Fun is the order of the day at the
Ocean State 4-Ball
01:00 AM EDT on Tuesday, June 28, 2005
HOPKINTON -- It's a tradition.
Montaup Country Club's mother
and daughter tandem of Trudy and Karen Dufault team up with Green Valley's
Elaine Crawford every year for the Ocean State Women's Golf 4-Ball
Championships.
This year was no different,
but they needed a fourth so Trudy e-mailed Segregansett Club member Carol
Clarey, who jumped at the opportunity to play in the foursome.
With Clarey and Trudy
Dufault's excellent short game, and Crawford and Karen Dufault hitting long
drives, it turned out to be a perfect team. The foursome fired the low gross
score of the event, a 103, to capture the 2005 OSWGA 4-Ball Team Championship
title at Fenner Hill.
"It was a total team
effort," Karen Dufault said. "We all contributed equally. It was a
good day."
"I thought the course was
in great shape and this is a great venue for the team championships,"
Trudy Dufault said. "We had a few birdies and only had a couple of
hiccups."
The winners edged Cissy Grady
and Kim Schold, both of Quidnessett, and teammates Marisa White (Triggs) and
Donna Warner (Wanumetonomy) by two strokes.
"We putted for birdie on
every hole but only made a couple," Grady said.
Segregansett Country Club's
team of Sandra Cross, Judy Duarte, Wendy Jacobson, and Karen Marcos came in
third with a gross score of 109.
The Championships were played
under the "2 best balls" rule over the first nine holes, and scramble
format on the back nine. Under the "2 best balls" rule, the lowest
two scores of the round are recorded. Under the scramble format, on every hole,
each team member hits the ball off the tee. The team then selects the best tee
shot from which to play. All members of the team then hit from there. For each
shot, the three players whose ball is not selected will play the next shot
until the ball is putted in.
"This is a fun format,
and having fun is what it's all about," Clarey said. "With the New
England Championships and the State Amateur coming up, this was a great event
to have to just go out there and have fun. We had 132 participants today and
everyone had fun."
Karen got things going for the
winners when she rolled in a short putt for birdie on the par-4 first hole.
Clarey had a birdie putt on the par-5 third, and she sank a short putt for
birdie on the par-3 sixth.
After the turn, the team
recorded birdie putts on holes 11 and 16.
"I had a great
time," said Karen Dufault. "The hills made it a challenging
course."
Fall River Country Club's team
of Ellen Stensing-Woods, Kathleen McKenna, Angie Gastall and Allen McInnis
earned the Championship Division low net title with a score of 82. That was
four strokes better than the Triggs foursome of Donna DeBlasio, Terry Kling,
Linda Paolozzi, and Geri Lisa.
In the A-Division, Barbara
Dubois (Cranston CC), Lorraine DeGenova (Cranston CC), Susan Haake
(Segregansett CC), and Leony Hartig (Swansea CC) took home the low gross title
with a 119.
They were followed by Pequot
Country Club's Natalie Parise, Linday Murphy, and Pat Hochman, and Annie Krysta
of Winnapaug (122). West Warwick's Ann Hoguld, Kathy Chorney, Anna Lizak and
Donna Reynolds shot an 82 for the low net title in Division A.
CHAMPIONSHIP DIVISION
Low Gross
Trudy Dufault, Karen Dufault,
Carol Clarey, Elaine Crawford -- 103; Cissy Grady, Kim Schold, Marisa White,
Donna Warner -- 105; Sandra Cross, Judy Duarte, Wendy Jacobson, Karen Macros --
109.
Low Net
Ellen Stensing-Woods, Kathleen
McKenna, Angie Gastall, Ellen McInnis -- 82; Donna DeBlasio, Terry Kling, Linda
Paolozzi, Geri Lisa -- 86; Lynn Arnold, Mary Lou Sevigny, Jeanne Mattley, Susan
Munroe -- 88.
A DIVISION
Low Gross
Barbara Dubois, Lorraine
DeGenova, Susan Haake, Leony Hartig -- 119; Natalie Parise, Annie Krysta, Linda
Murphy, Pat Hochman -- 122; Cahterine Dionne, Debbie Creta, Athena Sullivan,
Gail Sullivan -- 122.
Low Net
Ann Hoglund, Kathy Chorney,
Ann Lizak, Donna Reynolds -- 82; Janet Keene, Mel Palombo, Stella Houle, Jackie
Dufresne -- 85; Jackie Sweet, Sue Day, Alice Hawthorne, Sharon Nowicki -- 85.