WELLINGTON, Fla. — Ina Kim and Meghan Stasi captured the win at the 72nd Women’s International Four-Ball Championship on Thursday at The Wanderers Club. The pair shot a pair of 69s during the two-day event to finish at 6-under 138.
This was Stasi’s fifth International Four-Ball victory and her first since 2014, when she won with partner Tara Joy-Connelly. Kim was a first-time winner.
Three teams were tied at the top of the leaderboard following the first round on Wednesday. Kim and Stasi, Katie Miller and Lauren Greenlief, and Megan Buck and Shannon Johnson all posted a 3-under 69 in the first round.
Defending champions Miller and Greenlief pulled into an early lead on Thursday, after a birdie on the second hole by Miller. The pair carded a bogey-free front nine to hold the lead heading into the final nine. Johnson, the 2018 U.S. Mid-Amateur champion, birdied the 10th hole to put her and Buck into a tie for first place.
Kim and Stasi made the turn at 2-over on the day after bogeys on the eighth and ninth holes.
The two Florida natives recorded six birdies to propel themselves back to the top of the leaderboard. Stasi birdied the 10th hole, while Kim went on a run, birding five of the next seven holes.
The pair bogeyed the 18th to post a final-round 69 and secure the win.
Miller and Greenlief took second place, finishing with a 4-under 140, while Buck and Johnson took third place at 2-under 142.
In the middle division, Christine Martin and Patrisa Handley took home first place, carding a 9-over 153. The pair shot a 6-over 78 in the first round and secured the win with a 3-over 75 in the final round.
Jennifer Fox and Patti Petersen were victorious in the middle first division, finishing the championship with a 19-over 163. Fox and Petersen posted a 6-over 78 on Wednesday and finished with a 13-over 85.
