Kim Eaton now has an even handful of titles when it comes to the CWGA Senior Stroke Play.
The Colorado Golf Hall of Famer dominated the 35th playing of the tournament this week at Mariana Butte Golf Course in Loveland, winning the event for the fifth time “” but the first since 2013.
On Tuesday, the margin of victory was 13 shots, giving her three wins by double digits in the tournament. She prevailed by 16 shots in 2012 and by 10 in 2013.
Tuesday’s victory gave the Mesa, Ariz., resident her third season sweep of the CWGA Senior Stroke Play and Senior Match Play. She also managed to pull off that feat in 2010 and ’13.
“It’s a big deal to win both (in the same year),” said the 58-year-old (pictured). “There’s some good players here and when you can win both, that kind of tells you really who the best senior is in Colorado.”
Overall, Tuesday’s CWGA title was the 24th of Eaton’s career, leaving her just one shy of Carol Flenniken’s record of 25.
“It means I’m a step closer,” said Eaton, who tentatively plans to compete in the Senior Match Play, Senior Stroke Play and Brassie in Colorado in 2018. “It means next year I could do it.”
Eaton followed up her 5-under-par 67 on Monday with a 3-over 75 on Tuesday, leaving her with a 2-under 142 total. The four-time U.S. Senior Women’s Amateur quarterfinalist made three birdies on Tuesday, including an impressive one from 8 feet on the final hole after hitting her approach with her feet in a fairway bunker and her ball in the rough. “That was probably the longest putt I made all week,” said Eaton, whose one major blemish of the final round was a triple-bogey 8 on the fifth hole. (Eaton is pictured at top receiving a high-five from playing partner Tiffany Maurycy on No. 18 on Tuesday.)
“I started out birdie-par-birdie and thought, “˜Maybe I can do as good as I did yesterday,'” said Eaton, a former police officer who won two gold medals and two silvers in golf last week in the World Police and Fire Games in Los Angeles. “But that 8 kind of derailed me.”
Kathy West of Castle Pines, who recently won the CWGA Brassie title with Christie Austin, finished runner-up on Tuesday in just her second CWGA championship. West carded the best score of the final round, a 74, to check in at 11-over-par 155.
It was a welcome result for West, who has undergone a fusion of vertebrae in her neck and two shoulder surgeries in recent years, and endured a very rough airplane landing in 2016 that set back her recovery.
“I’m really thankful that I’m even able to play golf,” said West, who splits her time between Tulsa, Okla., Castle Pines and Scottsdale, Ariz. “I’m not sure I was going to be able to play (following the surgeries). Today I had it going. It was so much fun. This was probably was one of the best (ball)-striking rounds I’ve had since I had my surgeries. And it was in a tournament, which makes it better.
“It was a really good tournament for me. (The airplane situation) screwed up my neck again and so I had to start all over again getting healthy. This is only the second individual event for me since over a year ago. That’s one reason I’m kind of proud of (the result).”
Mary Doyen of Denver, the 2011 champion, came in third at 156 after a closing 76. (Pictured, from left, are Doyen, Eaton and West.) And two-time winner and Colorado Golf Hall of Famer Lynn Zmistowski of Boulder was fourth at 157 after an 80 on Tuesday.
Maurycy, who had been in second place after Monday, self-reported signing an incorrect scorecard in the first round and was disqualified.
The gross score champions in the other flights were: Linda Raunig (First Flight, 74 82″“156); Patricia Sato (Second Flight, 83-79″“162); Peggy Puckett (Third Flight, 86-80″“166); Claudia Gallegos (Fourth Flight, 85 87″“172); Ann Scarry (Fifth Flight, 91-85″“176); Insook Bhushan (Sixth Flight, 87-97″“184); and Lucille Carroll (Seventh Flight, 93-96″“189).
The net flight winners were Doyen (Championship Flight, 73-69″“142); Linda Raunig (First Flight, 64-72″“136); Donna Edelen (Second Flight, 69-69″“138); Peggy Puckett (Third Flight, 70-64″“134); Claudia Gallegos (Fourth Flight, 68-70″“138); Ann Scarry (Fifth Flight, 70-64″“134); Insook Bhushan (Sixth Flight, 64-74″“138); Lucille Carroll (Seventh Flight, 64-67″“131).
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CWGA Senior Stroke Play
At Par-72 Mariana Butte GC in Loveland
GROSS SCORES
Championship Flight
Kim Eaton 67 75 “” 142
Kathy West 81 74 “” 155
Mary Doyen 80 76 “” 156
Lynn Zmistowski 77 80 “” 157
Kelly Martin 77 82 “” 159
Christie Austin 77 83 “” 160
Katherine Moore-Lilly 81 80 “” 161
Kathy Malpass 82 80 “” 162
Lisa Lee 84 81 “” 165
Sandra Bickel 79 86 “” 165
Meghan Christensen 84 82 “” 166
Debra Woolf 85 82 “” 167
Nina Dulacki 82 85 “” 167
Laurie Steenrod 86 85 “” 171
Pam Ryan 88 85 “” 173
Tiffany Maurycy DQ
First Flight
Linda Raunig 74 82 “” 156
Jane Ford 78 79 “” 157
Jennifer Hocking 80 78 “” 158
Jill Kirkpatrick 82 76 “” 158
LeAnna Rosenow 80 78 “” 158
Nancy Werkmeister 83 81 “” 164
Louise Lyle 83 81 “” 164
Patty Smogor 83 81 “” 164
Mary Lou Grooms 80 85 “” 165
Kathleen Johnson 81 85 “” 166
Kate Connor 83 84 “” 167
Dee Baker 86 83 “” 169
Phyllis Emrich 84 85 “” 169
Second Flight
Patricia Sato 83 79 “” 162
Donna Edelen 82 82 “” 164
Pam Cortez 84 83 “” 167
Karen Leuschel 83 84 “” 167
Mariko Coplin 83 86 “” 169
Wendy Atkinson 81 89 “” 170
Kay Geitner 82 89 “” 171
Kimalee Hull 89 83 “” 172
Myoungsoon Kim 86 86 “” 172
Patricia Swanson 87 85 “” 172
Valerie Hunter 83 90 “” 173
Sue Dischner 86 88 “” 174
Karen Chase 89 87 “” 176
Debra Bolke 95 89 “” 184
Maggie Brindley 94 95 “” 189
Chris Jansen WD
Tina Johnson WD
Third Flight
Peggy Puckett 86 80 “” 166
Karin Hathaway 80 89 “” 169
Hee Chung 85 84 “” 169
Anne Cadden 82 88 “” 170
Berta Thimmig 87 83 “” 170
Barbara Mcduffie 86 87 “” 173
Dot Lindsey 90 83 “” 173
Janine Lowe 84 90 “” 174
Vicki Porter 84 90 “” 174
Pam Levkulich 88 91 “” 179
Darlene Evans 89 90 “” 179
Suzanne Wibby 92 89 “” 181
Suzanne Kanaly 89 93 “” 182
Kathryn Davis 91 92 “” 183
Jean Melaragno 93 91 “” 184
Jennifer Tempas 94 93 “” 187
Lea Croghan 98 92 “” 190
Fourth Flight
Claudia Gallegos 85 87 “” 172
Pam Hauck 85 88 “” 173
Pat O’Connor 90 87 “” 177
Joni Hornbeck 90 89 “” 179
Amy Hicks 86 93 “” 179
Paula Sinn-Penfold 89 91 “” 180
Deborah Sturm 92 89 “” 181
Kate Laudon 93 88 “” 181
Jenny Elliott 87 95 “” 182
Judy Maillis 91 94 “” 185
Peggy Bauer 93 93 “” 186
Paulette Engrav 101 95 “” 196
Irene Stein 103 100 “” 203
Fifth Flight
Ann Scarry 91 85 “” 176
Sharon Thiel 91 87 “” 178
Linda Yamaguchi 93 86 “” 179
Juna Orr 89 93 “” 182
Cindy Ortega 95 87 “” 182
Mary Goulart 91 93 “” 184
Connie Garcia 91 94 “” 185
Amber Leis 104 84 “” 188
Sammy Scoma 95 94 “” 189
Dee Riedel 99 91 “” 190
Kim Normandin 100 90 “” 190
Sue Knutson 104 89 “” 193
Veronica Crain 100 96 “” 196
Carol Jessop 101 101 “” 202
Deb Stratton 100 110 “” 210
Sixth Flight
Insook Bhushan 87 97 “” 184
Beverly Byer 94 92 “” 186
Rochelle Tisdale 94 92 “” 186
Becky Finger 97 90 “” 187
Susan Elliott 102 91 “” 193
JoAnn Barbour 97 97 “” 194
Bunny Ambrose 96 100 “” 196
Betty-Ann Wittenberg 101 96 “” 197
Vickie Bajtelsmit 100 101 “” 201
Laura Laux 106 98 “” 204
Sandy McChesney 103 101 “” 204
Rachel Maes 100-WD
Seventh Flight
Lucille Carroll 93 96 “” 189
Barbara Bender 96 96 “” 192
Marcia Hall 99 95 “” 194
Nancy Loftus 101 98 “” 199
Kathy Flynn 101 99 “” 200
Woody Hagin 102 98 “” 200
Susie Goldberg 105 100 “” 205
Cheri Wallace 101 105 “” 206
Kathy Mansueto 101 106 “” 207
JoAnn Smith 105 103 “” 208
Dolly Moreno 107 104 “” 211
Deanna Messerli 107 109 “” 216
Lesley Ackerman 110 113 “” 223
