Easton – The 18th Two-Woman Team Mid-Handicap Championship was played at Talbot Country Club on a warm summer day. Storms were around the area all day, but each one passed by to the west or to the east. The lightning detector did not sound and the rains held off. The golf course was in beautiful condition and 64 women, many of them first time participants, came to play. The thirty-two teams were divided into four flights.
The champions were Oksun Kim of Turf Valley and Ho Lim Jun of Northwest Golf Club with a terrific team score of 77. They shot even par on the back nine with Oksun birdieing the 18th hole. Following right behind with a 79 was the defending champion team of Lisa Hadley from the Golf Club of South River and Karen Wood of Eisenhower Golf Club. They also did well on the back nine with eight pars.
There was close competition within each flight. The championship flight winners, with an 80, were Diane Crowley from Bowie Golf Club and Maggie Whall from Argyle Country Club. Two birdies on the back nine helped them stay ahead of the runner-up team of Marylou Harris of Bowie Golf Club and Katy Henshaw of the University of Maryland Golf Club who had a score of 83.
First flight winners, Soo Ja Chu and Su Jin Shin from Northwest Golf Club had a great score of 79. They played steady golf with 12 pars. Carolyn Hudson and Susan Wagner, both from Bowie Golf Club, were three shots away at 82 – Carolyn had a great birdie on the par 5 fifth hole.
In the second flight Phyllis Stevenson-Jenkins from The C.C. at Woodmore and Patricia Gafford from the University of Maryland Golf Club took first place shooting an 82. They might have been in the running for an overall prize, but ran into trouble on the par 5 seventh hole. The runners-up were Mary Beth Harnish and Carol Hasegawa from Manor
Country Club with a score of 86.
The third flight winners and runners-up were tied with an 87. Winning the match of cards was the team of Carol Mattingly and Margie Sita from the Golf Club of South River. They also had a nice birdie on the par 5 fifth hole. Members of the home course of Talbot C.C. , Linda Raughley and J.P. Lewis, were the runner-up team.
Next year the tournament will be held on Friday, August 19 at Green Spring Valley Hunt Club.
Reported by Joan Heiss
