SARASOTA, Fla. – It was Sherry Herman who raised the trophy at the final FSGA women’s championship. Herman took home the win on Wednesday at the Women's Senior Amateur Match Play Championship at Laurel Oak Country Club.
The championship began on Monday morning with an 18-hole stroke-play seeding round. Carolina Hart, the 2019 runner-up, earned medalist honors with a 1-over 73.
The match play portion of the championship began on Tuesday morning with the Round of 16. Hart picked up the biggest win of the morning, defeating Lynn Scully, 9 and 8. Herman, the No. 3 seed, also picked up a dominating victory over Karin-Joyce Tjon, 7 and 6. Kathy Glennon defeated Susan Cohn, the 2020 Women’s Senior Amateur champion, 1 up, to advance to the quarter finals.
On Tuesday afternoon, competitors teed it up for the quarterfinal matches. Mary Jane Hiestand, the seven-time FSGA Senior Player of the Year, picked up a 5-and-4 win against Kim Keyer-Scott. Herman earned another big win to advance, defeating Sarah Phillips-Durst, 7 and 6. Hart took the 1-up win against Culver to move on to the semifinals, while Glennon won 2-and-1 against Gigi Higgins.
Herman and Glennon faced off in the championship match on Wednesday afternoon. Glennon took the first lead of the day on the seventh hole, before extend her lead to 2 up on the ninth. Herman won back-to-back holes on the 14th and 15th to tie the match back up.
Herman drained a 30-foot birdie putt to go 1 up on the 17th with one hole left to play. The Palm Beach Gardens resident bogeyed the final hole to secure the 2-up victory, her first FSGA championship win.
Therese Quinn was victorious in the Championship First bracket, defeating Tama Caldabaugh, 4 and 3. In the Championship Second Bracket, Kim Childress defeated Christine Hunt, 4 and 3.
The Middle Division saw Mary Ann Modrak and Patricia Hughes-Gelardi advance to the final match, where Modrak earned the victory, 7 and 5. Ruth Averback and Kathy Fleser faced off in the final match of the Forward Division. Averback took home the win with a 5-and-3 victory against Fleser. In the Middle First Flight, Dorothy Johnson defeated Connie Rummel 1 up while Victoria Goitz defeated Marcy Reman 4 & 2 to secure the Forward First Flight.
