2008 Greater Atlanta Women’s Amateur Championship

Lee Runs Away with Title at Greater Atlanta Women's Amateur Championship

LAWRENCEVILLE, Ga. – Alina Lee of Athens fired a final-round 71 to secure victory at the 39th annual Greater Atlanta Women's Amateur Championship, which was held at Northwood Country Club, May 20-22. Riverdale's Mariah Stackhouse, who began the day one shot off Lee's pace, bogeyed three of her first five holes and finished six shots behind in second place. Hartwell's Anna Rogers posted a final-round 75 to finish tied for third position with first flight winner, Cherry Lewis of Covington.

"I really struck the ball well today," Lee explained. "Then I started making putts, I just scored. The biggest thing was just staying out of trouble. I never really put myself in a bad place."

Lee, 17, recorded bogeys on her third and fourth holes of the day and Stackhouse, who had posted bogeys at holes two and three kept pace. Things began to slide away from Stackhouse, however, when she failed to convert a short par putt on the 352-yard fifth.

"I just could not putt today," Stackhouse commented. "I left a few short and missed some putts that I really should have made."

The duo exchanged birdies on the sixth hole, a 333-yard par-4, but birdies at on the eighth, ninth and tenth holes by Lee allowed her to post a one-under-par score on the outward nine and pull away from the field.

"That's really where everything started for me today," said Lee of her play on holes six through ten. "That was the turning point. I started get putts to fall and then I knew that I just needed to play solid golf the rest of the way."

Stackhouse, 13, could not keep pace as she posted bogeys at 11 and 12 and Lee carded another birdie at of her own at 12. Rogers, who had begun the day just three shots off the lead, lost two strokes on the front nine and then faded away with bogeys at 12, 13 and 15.

Three-time past champion, Laura Coble of Augusta, posted a final-round 75 to climb back into fifth position with a tournament total of 232. Leesburg's Abby Fitzgerald, a member of the Kennesaw State University women's golf squad, carded a final-round 76 to finish sixth overall. In seventh place was Metter's Tess Fordham at 234. Alone in eighth position, at 236, was Anna Keith of Moultrie. Lauren Darnell of Gainesville, who plays college golf at Stetson University, posted a three-day total of 239 to finish ninth. Rounding out the top ten was Lilburn's Kimberly Graff at 241.

Sue King of Chatsworth took home the Senior Award as the low senior player to play from the championship tees. King strung together scores of 83, 88 and and final-round 79 to win the award.

Other flight winners include: 2nd flight – Jennifer King of Smyrna (247); 3rd flight – Danielle Davis of Saint Simons Island (232); 4th flight – Resaca's Rochelle Weaver (253); 5th flight – JoAnn Setliffe of Woodstock (265).

The field of 54 players was divided into six flights based on handicap index. The championship through second flights played from 6,038 yards as a par-71 and were eligible for the overall title. The third through fifth flights played from 5,307 yards at a par of 71.

Final Results

Top Ten Overall
1 Alina Lee, Athens 74 77 71 222 9
2 Mariah Stackhouse, Riverdale 73 79 75 227 14
T3 Anna Rogers, Hartwell 75 79 75 229 16
T3 Cherry Lewis, Covington 76 77 76 229 16
5 Laura Coble, Augusta 78 79 75 232 19
6 Abby Fitzgerald, Leesburg 82 75 76 233 20
7 Tess Fordham, Metter 80 76 78 234 21
8 Anna Keith, Moultrie 81 76 79 236 23
9 Lauren Darnell, Gainesville 84 77 78 239 26
10 Kimberly Graff, Lilburn 84 77 80 241 28

 

Championship Flight
1 Alina Lee, Athens 74 77 71 222 9
2 Mariah Stackhouse, Riverdale 73 79 75 227 14
3 Anna Rogers, Hartwell 75 79 75 229 16
4 Laura Coble, Augusta 78 79 75 232 19
5 Tess Fordham, Metter 80 76 78 234 21
6 Anna Keith, Moultrie 81 76 79 236 23
T7 Sarah M Mooney, Augusta 80 85 77 242 29
T7 Susan Rheney, Greensboro 79 86 77 242 29
9 Kaley Branton, Cartersville 79 84 85 248 35

 

First Flight
1 Cherry Lewis, Covington 76 77 76 229 16
2 Abby Fitzgerald, Leesburg 82 75 76 233 20
3 Lauren Darnell, Gainesville 84 77 78 239 26
4 Kimberly Graff, Lilburn 84 77 80 241 28
5 Cherishton Brett, Stockbridge 86 76 82 244 31
6 Lynne Laseter, Madison 78 89 80 247 34
7 Jane Duggan, Atlanta 80 86 86 252 39
8 Mary Riley, Perry 88 91 85 264 51

 

Second Flight
1 Jennifer King, Smyrna 81 82 84 247 34
2 Sue King, Chatsworth 83 88 79 250 37
T3 Darlene Werhnyak, Lawrenceville 86 85 84 255 42
T3 Maria Johnson, Jesup 90 83 82 255 42
5 Jackie Sexton, Cumming 87 88 82 257 44
6 Liz Butler, Columbus 81 91 89 261 48
7 Leslie Elkins, Roswell 87 89 86 262 49
8 Claudeen Lindberg, Atlanta 90 86 87 263 50

 

Third Flight
1 Danielle Davis, Saint Simons 80 75 77 232 19
2 Ginette Spinucci, Stone Mountain 80 77 78 235 22
3 Jodie Shepard, Newnan 77 87 83 247 34
4 Jean Dawson, Suwanee 82 83 85 250 37
5 Marci Morettini, Alpharetta 88 83 81 252 39
6 Belinda Marsh, Alpharetta 79 86 89 254 41
7 Alice Richardson, Alpharetta 83 93 83 259 46
8 Donnie Faucette, Big Canoe 85 91 85 261 48
9 Patricia Doub, Duluth 96 86 105 287 74

 

Fourth Flight
1 Rochelle Weaver, Resaca 86 85 82 253 40
2 Marilyn Nolan- Johnson, Marietta 90 85 80 255 42
3 Lea Wilson, Atlanta 82 89 86 257 44
T4 Deana Atkins, Dacula 82 99 77 258 45
T4 Louise Beaudoin, Alpharetta 85 90 83 258 45
6 Jill Reichelderfer, Lilburn 83 90 86 259 46
7 Eleanor Kirkland, Stockbridge 91 91 86 268 55
T8 Irene Doehring, Cumming 93 89 89 271 58
T8 Touk Varney, Hoschton 89 92 90 271 58

 

Fifth Flight
1 JoAnn Setliffe, Woodstock 88 92 85 265 52
2 Patti Karst, Smyrna 86 102 83 271 58
3 Gayle Gibson, Dacula 86 94 92 272 59
4 Carole Cavanaugh, Sharpsburg 92 90 93 275 62
5 Betty Rich, Villa Rica 90 102 90 282 69
6 Ann Young, Big Canoe 98 97 90 285 72
7 Janet Norris, Eatonton 84 105 101 290 77
8 Annie Law Ma, Kennesaw 95 99 102 296 83
9 Sue Marshall, Marietta 97 106 102 305 92