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Florida's Taffy Brower Wins
Women's Southern Amateur
Fort Smith Arkansas- Florida
Women’s State Golf Association
member Taffy Brower won the
Women’s Southern Golf
Association Amateur Championship
May 28, 2004 held in Fort Smith
Arkansas. Brower defeated
Carolyn Creekmore 5 & 4 in the
final match play round. Brower
shot a qualifying round of 77 to
enter her into the Championship
Flight.
The Women’s Southern Golf
Association dates back to May
15, 1911. The WSGA Amateur
Championship has since been an
annual event except for the war
years 1918 and 1942-45. The
area of membership as voted in
1928 still compromises the 15
Southern States: Alabama,
Arkansas, Florida, Georgia,
Kentucky, Louisiana, Maryland,
Mississippi, North Carolina,
Oklahoma, South Carolina,
Tennessee, Texas, Virginia, West
Virginia, and the District of
Columbia. Through the years,
the WSGA has had many Curtis Cup
team members and captains.
Numerous players have also moved
on to the pro ranks.
Brower who is from Boynton
Beach, Florida, joined many
other Florida Women’s State Golf
Association members who competed
in the event: Charlotte
Campbell, Mary Ann Plunket, Tobi
Probst, Ann Pohira, Marci
Likens, and Jo Ann Sluder.
Brower competed against a field
of 96 to become the 89th
WSGA Champion. Along the way
Brower defeated Carol Turnage in
the first round, Charlotte
Campbell 3 &2 in the second
round, Carol Driscoll 4& 3 in
the quarterfinals, and Jena
Johnson 1 up in the semifinal
match to go on her way to defeat
Carolyn Creekmore 5 & 4 in the
final match. The tournament was
held May 24-28, 2004 at
Hardscrabble Country Club.
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