The players from Eisenhower Golf Club at the Air Force Academy, who had never competed together as a two-person team, rallied from a four-stroke deficit going into Sunday’s final round to win the 12th annual CGA Women’s Dunham Chapman Championship at the River Course at Keystone.

“It’s amazing,” Young said. “I’ve won a few smaller things, but not a state event. … I’m ready to pass out.”

Added Lyle: “It’s surprising really, but it feels great. I think we were both very surprised to win.

“I haven’t played in tournaments with Sandra before, but we’re on the same golf team for our club. This was the first one that I said, ‘Hey, do you want to play?’ We weren’t even sure we could play together. It worked out pretty well.”

In fact, Lyle and Young had overtaken first-round leaders Denise Cohen of Kissing Camels and Ron Irons of Eisenhower after just nine holes on Sunday, though the title hung in the balance until the end.

Lyle and Young finished with a 4-over-par 75 in round 2 in the Chapman stroke play format in which each golfer hits a tee shot, then plays her partner’s ball for the second shot. After that, a scoring ball is chosen, and that ball is played alternately into the hole. (The champions are pictured, with Young at left and Lyle at right, flanking Marty Hall, partner of tournament namesake Jo Ann Dunham.)

They finished with a two-day total of 11-over-par 153, one stroke better than Cohen and Irons, whose downfall was a triple bogey on the 16th hole en route to an 80 on Sunday.

Ending up third was Colorado Golf Hall of Famer and two-time Dunham Chapman champion Christie Austin of Cherry Hills and partner Kathy West of Castle Pines, who checked in at 157.

Cohen and Irons had regained the lead on the back nine Sunday, but a 40-foot birdie by Lyle on the par-3 15th evened things up. “That made a big difference. It was pivotal,” Young said of Lyle’s long birdie. And the two went up for good on No. 16 when they made bogey and Cohen and Irons their triple.

“I had never played this event before, but we thought we might be a good fit,” said Young, 58. “(Lyle) hits a very long ball and the short game is my area. It’s great when your partner can put you 100 yards out so maybe I can score. It was a good combination.”

Lyle, a 52-year-old who retired as a Lieutenant Colonel after 20 years in the Air Force, credits Young for draining not-so-simple par putts throughout the round that kept their rally going.

“I’ve played in a few (CGA/CWGA championships), but normally I don’t do very well,” Lyle said. “I play much better with a partner who can keep my head in the game. Sandy did a great job of doing that because I’m a little bit crazy.

“This is my first state-level (title) in my life. This was basically my last golfing of the season and so it’s a pretty good way to go out.”

Lyle has been competing seriously in golf for just the last few years, and Young didn’t take up the game at all until she was 38.

“I had thought golf was a stupid sport,” Young said. “One of my husband’s friends wanted his wife to take lessons, so just to get her to quit bugging me, I said, ‘OK, I’ll take lessons with you.’ I fell in love immediately.”

She’s gone on to win a worldwide tournament for military spouses and dependents in 2010, and she’s qualified for at least four USGA championships — a Women’s Publinks, Mid-Am and a couple of Senior Ams.

The championship flight was one of eight flights of competition at the Dunham Chapman. Among the other winners on Sunday was CGA co-president Juliet Miner of Bear Dance, who teamed with Peggy Puckett of Wellshire to prevail in the second flight.

The Dunham Chapman was renamed prior to the 2017 championship as a tribute to Jo Ann Dunham, a longtime CWGA volunteer whose brainchild was the Chapman, which was first contested in 2007. Dunham passed away on Sept. 28, 2016, just shy of her 77th birthday.

For the gross and net scores for all eight flights competing in the 64-team Dunham Chapman Championship, CLICK HERE.

Here are the gross and net champions in the various flights:

CHAMPIONSHIP FLIGHT
Gross: Louise Lyle/Sandra Young, Eisenhower GC 78-75–153
Net: Denise Cohen, Kissing Camels/Ron Irons, Eisenhower GC 66-72–138

FIRST FLIGHT
Gross: Debi Kline/Margaret Breakey, Kissing Camels 77-76–153
Net: Betty Bullington, CC of Colorado/Valerie Hunter, Eisenhower GC 73-70–143

SECOND FLIGHT
Gross: Juliet Miner, Bear Dance/Peggy Puckett, Wellshire 82-83–165
Net: Juliet Miner, Bear Dance/Peggy Puckett, Wellshire 67-68–135

THIRD FLIGHT
Gross: Karen Leuschel, Riverdale/Connie Brodt, Fox Hill 80-86–166
Net: Karen Leuschel, Riverdale/Connie Brodt, Fox Hill 63-69–132

FOURTH FLIGHT
Gross: Val Talus, Colorado Springs CC/Mary Watt, Club at Flying Horse 78-88–166
Net: Val Talus, Colorado Springs CC/Mary Watt, Club at Flying Horse 60-70–130

FIFTH FLIGHT
Gross: Barbara Ingledue/Connie Garcia, Fox Hill 84-88–172
Net: Barbara Ingledue/Connie Garcia, Fox Hill 64-68–132

SIXTH FLIGHT
Gross: (tie) Jill Nickerson/Lynn Larson 91-87–178; Tammy Tinsley/Sandra Miller, Blackstone/Black Bear 93-85–178
Net: Linda Masters/Bonnie Brewer, Blackstone/Black Bear 68-65–133

SEVENTH FLIGHT
Gross: Laura Fischer, Willis Case/Cher Tufly 99-89–188
Net: Margie Doss, Aurora Hills/Rose Rismanchi, Meadow Hills 69-66–135
 

Sixty-four two-person teams are entered in the 12th annual event, with competition in eight different flights.

Colorado Golf Hall of Famer Christie Austin of Cherry Hills Country Club and Laurie Steenrod of Saddle Rock Golf Course won the title in this event twice together (2013 and ’15), and while they’re both entered this weekend, it’s with different partners.

Austin will compete with Kathy West of Castle Pines Golf Club, and Steenrod with Bev Hoffenberg of Columbine Country Club. Also in the seven-team championship flight are Mary Doyen of Foothills Golf Course — winner of the 2011 CGA Women’s Senior Stroke Play and the 2012 senior division of the CGA Women’s Match Play — and partner Jill Kirkpatrick of Broken Tee Englewood.

The Chapman Stroke Play format calls for 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.

The Dunham Chapman was renamed prior to the 2017 championship as a tribute to Jo Ann Dunham, a longtime CWGA volunteer whose brainchild was the Chapman, which was first contested in 2007. Dunham passed away on Sept. 28, 2016, just shy of her 77th birthday.

The Lakewood resident served on the CWGA’s volunteer board of directors from 2004 through ’09, chairing the tournament committee during that period and serving on that same committee for years before joining the board. Besides the Chapman, she was instrumental in the creation of the CWGA Niblick Tournament, another team event.

For Saturday’s tee times from the Dunham Chapman Championship, CLICK HERE.

Colorado Golf Hall of Famer Kim Eaton, a four-time quarterfinalist in the national Senior Women’s Am, earned medalist honors in qualifying in Scottsdale, Ariz., by shooting a 72 on Tuesday. And Kathy West of Castle Pines Golf Club also landed a spot at that site, posting a 79.

The Country Club of Colorado in Colorado Springs will host the Colorado-based qualifier for the event on Monday after the tournament was moved from the nearby Broadmoor because of hail damage. In Colorado Springs, 29 golfers will be vying for the seven spots in the U.S. Senior Women’s Am, which is set for Oct. 6-11 at Orchid Island Golf & Beach Club in Vero Beach, Fla. That will mark the final USGA championship of 2018.

Colorado Golf Hall of Famer Janet Moore of Centennial, who has qualfiied for every U.S. Senior Women’s Am for which she’s been eligible, will be in the field at the Country Club of Colorado. This year, she’s already competed in the inaugural U.S. Senior Women’s Open, and she’s also qualified for the upcoming U.S. Women’s Mid-Am, which will be her 27th USGA championship.

Also scheduled to play on Monday are fellow 2017 U.S. Senior Women’s Am competitors Kristine Franklin of Broomfield, Susan Hartwell of Arvada, Marilyn Hardy of Gunnison, Kathy Malpass of Evergreen, Sandra Bickel of La Porte and Lisa Lee of Longmont.

Hartwell, Eaton and Franklin made match play at last year’s national championship, with Eaton and Hartwell advancing to the round of 32. So far in 2018, Franklin has won the CGA Women’s Senior Stroke Play and fellow Monday competitor Tiffany Maurycy of Denver claimed the title in the CGA Women’s Senior Match Play.

For Monday’s tee times, CLICK HERE.

The college golfers — Benson plays for Creighton and More for Colorado Mesa — shot a better-ball score of 7-under-par 65 on Monday, while Eaton and Moore carded a 72 at The Club at Flying Horse in Colorado Springs.

That gives Benson and More a seven-stroke lead in the championship flight going into Tuesday’s final round of the four-ball stroke-play event. They made eight better-ball birdies and one bogey on Monday and posted a 6-under-par 30 on the back nine.

Eaton, who now lives in Arizona, and Moore, from Cherry Hills Country Club, own 44 CGA women’s championship titles between them, including 10 Brassies, though they haven’t won the Brassie together.

On Monday, the Hall of Famers recorded two birdies and two bogeys in their even-par round.

Kathy West of Castle Pines, who won last year’s Brassie title with Christie Austin, and new partner Sue O’Connor of Wellshire Golf Course sit in third place at 75.

Sixty-four teams are competing in seven flights at the Women’s Brassie in gross and net divisions. Eight of those are in championship flight.

The Brassie is the first CGA women’s championship of 2018.

For scores from the Brassie, 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.

Kim Eaton now has an even handful of titles when it comes to the CWGA Senior Stroke Play.

The Colorado Golf Hall of Famer dominated the 35th playing of the tournament this week at Mariana Butte Golf Course in Loveland, winning the event for the fifth time “” but the first since 2013.

On Tuesday, the margin of victory was 13 shots, giving her three wins by double digits in the tournament. She prevailed by 16 shots in 2012 and by 10 in 2013.

Tuesday’s victory gave the Mesa, Ariz., resident her third season sweep of the CWGA Senior Stroke Play and Senior Match Play. She also managed to pull off that feat in 2010 and ’13.

“It’s a big deal to win both (in the same year),” said the 58-year-old (pictured). “There’s some good players here and when you can win both, that kind of tells you really who the best senior is in Colorado.”

Overall, Tuesday’s CWGA title was the 24th of Eaton’s career, leaving her just one shy of Carol Flenniken’s record of 25.

“It means I’m a step closer,” said Eaton, who tentatively plans to compete in the Senior Match Play, Senior Stroke Play and Brassie in Colorado in 2018. “It means next year I could do it.”

Eaton followed up her 5-under-par 67 on Monday with a 3-over 75 on Tuesday, leaving her with a 2-under 142 total. The four-time U.S. Senior Women’s Amateur quarterfinalist made three birdies on Tuesday, including an impressive one from 8 feet on the final hole after hitting her approach with her feet in a fairway bunker and her ball in the rough. “That was probably the longest putt I made all week,” said Eaton, whose one major blemish of the final round was a triple-bogey 8 on the fifth hole. (Eaton is pictured at top receiving a high-five from playing partner Tiffany Maurycy on No. 18 on Tuesday.)

“I started out birdie-par-birdie and thought, “˜Maybe I can do as good as I did yesterday,'” said Eaton, a former police officer who won two gold medals and two silvers in golf last week in the World Police and Fire Games in Los Angeles. “But that 8 kind of derailed me.”

Kathy West of Castle Pines, who recently won the CWGA Brassie title with Christie Austin, finished runner-up on Tuesday in just her second CWGA championship. West carded the best score of the final round, a 74, to check in at 11-over-par 155.

It was a welcome result for West, who has undergone a fusion of vertebrae in her neck and two shoulder surgeries in recent years, and endured a very rough airplane landing in 2016 that set back her recovery.

“I’m really thankful that I’m even able to play golf,” said West, who splits her time between Tulsa, Okla., Castle Pines and Scottsdale, Ariz. “I’m not sure I was going to be able to play (following the surgeries). Today I had it going. It was so much fun. This was probably was one of the best (ball)-striking rounds I’ve had since I had my surgeries. And it was in a tournament, which makes it better.

“It was a really good tournament for me. (The airplane situation) screwed up my neck again and so I had to start all over again getting healthy. This is only the second individual event for me since over a year ago. That’s one reason I’m kind of proud of (the result).”

Mary Doyen of Denver, the 2011 champion, came in third at 156 after a closing 76. (Pictured, from left, are Doyen, Eaton and West.) And two-time winner and Colorado Golf Hall of Famer Lynn Zmistowski of Boulder was fourth at 157 after an 80 on Tuesday.

Maurycy, who had been in second place after Monday, self-reported signing an incorrect scorecard in the first round and was disqualified.

The gross score champions in the other flights were: Linda Raunig (First Flight, 74 82″“156); Patricia Sato (Second Flight, 83-79″“162); Peggy Puckett (Third Flight, 86-80″“166); Claudia Gallegos (Fourth Flight, 85 87″“172); Ann Scarry (Fifth Flight, 91-85″“176); Insook Bhushan (Sixth Flight, 87-97″“184); and Lucille Carroll (Seventh Flight, 93-96″“189).

The net flight winners were Doyen (Championship Flight, 73-69″“142); Linda Raunig (First Flight, 64-72″“136); Donna Edelen (Second Flight, 69-69″“138); Peggy Puckett (Third Flight, 70-64″“134); Claudia Gallegos (Fourth Flight, 68-70″“138); Ann Scarry (Fifth Flight, 70-64″“134); Insook Bhushan (Sixth Flight, 64-74″“138); Lucille Carroll (Seventh Flight, 64-67″“131).

For all the net scores, CLICK HERE.

CWGA Senior Stroke Play

At Par-72 Mariana Butte GC in Loveland

GROSS SCORES

Championship Flight

 Kim Eaton 67 75 “” 142

 Kathy West 81 74 “” 155

 Mary Doyen 80 76 “” 156

 Lynn Zmistowski 77 80 “” 157

 Kelly Martin 77 82 “” 159

 Christie Austin 77 83 “” 160

 Katherine Moore-Lilly 81 80 “” 161

 Kathy Malpass 82 80 “” 162

 Lisa Lee 84 81 “” 165

 Sandra Bickel 79 86 “” 165

 Meghan Christensen 84 82 “” 166

 Debra Woolf 85 82 “” 167

 Nina Dulacki 82 85 “” 167

 Laurie Steenrod 86 85 “” 171

 Pam Ryan 88 85 “” 173

 Tiffany Maurycy DQ

First Flight

Linda Raunig 74 82 “” 156

Jane Ford 78 79 “” 157

Jennifer Hocking 80 78 “” 158

Jill Kirkpatrick 82 76 “” 158

LeAnna Rosenow 80 78 “” 158

Nancy Werkmeister 83 81 “” 164

Louise Lyle 83 81 “” 164

Patty Smogor 83 81 “” 164

Mary Lou Grooms 80 85 “” 165

Kathleen Johnson 81 85 “” 166

Kate Connor 83 84 “” 167

Dee Baker 86 83 “” 169

Phyllis Emrich 84 85 “” 169

Second Flight

Patricia Sato 83 79 “” 162

Donna Edelen 82 82 “” 164

Pam Cortez 84 83 “” 167

Karen Leuschel 83 84 “” 167

Mariko Coplin 83 86 “” 169

Wendy Atkinson 81 89 “” 170

Kay Geitner 82 89 “” 171

Kimalee Hull 89 83 “” 172

Myoungsoon Kim 86 86 “” 172

Patricia Swanson 87 85 “” 172

Valerie Hunter 83 90 “” 173

Sue Dischner 86 88 “” 174

Karen Chase 89 87 “” 176

Debra Bolke 95 89 “” 184

Maggie Brindley 94 95 “” 189

Chris Jansen WD

Tina Johnson WD

Third Flight

Peggy Puckett 86 80 “” 166

Karin Hathaway 80 89 “” 169

Hee Chung 85 84 “” 169

Anne Cadden 82 88 “” 170

Berta Thimmig 87 83 “” 170

Barbara Mcduffie 86 87 “” 173

Dot Lindsey 90 83 “” 173

Janine Lowe 84 90 “” 174

Vicki Porter 84 90 “” 174

Pam Levkulich 88 91 “” 179

Darlene Evans 89 90 “” 179

Suzanne Wibby 92 89 “” 181

Suzanne Kanaly 89 93 “” 182

Kathryn Davis 91 92 “” 183

Jean Melaragno 93 91 “” 184

Jennifer Tempas 94 93 “” 187

Lea Croghan 98 92 “” 190

Fourth Flight

Claudia Gallegos 85 87 “” 172

Pam Hauck 85 88 “” 173

Pat O’Connor 90 87 “” 177

Joni Hornbeck 90 89 “” 179

Amy Hicks 86 93 “” 179

Paula Sinn-Penfold 89 91 “” 180

Deborah Sturm 92 89 “” 181

Kate Laudon 93 88 “” 181

Jenny Elliott 87 95 “” 182

Judy Maillis 91 94 “” 185

Peggy Bauer 93 93 “” 186

Paulette Engrav 101 95 “” 196

Irene Stein 103 100 “” 203

Fifth Flight

Ann Scarry 91 85 “” 176

Sharon Thiel 91 87 “” 178

Linda Yamaguchi 93 86 “” 179

Juna Orr 89 93 “” 182

Cindy Ortega 95 87 “” 182

Mary Goulart 91 93 “” 184

Connie Garcia 91 94 “” 185

Amber Leis 104 84 “” 188

Sammy Scoma 95 94 “” 189

Dee Riedel 99 91 “” 190

Kim Normandin 100 90 “” 190

Sue Knutson 104 89 “” 193

Veronica Crain 100 96 “” 196

Carol Jessop 101 101 “” 202

Deb Stratton 100 110 “” 210

Sixth Flight

Insook Bhushan 87 97 “” 184

Beverly Byer 94 92 “” 186

Rochelle Tisdale 94 92 “” 186

Becky Finger 97 90 “” 187

Susan Elliott 102 91 “” 193

JoAnn Barbour 97 97 “” 194

Bunny Ambrose 96 100 “” 196

Betty-Ann Wittenberg 101 96 “” 197

Vickie Bajtelsmit 100 101 “” 201

Laura Laux 106 98 “” 204

Sandy McChesney 103 101 “” 204

Rachel Maes 100-WD

Seventh Flight

Lucille Carroll 93 96 “” 189

Barbara Bender 96 96 “” 192

Marcia Hall 99 95 “” 194

Nancy Loftus 101 98 “” 199

Kathy Flynn 101 99 “” 200

Woody Hagin 102 98 “” 200

Susie Goldberg 105 100 “” 205

Cheri Wallace 101 105 “” 206

Kathy Mansueto 101 106 “” 207

JoAnn Smith 105 103 “” 208

Dolly Moreno 107 104 “” 211

Deanna Messerli 107 109 “” 216

Lesley Ackerman 110 113 “” 223 

Just ask Christie Austin of Cherry Hills Country Club, owner of the 18 victories, or teammate Kathy West of Castle Pines Golf Club, who earned her first CWGA championship on Sunday.

The two paired up at Rifle Creek Golf Course for an eight-stroke win in the Brassie Championship, a best-ball stroke-play event. It was Austin’s sixth Brassie title, with West being her fourth partner in victory, following Liz Ivancie (1990), Janet Moore (1994, 2001 and 2010) and Tori Glenn (2014). (The 2017 champions are pictured, with Austin at left.)

“It’s always such a fun format,” said Austin, who was inducted into the Colorado Golf Hall of Fame in 2015. “I’ve enjoyed four-ball, both stroke and match, for close to 30 years playing in these events. I love playing partner events.”

Indeed, of Austin’s 18 CWGA titles, 15 have come in two-person team events: six each in the Brassie and Mashie, two in the Chapman and one in a Mixed event. (Individually, Austin has been victorious twice in the CWGA Senior Stroke Play and once in the Senior Match Play.)

In this case, Austin met West in Scottsdale, Ariz., at a club where both are members. And since West and her husband, who are primarily Tulsa residents, are spending more time in Castle Pines these days, Austin and West joined forces for the Brassie.

 “This is my first time to play in a CWGA championship,” West said. “It’s a really friendly group of people here, and that’s part of the fun of it.”

Another part was West making a hole-in-one during Saturday’s first round “” with a gap wedge on the 112-yard 15th hole. It was the third ace of West’s life, and second in competition.

“But it’s been a long time, so that felt like the first one actually,” she noted.

After Saturday’s 1-under-par 71 “” which included a two-stroke penalty for hitting from the wrong tee box on No. 13 “” Sunday’s final round was less eventful. Their even-par 72 in round 2 left them at 1-under 143 overall. They made three birdies and three bogeys in the second round.

“We hung in there today,” Austin said. “We had a few holes where one or the other of us wasn’t in the hole. And each of us had a couple of times where we did some really great things.

“What (fellow competitor) Kathy Malpass told us was, “˜You guys really paired well this week.’ She was right. When one of us hit it out of play, the other one hit it right down the middle. We managed our risk well. We made a couple of silly bogeys today, but all in all I’m really pleased with the way we paired as a team. It was very comfortable. We laughed and we joked. We kept it very light and easy, and we came out a winner.”

Malpass, from Hiwan Golf Club, and partner Katherine Moore-Lilly from Cordillera finished second in the championship flight at 151 after closing with a 77. Lynn Larson and Laurie Steenrod, who have twice won the Brassie as teammates, shared third place at 160 with Lynne Batchelder and Nancy Ziereis, who shot a second-round 81.

The gross-division winners of the other flights were Donna Edelen and Becky Finger (170 in first flight), Karla Hutchinson and Kathleen Mikoloyck (175 in second flight), and Sue Means and Nondis Lowther from Rifle Creek (172 in third flight).

With the exception of the first flight, the same teams won the net division titles. Penny Sykes and Candy Hammerich prevailed in the net competition in the first flight.

CWGA Brassie Championship

At Par-72 Rifle Creek GC in Rifle

GROSS SCORES

Championship Flight

Christie Austin, Cherry Hills CC Wga / Kathy West, Castle Pines Wga”“71-72″“143

Kathy Malpass, Hiwan Wga / Katherine Moore-Lilly, Cordillera Wga ““ Valley”“74-77″“151

Nancy Ziereis, Valley CC Wga / Lynne Batchelder, Valley CC Wga”“79-81″“160

Laurie Steenrod, Saddle Rock Wga / Lynn Larson, Pinery CC Wga”“77-83″“160

LeAnna Rosenow, West Woods Wgc / Patricia Swanson, West Woods Wgc”“79-84″“163

Pam Cortez, Riverdale Wga / Sue Knutson, Coal Creek Wga”“85-82″“167

Phyllis Emrich, Columbine CC Lga / Deborah Sturm, Stewart Park Golf Club”“85-84″“169

Karen Hale, CC of Castle Pines / Dee Baker, Eisenhower Wga”“84-86″“170

First Flight

Donna Edelen, Riverdale Wga / Becky Finger, Riverdale Wga”“84-86″“170

Lyn Bullen, Bookcliff Country Club / Judy Maillis, Broken Tee Englewood Wga”“80-91″“171

Janine Lowe, South Suburban Wga / Ellen Thomas, Lga at Blackstone/Black Bear”“84-88″“172

Penny Sykes, Rifle Creek GC / Candy Hammerich, Rifle Creek Wga”“87-86″“173

Constance Brodt, Fox Hill Club Wga / Karen Leuschel, Riverdale Wga”“84-89″“173

Jo Ann Higgins, Fox Hill Club Wga / Katie Maurer, Fox Hill Club Wga”“88-85″“173

Berta Thimmig, Riverdale Wga / Susan Elliott, Riverdale Wga”“85-92″“177

Kathryn Morris, Spring Valley Wga / Amy Hicks, Spring Valley Wga”“87-90″“177

Peggy Sontag, River Valley Ranch / Joanne Kates, River Valley Ranch Wga”“91-89″“180

Second Flight

Karla Hutchinson, Fox Hollow Lgc / Kathleen Mikoloyck, Willis Case Wga”“87-88″“175

Debbie Childs, Lone Tree Lga / Cheryl Berning, ““89-91″“180

Cindy Ortega, Foothills Wga / Kathy Diehl, Broken Tee Englewood Wga”“90-93″“183

Sharon Thiel, Riverdale Wga / Diane Storlie, Riverdale Wga”“93-93″“186

Mary Smith, Fox Hollow Wga / Suzanne Elkins, Fox Hollow Wga”“93-95″“188

Cynthia Elsener, Walnut Creek Golf Preserve Wga / Marita Rhea, Indian Peaks Wga”“88-101″“189

Adele Reester, Colorado National Wga / Julie Pate, Colorado National Wga”“104-91″“195

Deanna Messerli, Riverdale Wga / Dee Riedel, West Woods Wgc”“97-101″“198

Third Flight

Sue Means, Rifle Creek Wga / Nondis Lowther, Rifle Creek GC”“84-88″“172

Kim Gauthier, Glenwood Springs Lgc / Brit Glock, Glenwood Springs Lgc”“88-93″“181

Sandra Schnitzer, Riverdale Wga / Bunny Ambrose, Riverdale Wga”“91-96″“187

Dee Martinez, West Woods Wgc / Janet Squires, West Woods Wgc”“94-100″“194

Mary Graff, West Woods Wgc / Barbara Bender, Coal Creek Wga”“98-98″“196

Rose Rismanchi, Aurora Hills Wga / Margie Doss, Meadow Hills Wga”“103-98″“201

Karen Hessl, River Valley Ranch Wga / Pj Click, Lakota Canyon Ranch Wga”“101-102″“203

Audrey McEwen, Coal Creek Wga / Susan Wagner, Coal Creek Wga”“99-105″“204

Leticia Overholt, Fossil Trace Wga / Rhonda O’Reilly, Fossil Trace Wga”“105-101″“206

NET SCORES

Championship Flight

Christie Austin, Cherry Hills CC Wga / Kathy West, Castle Pines Wga”“67-68″“135

Sue Knutson, Coal Creek Wga / Pam Cortez, Riverdale Wga”“71-65″“136

Phyllis Emrich, Columbine CC Lga / Deborah Sturm, Stewart Park Golf Club”“71-67″“138

Kathy Malpass, Hiwan Wga / Katherine Moore-Lilly, Cordillera Wga ““ Valley”“68-71″“139

Nancy Ziereis, Valley CC Wga / Lynne Batchelder, Valley CC Wga”“71-71″“142

LeAnna Rosenow, West Woods Wgc / Patricia Swanson, West Woods Wgc”“67-75″“142

Laurie Steenrod, Saddle Rock Wga / Lynn Larson, Pinery CC Wga”“69-75″“144

Karen Hale, CC of Castle Pines / Dee Baker, Eisenhower Wga”“72-74″“144

First Flight

Penny Sykes, Rifle Creek GC / Candy Hammerich, Rifle Creek Wga”“68-66″“134

Susan Elliott, Riverdale Wga / Berta Thimmig, Riverdale Wga”“64-71″“135

Donna Edelen, Riverdale Wga / Becky Finger, Riverdale Wga”“67-70″“137

Constance Brodt, Fox Hill Club Wga / Karen Leuschel, Riverdale Wga”“67-70″“137

Janine Lowe, South Suburban Wga / Ellen Thomas, Lga at Blackstone/Black Bear”“67-71″“138

Kathryn Morris, Spring Valley Wga / Amy Hicks, Spring Valley Wga”“68-71″“139

Lyn Bullen, Bookcliff Country Club / Judy Maillis, Broken Tee Englewood Wga”“65-74″“139

Katie Maurer, Fox Hill Club Wga / Jo Ann Higgins, Fox Hill Club Wga”“72-71″“143

Joanne Kates, River Valley Ranch Wga / Peggy Sontag, River Valley Ranch”“73-70″“143

Second Flight

Karla Hutchinson, Fox Hollow Lgc / Kathleen Mikoloyck, Willis Case Wga”“68-66″“134

Debbie Childs, Lone Tree Lga / Cheryl Berning, ““70-71″“141

Cindy Ortega, Foothills Wga / Kathy Diehl, Broken Tee Englewood Wga”“69-72″“141

Cynthia Elsener, Walnut Creek Golf Preserve Wga / Marita Rhea, Indian Peaks Wga”“66-78″“144

Sharon Thiel, Riverdale Wga / Diane Storlie, Riverdale Wga”“72-73″“145

Mary Smith, Fox Hollow Wga / Suzanne Elkins, Fox Hollow Wga”“72-73″“145

Deanna Messerli, Riverdale Wga / Dee Riedel, West Woods Wgc”“75-75″“150

Adele Reester, Colorado National Wga / Julie Pate, Colorado National Wga”“82-70″“152

 Third Flight

Sue Means, Rifle Creek Wga / Nondis Lowther, Rifle Creek GC”“60-63″“123

Kim Gauthier, Glenwood Springs Lgc / Brit Glock, Glenwood Springs Lgc”“61-65″“126

Sandra Schnitzer, Riverdale Wga / Bunny Ambrose, Riverdale Wga”“66-71″“137

Dee Martinez, West Woods Wgc / Janet Squires, West Woods Wgc”“67-71″“138

Margie Doss, Meadow Hills Wga / Rose Rismanchi, Aurora Hills Wga”“73-68″“141

Audrey McEwen, Coal Creek Wga / Susan Wagner, Coal Creek Wga”“67-75″“142

Karen Hessl, River Valley Ranch Wga / Pj Click, Lakota Canyon Ranch Wga”“71-72″“143

Mary Graff, West Woods Wgc / Barbara Bender, Coal Creek Wga”“72-73″“145

Leticia Overholt, Fossil Trace Wga / Rhonda O’Reilly, Fossil Trace Wga”“74-71″“145

With West’s hole-in-one at the 112-yard 15th hole, she and Austin combined to shoot a 1-under-par 71 on Saturday and take a three-stroke lead at the midway point at Rifle Creek Golf Course in Rifle.

Ironically, West’s ace came two holes after she, and then Austin, hit from the wrong tee on the par-5 13th, where a two-stroke penalty left them with a double-bogey 7.

“(West’s) comment after the ball drifted into the hole (on 15 was) ‘I redeemed myself,'” Austin noted in a text. “It was hysterical and great, all at once.”

Austin and West carded an eagle, three birdies, two bogeys and a double bogey on Saturday in the best-ball stroke-play event.

Their closest pursuers in the championship flight going into Sunday’s final round are Kathy Malpass and Katherine Moore-Lilly, whose 74 included three birdies.

Sitting in third place are Lynn Larson and Laurie Steenrod, who won the Brassie in 2000 and ’08. They posted a 77 on Saturday.

The gross-score leaders in the other flights after round 1 are Judy Maillis and Lyn Bullen (80 in first flight), Karla Hutchinson and Kathleen Mikoloyck (87 in second flight), and Nondis Lowther and Sue Means (84 in third flight).

The tournament will conclude on Sunday.

For scores from the Brassie, CLICK HERE.