Thriving Out West

In the same year she qualified for the inaugural U.S. Senior Women’s Open and tied for second at the Colorado PGA Professional Championship, Sherry Andonian-Smith scored a significant victory on Wednesday by winning the 36-hole Colorado PGA West Chapter Championship at Aspen Glen Club in Carbondale.

The victory was her second in three years at the West Chapter Championship, with her 2016 win also coming at Aspen Glen. This year, the showing in the 39-player event was worth $1,440.

Andonian-Smith (left), a 55-year-old from Valley Country Club, shot a 5-under-par 67 — which tied for the lowest round of the event — on Wednesday to rally for a one-stroke win. She posted a 5-under-par 139 total for two days, one better than runner-up Kirk Trowbridge of the MetaGolf Learning Center, who shot two straight 70s.

It was the second victory in this Colorado PGA season for Andonian-Smith, who teamed up with Geoff Keffer to share the title in the Western Chapter Pro-Pro Championship in late May.

West Chapter Championship
Oct. 2-3, 2018 (final) at Par-72 Aspen Glen Club in Carbondale
Top Finishers

1. Sherry Andonian-Smith 72-67–139
2. Kirk Trowbridge 70-70–140
T3. John Lynch 67-75–142
T3. Ari Papadopoulos 71-71–142
5. Ben Lanting 69-74–143
T6. Doug Rohrbaugh 71-73–144
T6. Remington Post 71-73–144
T6. Eric Bradley 72-72–144
T6. Geoff Keffer 72-72–144
T10. Peter Norwood 73-72–145
T10. Jacques Deyoe 69-76–145

For complete results, CLICK HERE.