Scramble champs: Wawonowin Country Club names winners of women’s, seniors golf tournaments
CHAMPION — Wawonowin Country Club recently crowned champions in two of its annual golf scrambles held at its Ely Township golf course.
On Aug. 1, Gary Richards and Steve Specker combined to shoot 63 and win the Two-Man Senior Scramble on a tiebreaker.
Then last Saturday, Karen Plaisier, Holly Canul and Polly Anderson teamed up for a six-stroke victory in the Three-Woman Scramble.
Here are more details about each event:
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Senior scramble
Richards and Specker were matched by Eric Spindler and Jeff McCall in shooting 63, but the former pair won their third championship in a row in this event after a tiebreaker countback on handicap holes.
Richards and Specker also won the 70-74-year-old age division, while Spindler and McCall were winners in the 50-59 division.
Other age-group winners included Joe Frustaglio and Dan Oja shooting 65 to take the 60-64 division; Mick Coduti and Dale Bayer, 68 in the 65-69 division; and Dennis Heikkila and Dennis Pairolero, 67 in the
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Women’s scramble
Plaisier, Canul and Anderson registered an impressive score of 62 as Marion Lindquist, Amy Johnson and Kathy Gagnon shot 68 as runners-up in a field of 44 teams.
Here are the flight winners — first flight: Wendy Schuelke, Donna Gunville and Faith Peterson, 72; second flight: Dee Bell, Connie Moffatt and Sandy Paaso, 75; third flight: Linda Derocher, Elizabeth Becker-King and Kristen Derocha, 78; fourth flight: Kris Ashley, Kelly Uren and Sally Carlson, 83; and fifth flight: Gail Hebein, Lindy Hillier and Donna Beauchaine, 87.
Information compiled by Journal Sports Editor Steve Brownlee. His email address is sbrownlee@miningjournal.net.