Lisa Schlesinger, a member of Norbeck Country Club and resident of Laytonsville, Maryland won the 32nd annual Women’s Southern Golf Association Senior Championship, which was held on the Cascades Course at The Homestead. Players are eligible if they are members of a member club or women’s golf organization within the fifteen southern states. Schlesinger is the first MSGA member to win the Women’s Southern Senior Championship.
News article courtesy of the Women’s Southern Golf Association
Maryland’s Lisa Schlesinger overcame a two-shot deficit Thursday as she shot a 71 en route to winning the 2017 Women’s Southern Golf Association Senior Championship. Former two-time champion Carolyn Creekmore of Texas, who led heading into the final round, shot a 74 to finish runner-up.
Schlesinger’s three-day total of 224 featured rounds of 78-75-71. Creekmore posted a 225 as she shot 77-74-74. Second place went to Camm Dougherty at 228 with former two-time champ Patty Moore finishing third at 230 and Susan West fourth.
This year’s Senior Championship was hosted at the famed Homestead in Hot Springs, VA. on The Cascades Course.
Sheila Haynes of The Reunion in Madison, MS won the Championship Division 1st Flight as she finished with an outstanding score of 74 on the final day. Haynes three-day total of 235 was three shots better than flight runner-up Kim Briele with a 238. Third in this flight was Lecia Alexander at 242 with Shelley Savage fourth at 243.
Top honors in the 2nd Flight went to Becky Neal with a score of 245. Second place went to Cindy Gilkeson at 253, third was Meghan Christensen at 255 and Fran Hensley fourth at 256.
Jo Ann Sluder came from behind to win the 3rd flight with a 245 with Dianne Yelovich second at 246, Kim Clark third at 255 with Colleen Robertson fourth at 257.
In the 4th Flight Liza Robinson claimed the top spot with a total of 269 with Suzzette Kirchner secibd, Susan Stevens third and Katherine DeVore fourth.
Brenda McJunkin held on to her lead the final day to capture the top spot in the 5th Flight with a total of 289. Second went to Delores Hammer with Lyn Jones third and Carol Gouty fourth.
The 2018 WSGA Senior Championship will be contested next year in October at The Reunion in Madison, Mississippi. The next WSGA event will be the Amateur and Mid-Amateur Championships which will be held June 4-8, 2018 at NorthRiver Yacht Club in Tuscaloosa, Alabama.
