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Florida in Second after Round
One of SWATCA
Bluegrass Yacht & Country Club
in Hendersonville, Tennessee
will host the 14th Southeastern
Women’s Amateur Team
Championship on October 30 –
November 2, 2006. SWATCA invited
teams from Alabama, Florida,
Mississippi, North Carolina and
Tennessee to compete this year.
The winner is determined by the
team earning the highest number
of points at the end of 3
rounds. The rounds are a
four-ball match play, a foursome
match play, and a singles match
played over the three days. A
match win is one point while a
tie earns ½ point to each side.
Each day’s matches are drawn the
night before in a blind draw
among the states and teams.
Eight players from each team
compete in a round. One player
is selected by the captain to
sit out each round.
Captain Sarah Phillips team was:
Nancy Smith, Taffy Brower, Diane
Lang, Reggie Parker, Terrell
Italiano, MJ Heistand, Ann
Pohira, Sisi Hedges, and Suzy
Strock.
The first day of competition,
Four-Ball match play, ended with
Florida in second place behind
Alabama earning 3 points for the
day. Individual Florida
player’s results were: Diane
Lang and Taffy Brower won their
match 5 and 4 over Betty Palmer
and Lucie King of Alabama.
Terrell Italiano and Suzy Strock
won 5 and 3 over Elsa Foley and
Jane Gatlin of Mississippi. Ann
Pohira and Sisi Hedges lost 7
and 6 to Debbie Adams and Sharon
Barham of North Carolina. Reggie
Parker and Nancy Smith halved
their match with Tennessee.
Wednesday, November 1st matches
will be as follows:
Diane Lang and MJ
Heistand at 9:30 AM
Terrell Italiano and Suzy Strock
at 9:00 AM
Nancy Smith and Sisi Hedges at
10:30 AM
Taffy Brower and Ann Pohira at
10:20 AM
Florida Tied for Second after
Round Two of SWATCA
Hendersonville,
TN – In the second day of the
SWATCA foursome competition,
Florida is tied for second place
behind Alabama who earned
another three points and lead
for day two with six total
points. The Florida team of
Taffy Brower and Ann Pohira as
well as Diane Lang and Mary Jane
Heistand both won their matches.
Terrell Italiano and Suzy Strock
lost their match to North
Carolina. Nancy Smith and Sisi
Hedges played Tennessee and lost
their match. At the end of day
two, Florida left the day with a
total of two points. On
Wednesday, November 2nd,
will be the beginning of
individual match play. The tee
times and pairings are still
unknown.
Final Results as of Tuesday,
October 31, 2006:
Alabama - 6 points
Florida - 4 ½ points
North Carolina - 4 ½ points
Tennessee - 3 ½ points
Mississippi - 1 ½ points
Florida Takes Third at SWATCA
Hendersonville,
TN – In home stretch of the
SWATCA matches, Tennessee
emerged victorious winning a 7
out of 8 matches to take the
championship with a total of 10
½ points. Not far behind was
North Carolina in second with a
total of 9 ½ points and Florida
in third with 9 points.
Individual match play results
are as follows: Reggie
Parker, Ann Pohira, Diane Lang
and Mary Jane Hiestand all won
their matches. Terrell Italiano
halved her match. Taffy Brower,
Suzy Strock and Sisi Hedges lost
their matches. The 2007 SWATCA
matches will be hosted in
Florida next year. For more
information on the SWATCA
championship, contact the FWSGA
offices at (813) 864-2130 or
www.fwsga.org. |
