LUFKIN, TX (April 26, 2016) - Lyn Jones and Liza
Robinson of Houston completed their wire-to-wire
victory in the Women’s Partnership at Crown Colony
Country Club.
The Women’s Partnership is a two-player team
tournament with both balls counting on each hole.
Points earned by each partner will be combined for the
team total based on the quota established by their
handicaps. The team score is made up of the difference
between points earned by the players and their quotas
for the round.
Jones and Robinson combined to make one birdie
and eight pars in the second round on Tuesday, giving
the Houston duo three birdies in 36 holes and 16 total
pars. Jones and Robinson won the overall
championship by half a point over Meghan Christensen
and Carol Turnage with a team total of nine.
The Women’s Partnership was made up of five
different flights separated by combined player
handicaps as well as the overall champion.
Houston’s Christensen and Anna’s Turnage won
the First Flight of the tournament. Christensen and
Turnage added 7.5 to their two-day total to finish with
8.5 overall. Christensen made two birdies and eight
pars in her second round, while Turnage made nine
pars of her own. Debbie Meyer and Alice Randall
finished second in the First Flight, while Marian Barker
and Dana Ward finished third.
Tina Macdonald of Dallas and Dorinda Boyd of
Tyler won the Second Flight. Macdonald and Boyd
combined to play the par 3s at even-par on Tuesday,
with Boyd making a birdie on the 17th hole. Linda
Jackman of Montgomery and Olivia Campbell of
Franklin finished second in the Second Flight, while Sis
Singletary and Alli Jarrett of Houston won third place in
the flight. Singletary and Jarrett teamed up to win this
event in 2005 at The Hills Country Club’s Flintrock
Falls.
Flight Three’s winners were Patricia Walters of
Sealy and Tani Traver of Montgomery, who combined
for a score of 5.5. Traver surpassed her quota in the
Second Round by 6.5 points to help lead her team to
victory in the flight. Gerrie Donovan and Phyllis Allman
of The Woodlands finished second in the flight, while
Lufkin’s Connie Kennedy and Jan Kingham finished
third in the flight.
Lufkin’s Gayle Brent and Jacksonville’s Ella
McGaughey won the Fourth Flight with a team total of
seven. Brent made a birdie on the 320-yard second
hole, while McGaughey made three straight pars on
holes No. 11-13. Trophy Club’s Dianne Roberts and
Fort Worth’s Ethel Wright, who are two-time winners of
this event, finished second in the Fourth Flight, while
Margie Barlow and Linda Wilson of Montgomery
finished third in the flight.
Louise Hite of Kingwood and Brenda Candelet of
Houston won the Fifth Flight of the Women’s
Partnership. Hite surpassed her quota on Tuesday by
4.5 points to help get her team’s total to five after 36
holes. Julie Zeagler and Joan Meyer of Lufkin finished
second in the Fifth Flight, while Lucinda Cowan and
Margie Abernathy of Longview finished third.
Two of the five players who have pledged to play
100 Holes of Women’s Competition in support of the
Breaking 100 program completed 36 of their pledged
holes. Nannette Wheelis from Waco made three pars
and a birdie in the Second Round, while Chris Meadows
of Plano made four pars on Tuesday. Wheelis has now
played 72 holes in 2016, while Meadows has played her
first 36.
This is the fifth time Crown Colony Country Club
has hosted a Women’s Texas Golf Association
Championship, including two State Amateur
Championships in 2007 and 1989. This was the first
year that Crown Colony CC has hosted the Women’s
Partnership.
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Texas Women's Partnership
45 holes of Round Robin Net Four-Ball Match Play.
Two competitors play as partners in a 9-hole match
against two other competitors playing as partners,
with each player playing her own ball. The lowest net
score of the partners is the score for the hole. Each
hole will be worth 2 points, a tie will be worth 1
point. The team with the most points after the 45
holes will be the flight winner. The teams will be pre-
flighted into flights of six (6) based on the combined
team handicap index. Maximum spread of partners’
index of 8.0 will be used for the purpose of creating
flights and scoring. Entries are open to female
amateur golfers with a certified WHS Handicap
Index.
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