PALM BEACH GARDENS, Fla. – Elle Nachmann and Amelia Williams capture the Women’s Four-Ball Championship on Sunday at BallenIsles Country Club. Nachmann and Williams fired a final-round 63 to take home the win with a 16-under 128 for the championship on the South Course. This win marks the first FSGA championship for Williams, while Nachmann picks up her fifth FSGA victory and her second Four-Ball title.
Championship
Williams and Nachmann began the championship with a 7-under 65 in Saturday’s first round. The pair had seven birdies to finish the day tied with Karoline Tuttle and Xinyi (Iris) Wang.
The duo began the final round with a 1-under front nine, with a birdie from Nachmann on the fourth hole. Nachmann and Williams started the back nine with their only par on the back side on the 10th hole, and finished the championship with eight birdies on the last eight holes to card a final-round 63.
Williams and Nachmann secured the two-shot victory with a 16-under 128 for the championship. Tuttle and Wang took a runner-up finish at 14-under 130, after rounds of 65-65 for the championship. Tuttle carded the only eagle of the championship with a holed wedge from 130 yards on the par-4 15th. Angelica Holman and Brianna Castaldi used rounds of 71-69 to finish third at 4-under 140.
Mid-Amateur
Tara Joy-Connelly and Tara Fleming took home the win in the inaugural Mid-Amateur Division. Joy-Connelly and Fleming took the first-round lead on Saturday with an even par 72. The pair fired a final-round 68 to secure victory with a 4-under 140.
Middle
Patsy Ehret and Rebecca Rotter took home the win in the Middle Division after rounds of 70-71 to finish at 3-under 141. While Joy Passalacqua and Patricia Hughes-Gelardi used rounds of 67-65 to capture the net victory at 12-under 132.
Middle First
Jodi Vanhove and Patti Hutcheson clenched the victory in the Middle First Division with rounds of 77-71 finishing at 4-over 148. Lynda Dao-Vo and Patty Dailey took home the net win after firing rounds of 62-67 to finish at 15-under 129.
