning on playing that well (Thursday). It just kind of happened — and it was really fun,” said Moore, a five-time CWGA Stroke Play champion.
A year after shooting 80 in very windy conditions to finish first in the Cordillera qualifier, Moore scored considerably better on Thursday. In posting her front-nine 32, she needed just 11 putts. With a 4-over 40 on the back nine, she ended up with four birdies and four bogeys on the day.
“I can’t complain with even (par) ever,” Moore said. “I’ll always take even.”
The performance capped a very impressive last week for Moore, 52, and her husband, fellow Colorado Golf Hall of Famer Kent Moore. On Aug. 18, Janet Moore landed a spot in the U.S. Women’s Mid-Amateur for the 16th time. And on Tuesday, Kent Moore won the CGA Super-Senior Stroke Play, the seventh different individual CGA championship that he’s claimed over the last 43 years. Then Janet ran away with medalist honors on Thursday.
“I was very pleased with my round today,” said Moore, who was in the first group off in Thursday’s qualifier. “I was a little nervous coming back here because it was so tough last year with the winds and the greens were fast and pretty firm. This year, we had a few holes in the wind, but nothing like last year. It was a different golf course this year.”
On Thursday, Janet Moore earned one of 10 available berths into the U.S. Senior Women’s Am, which will be held Sept. 17-22 at Wellesley (Mass.) Country Club.
Joining her in advancing from the 39-player field were part-time Gunnison-area resident Marilyn Hardy (78), who made it to the quarterfinals of the 2013 U.S. Senior Women’s Am; Katherine Moore-Lilly of Minneapolis (79), Kathy Malpass of Evergreen (80), Deb Hughes of Denver (80), Sandra Young of Monument (80), Bev Hoffenberg of Littleton (81), Jen Holland of Branford, Conn. (81), Jo Rasmussen of Westport, Conn. (83) and Susan Hartwell of Arvada (83). Rasmussen and Hartwell prevailed in a four-golfer playoff to earn the final two national spots, with Rasmussen qualifying on the first extra hole and Hartwell on the third.
(One group of qualifiers is pictured above, from left: Hoffenberg, Hughes, Moore, Hardy, Young, Moore-Lilly and Malpass. The other three are pictured at left, from left: Rasmussen, Hartwell and Holland.)
With her qualifying performances the last two weeks, Moore figures to have a very busy middle of September on the golf course at USGA championships. The national Women’s Mid-Am is scheduled for Sept. 10-15 in Erie, Pa., and the Senior Women’s Am starts on Sept. 27 in Massachusetts.
“I feel very grateful I’ve qualified for both and I’m excited to play in both,” Moore said. “I’ve been working on some swing changes for a while, and they’re starting to come together.”
U.S. Senior Women’s Amateur Qualifying
At Par-72 Club at Cordillera’s Valley Course in Edwards
ADVANCE TO U.S. SENIOR WOMEN’S AM
Janet Moore, Centennial, Colo. 32-40–72
Marilyn Hardy, Houston, Texas 39-39–78
Katherine Moore-Lilly, Minneapolis, Minn. 40-39–79
Deborah Hughes, Denver, Colo. 37-43–80
Kathy Malpass, Evergreen, Colo. 39-41–80
Sandra Young, Monument, Colo. 40-40–80
Beverly Hoffenberg, Littleton, Colo. 39-42–81
Jen Holland, Branford, Conn. 42-39–81
Jo Rasmussen, Westport, Conn. 40-43–83
Susan Hartwell, Arvada, Colo. 40-43–83
ALTERNATES (In Order)
Barbara Paonessa, New Rochelle, N.Y. 39-44–83
Debra Woolf, Fort Worth, Texas 41-42–83
FAILED TO QUALIFY
Cindy Gilkeson, Sugarland, Texas 42-42–84
Leslie Diane Henry, Carrollton, Texas 38-46–84
Rosemary McKeown, Las Cruces, N.M. 43-41–84
Kathleen Johnson, Broomfield, Colo. 45-40–85
Carol Turnage, Anna, Texas 42-43–85
Nancy Beck, Dallas, Texas 42-44–86
Diane Henry, Kerrville, Texas 44-42–86
Liz Kennedy, Grand Junction, Colo. 43-43–86
Julie Robichaux, Kingwood, Texas 40-47–87
Alicia Bolam, Windsor, Colo. 46-44–90
Debra Bolke, Aurora, Colo. 44-46–90
Karen Hale, Palm Beach Gardens, Fla. 45-47–92
Charlotte Barley, Springfield, Ore. 41-52–93
Mary Doyen, Denver, Colo. 47-47–94
Kay Geitner, Centennial, Colo. 45-49–94
Mimi Petke, Mission Viejo, Calif. 46-48–94
Susie Schell, Highlands Ranch, Colo. 45-49–94
Wendy Atkinson, Westminster, Colo. 47-48–95
Julie Coleman, Grand Junction, Colo. 45-50–95
Juliet Miner, Castle Rock, Colo. 46-49–95
Lynne Janis, Denver, Colo. 47-50–97
Jean Miller, Arvada, Colo. 50-47–97
Vicki Porter, Denver, Colo. 42-55–97
Patty Smogor, Centennial, Colo. 51-47–98
Pat Oconnor, Fort Collins, Colo. 58-45–103
Patricia Neuenhoff, Chappaqua, N.Y. WD
Suzanne Sturz, Pleasantville, N.Y. WD
The 40 players who are scheduled to vie for 10 spots in the U.S. Senior Women’s Am include seven golfers who have qualified at least twice in Colorado for this national championship:
Colorado Golf Hall of Famer Janet Moore, who was medalist at Cordillera in last year’s qualifier; part-time Gunnison resident Marilyn Hardy; Deb Hughes of Denver; Kathy Malpass of Evergreen; Mary Doyen of Denver; Bev Hoffenberg of Greenwood Village; and Jennifer Hocking of Colorado Springs. And several others in the field have qualified in Colorado for the Senior Women’s Am once.
Hardy may be the most accomplished player in the field in USGA championships. She was a quarterfinalist in the 2013 U.S. Senior Women’s Am and has made it to the semifinals and the quarterfinals (in separate years) of the U.S. Women’s Mid-Amateur. Twice in the past three years at the Senior Women’s Am, she lost to the golfer who would go on to win the national title.
The 10 players who earn national championship berths this year in Colorado will compete Sept. 17-22 at Wellesley Country Club (pictured) in Massachusetts.
For Thursday’s pairings, CLICK HERE.
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