The team of Nancy Vergara, of Key Biscayne, and Nicole Ferre, of Weston, battled through strong competition and a wet golf course to be crowned Women’s Four-Ball Champions at River Wilderness Golf & Country Club, in Parrish, August 1-2.
After a week of heavy rain it was a miracle that round one was able to begin and be completed on Saturday. Champions, Ferre and Vergara, stated that although the golf course conditions were wet, everyone had to play the same golf course and face the same challenges. The luck did not continue into Sunday’s round, round two, and due to unplayable course conditions after a rainstorm the Championship was cut to 18 holes. Round one scores would be used to determine the Women’s Four-Ball Champions!
The team of Nicole Ferre and Nancy Vergara did not let the wet golf course get in the way of shooting a six-under par 66 to capture the Championship division. Ferre and Vergara had experience playing as a team on the golf team at Barry University. The two friends stated that being teammates in college gave them “confidence due to knowing each other’s games”. Following close behind tied for second place, with a first round score of 68, were the teams of Megan Pollenz and Katie Veale, Madison Glennie and Haydyn Gibson, and Belinda George and Kelly Aylwin. Teammates Alison Reifers and Lynda Case finished in fifth place alone after a score of one-under par, 71.
In the Middle Division, the team of Susie Fonde, of Jacksonville, and Mary Hanyak, of Wellington, won by two strokes after a score of one-over par, 73. Tied for second place were teams of Sisi Hedges and Debbie MookSang and Sandy Frambes and Amy Palladino. Teammates Mourine White and Marianne Meola were victorious in the Forward Division. White, of Naples, and Meola, of Estero, won by two strokes over the team of Kay Waltman and Pegy Butts who finished in second place with a score of 81.
