Familiar faces: Coble holds off Pictor at Georgia Women's Sr

August 21, 2018 | by AmateurGolf.com Staff

Laura Coble (GSGA photo)

Laura Coble added another title at the Georgia Women's Senior, but she had to hold off another senior stalwart to get it

SKY VALLEY, Ga. (Aug. 21, 2018) – Laura Coble owns another Georgia Women’s Senior Amateur title after holding off Brenda Pictor at Sky Valley Country Club. It’s become a familiar storyline at this event.

Coble and Pictor have been trading this championship back and forth for the better part of a decade. Pictor won five straight from 2009-2013 (she also won in 2007 and 2017) before Coble took over and won three straight from 2014-2016. They’re the dominant names in Peach State women’s senior golf.

“I didn’t know how I stood," Coble said of the end of the tournament. "I asked a couple people and nobody knew, so I was just playing, digging as hard as I could to get as many in before I got to the house so luckily it worked out."

Coble’s victory on Tuesday came on the strength of a final-round 2-under 70. It was her fourth time winning this event. Coble, of Augusta, Ga., made four birdies and sprinkled in two bogeys. It was a notable comeback from a first-round 77 that included too many bogeys.

“I had a little chat with myself and decided to have a different attitude and hopefully that would work,” Coble said of the change in mindset between the two rounds. Pictor, meanwhile, had rounds of 72-80 to finish at 8 over and five shots behind Coble. Pictor’s final-round included a quadruple-bogey 8 on the second hole and a string of bogeys on the back nine.

Coble’s and Pictor’s success is not just confined to the state level. Coble was runner-up at the 2009 U.S. Women’s Mid-Amateur, and just missed qualifying for this year’s Mid-Amateur. Pictor did qualify, and will play for the first time since 2014.

Cheryl Grigg of Sea Island, Ga., was third at 9 over followed by Susan Rheney of Greensboro, Ga., and Shelly White of Atlanta in a tie for fourth at 12 over.

Bobbie Suttler of Marietta, Ga., finished at 18 over (82-80) to win the super senior division by two shots over Ginette Spinucci of Stone Mountain, Ga.

About the Georgia Senior Women's Amateur

Familiar faces: Coble holds off Pictor at Georgia Women's Sr

Open to female amateur golfers age 50 and above as of the first day of the competition for the Championship or Senior Division or age 65 and above for the Super Senior Division Field: 132 player-maximum divided between elective Championship, Senior o...

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