In the Super-Senior Championship Divison, Patricia Hughes-Gelardi, of Palm Beach Gardens won by seven strokes after rounds of 77-92 for a tournament total 169. Patricia was only score in the 70’s in her division after round one and never let the lead out of her sight! Kathy Baker and Nancy Jackson finished tied for second with a 176 tournament total. This marks Hughes- Gelardi’s first FSGA Championship win.
BELLEAIR, FL (April 6, 2016)--Despite a steady wind,
there was not a cloud in the sky at Belleair Country
Club as the top senior women teed it up for two rounds
of tough competition. After round one there was a tight
race at the top of the leaderboard in the Championship
division. Mary Jane Hiestand, two-time winner of the
Championship in 2013 and 2014, took the early lead
and never moved from that position. Hiestand, of
Naples posted a first round of two over-par, 74 to lead
over Gigi Higgins, of Cape Coral by one stroke. Higgins
and Hiestand posted the same score in round two, 83,
but Hiestand’s first round kept her in first place with a
157 tournament total. Hiestand commented on her
second round stating, “ I just never got my rhythm
today and struggled in the wind. Yesterday my tempo
was so much better and it seemed so easy to play the
course as it was meant to be played”. Tied for second,
at a 158 tournament total was Gigi Higgins and Sydney
Wells. Marion Reid and Sarah Phillips-Durst had two
identical days on the golf course both posting rounds of
81-78 to tie for fourth place with Therese Quinn who
simply reversed the scores, 78-81, for a tournament
total 159.