NAPLES, Fla. – Terrill Samuel and Taffy Brower raised the trophy at the Women’s Senior Amateur Championship on Wednesday at Eagle Creek Golf & Country Club. Samuel went wire-to-wire to capture the two-stroke victory in the Senior Division at 5-over 221. Brower earned the Super-Senior Division at 16-over 159.
This victory marked Samuel’s first Women’s Senior Amateur win, while Brower, who won the Women’s Senior in 2008, picked up her first Super-Senior victory.
Senior Division
Samuel began the championship with an even-par 72 in Monday’s first round to take a two-shot lead at the top of leaderboard. Her first-round 72 was the only even-par or better round for the championship.
The Boynton Beach resident held onto her lead in the second round, carding a second-round 76 to sit at 4-over 148 for the championship and sit two shots ahead of the field.
Samuel got off to a slow start in the final with a triple bogey on the fourth hole. She turned it around with two birdies on the seventh and the ninth to move to 1 over for the day. She closed out the day with an even-par back side to card n final-round 73 to secure the victory at 5-over 221
Mary Jane Hiestand took home runner-up finish, finishing the championship at 7-over 223. The four-time Senior Amateur winner posted rounds of 77-73-73. Susan Cohn used rounds of 75-77-76 to finish third at 12-over 228.
Super-Senior Division
Brower started the championship with a 9-over 81 in Tuesday’s first round. The Boynton Beach native finished the day two shots back of the first-round leader, Christine Hunt.
Brower got the final round started with a 4-over front side. She finished the day with a 2 over on the second nine with a birdie to card a final-round 78 and earn the three-shot victory.
She is the first player to win both a Women’s Senior Amateur and Women’s Super-Senior title in FSGA history, capturing the Women’s Senior Amateur in 2008.
Vilma Sapp finished three shots back of Brower in second place at 19-over 162, while Sandie St. Ogne took third place at 20-over 163.