Kim Eaton keeps checking things off her victory “to do” list.
The latest tournament to get marked off came Sunday when the Colorado Golf Hall of Famer teamed up with Tami Holt to win the CWGA Chapman Championship at Holt’s home club of Rifle Creek Golf Course in Rifle.
Actually, this one was more of a runaway than a contest as Eaton and Holt shot an impressive 2-under-par 69 Sunday for a two-day total of 3-over 145. That was good for a 14-stroke victory over Sally Lawrence of Broken Tee Englewood and Liz Kennedy of Tiara Rado, who closed with a 77. Mary Doyen of Foothills and Vicki Porter of CommonGround took third at 161.
For Eaton, it was her 18th CWGA championship, but her first win in the Chapman. (She’s pictured above at right with Holt.)
“It feels great,” said Eaton, who plays statewide tournament golf in both Colorado and Arizona. “This one I hadn’t won yet — it was only the second time I had played — so it was nice to get this one.”
For the record, Eaton has won four CWGA Stroke Plays, one Match Play, one Junior Match Play, two Senior Stroke Plays, one Senior Match Play, one Chapman, one Mashie, one Mixed and six Brassies.
Speaking of the Brassie, Eaton and Holt teamed up last year to claim that title, which was Holt’s first in CWGA championships. For CWGA title No. 2, Holt had the pleasure of playing at her home course of Rifle Creek.
“That makes it very special, and to play with Kim is a treat,” the Glenwood Springs resident said. “But this is a tough format. It took some time to get used to it the first day (Saturday).”
The Chapman features a two-person team format in which both players tee off, they hit one another’s balls for the second shot, then they pick one ball to play — alternately — into the hole.
In other words, both players contribute significantly to how the team fares.
“You put more pressure on yourself to hit good shots,” Eaton said. “You don’t want to put your partner in a bad position.”
Said Holt: “You feel bad if you don’t hit a (good) shot. That makes it tougher mentally. But we threw out 69 today, which is pretty amazing. Kim is just sturdy, but I pulled out some shots today too.”
Indeed, after a first-round gross score of 76, the two seemed to have the hang of it on Sunday with their 69, which included four birdies.
For Eaton, it was her second statewide win of the year following shoulder surgery over the winter. She won the Arizona Women’s Golf Association Senior Match Play earlier.
GROSS RESULTS
Championship Flight
Eaton/ Holt — 76-69–145
Lawrence/ Kennedy — 82-77–159
Doyen/ Porter — 80-81–161
Davis/ Christensen — 84-86–170
McVay/ VanZee — 85-88–173
Lee/ Stypula — 88-86–174
First Flight
Cohen/ Kline — 77-76–153
Irons/ Wenger — 80-84–164
Morong/ Schell — 80-84–164
Wallace/ Rossi — 87-79–166
Wells/ Chase — 86-82–168
O’Shea/ Ware — 86-83–169
Cortez/ Knutson — 85-86–171
Walker/ Heustis — 86-90–176
Tafuri/ Horner — 87-90–177
Second Flight
Puckett/ Miner — 83-83–166
Golden/ Johnson — 90-87–177
Lowe/ Childs — 86-91–177
Rock/ Decker — 87-90–177
Buerger/ Robertson — 90-89–179
Carter/ Buttrick — 92-88–180
Ward/ Garcia — 91-91–182
Kuntz/ Sykes — 99-86–185
O’Connor/ Stein — 96-90–186
Storlie/ Thiel — 96-91–187
Begler/ Laux — 102-93–195
Pagliano/ Bullis — 115-109–224
Gosche/ Kelsey — 91-WD
Third Flight
Lowther/ Riley — 91-85–176
Bunning/ Fleming — 88-89–177
Lindsey/ Thimmig — 89-91–180
Loveland/ Powell — 90-91–181
Adkison/ VanCleave — 99-83–182
Dunham/ Hall — 89-94–183
Workman/ Godfrey — 96-90–186
McPheron/ Warren — 98-89–187
De Pinto/ Christiano — 94-95–189
Elliott/ Cole — 97-92–189
Sinn-Penfold/ Penfold — 93-96–189
Cody/ Doubek — 92-100–192
Edelen/ Finger — 94-98–192
Fourth Flight
Rojas/ Turner — 100-89–189
Ambrose/ Schnitzer — 92-99–191
Curely/ Lechtenberg — 100-98–198
Graff/ Bender — 101-97–198
Bergamo/ Schutz — 100-102–202
McDowell/ Essig — 102-103–205
Wilson/ Henry — 108-97–205
Freyer/ Heath — 105-101–206
Elliott/ Deines — 103-106–209
Johnson/ Kluck — 105-104–209
Heggie/ Hollman — 110-107–217
Gilbert/ Finlay — 109-DQ
NET RESULTS
Championship Flight
Eaton/ Holt — 74-67–141
Doyen/ Porter — 72-73–145
Lawrence/ Kennedy — 75-70–145
Lee/ Stypula — 80-78–158
McVay/ VanZee — 78-81–159
Davis/ Christensen — 80-82–162
First Flight
Cohen/ Kline — 68-67–135
O’Shea/ Ware — 73-70–143
Morong/ Schell — 70-74–144
Irons/ Wenger — 71-75–146
Wells/ Chase — 75-71–146
Cortez/ Knutson — 73-74–147
Wallace/ Rossi — 78-70–148
Tafuri/ Horner — 74-77–151
Walker/ Heustis — 76-80–156
Second Flight
Puckett/ Miner — 69-69–138
Golden/ Johnson — 73-70–143
Lowe/ Childs — 71-76–147
Buerger/ Robertson — 75-74–149
Rock/ Decker — 73-76–149
Kuntz/ Sykes — 82-69–151
Carter/ Buttrick — 78-74–152
O’Connor/ Stein — 79-73–152
Ward/ Garcia — 76-76–152
Storlie/ Thiel — 79-74–153
Begler/ Laux — 87-78–165
Pagliano/ Bullis — 100-94–194
Gosche/ Kelsey — 76-WD
Third Flight
Lowther/ Riley — 72-66–138
Bunning/ Fleming — 70-71–141
Loveland/ Powell — 70-71–141
Lindsey/ Thimmig — 71-73–144
Workman/ Godfrey — 75-69–144
McPheron/ Warren — 77-68–145
Adkison/ VanCleave — 81-65–146
Dunham/ Hall — 71-76–147
Sinn-Penfold/ Penfold — 73-76–149
De Pinto/ Christiano — 75-76–151
Elliott/ Cole — 79-74–153
Cody/ Doubek — 73-81–154
Edelen/ Finger — 75-79–154
Fourth Flight
Rojas/ Turner — 78-67–145
Freyer/ Heath — 75-71–146
Ambrose/ Schnitzer — 70-77–147
Curely/ Lechtenberg — 77-75–152
McDowell/ Essig — 76-77–153
Graff/ Bender — 79-75–154
Bergamo/ Schutz — 78-80–158
Elliott/ Deines — 78-81–159
Wilson/ Henry — 86-75–161
Heggie/ Hollman — 84-81–165
Johnson/ Kluck — 83-82–165
Gilbert/ Finlay — 79-DQ
