Crofton – The 24th Two-Woman Team Championship was played at Crofton Country Club on a beautiful summer day. The golf course was in great condition and forty-four women came to play. The twenty-two teams were divided into three flights.
The champions were Jane Curtin of Argyle Country Club and Deb Pearson of Laytonsville Golf Club with a terrific team score of 69. They shot even par on the front nine and three under on the back nine with Deb birdieing four of those holes. Following right behind with 70 were three teams. With a match of cards the winning team for runners-up, with a 33 on the back nine, was the mother/daughter team of Debbie and Stephanie Boshdosh. They play out of P.B. Dye Golf Club.
The other two teams scoring a 70 became the Championship flight winners and runners-up. The winners were Carol Davies-Lillie and Lisa Splaine of Argyle Country Club shooting a 35 on the back nine. The Runners-up were the Crofton team of Leslee Brady and Stephanie Ordakowski. Stephanie was so pleased because she had her own personal best score at her home course.
First flight winners, Mina Coggeshall and Kathy Hayes of Chevy Chase Club had a team score of 75. They played steady golf with 15 pars. Two teams tied for runners-up with 77s. The team beating out Diana Gyuras from Oak Creek and Joann Mooreland from Enterprise were Jill Benson of Woodmont CC and Debbie Carton from Woodholme CC. Jill birdied number 13, which helped them win the match of cards.
In the second flight, a team score of 78 was shot by Marlies Empey from Eisenhower Golf Club with Lee Tice of Enterprise Golf Course and Mary Busker of P.B. Dye Golf Club with Tracy Deuber of The Timbers at Troy. The Empey/Tice duo shot a 37 on the front nine and the Busker/Deuber twosome shot a 37 on the back nine. Mary parred 13-17 and birdied 18 to ensure her team won the match of cards.
Next year the tournament will be held on Monday, August 13th at Holly Hills Country Club.
-Reported by Joan Heiss
