Cavouti wins Ladies Finger Lakes golf event, Corning CC wins team title. See next tourneys
Last week at Indian Hills Golf Club, the Women’s Finger Lakes Golf Association held its 86th Annual Tournament. It was a 36-hole, two-day event with 57 ladies representing 10 different golf clubs in the Finger Lakes Region.
When the last putts of the event were holed, two ladies out of Corning Country Club were tied atop the leaderboard with identical scores of 162. Jeanne Cavouti and Cecelia Neally went to a sudden-death (sudden-life sounds better to me) playoff to determine a winner. Jeanne won the title on the first hole of the playoff to give her the championship.
Despite losing the playoff, Cecelia was declared the winner of the Championship Flight with her 162 score. Ann Koenig from Indian Hills checked with a 164 total for second place while Lynn Quinn out of Clifton Country Club was third with a 167 total, and club mate Ellen Weeks was fourth with a 169 two-hole score.
Amy Gallant from Indian Hills won the First Flight with a 168 total while second place went to Patty Baier out of Dutch Hollow Country Club. Cathy Ambler out of Clifton Springs CC was third with a 176 total and Leone Cole out of Wayne Hills Country Club was fourth with a 178 total.
Jean Zimmer out of Highland Golf Club captured the Second Flight crown with a 169 total while Sue Held from Indian Hills grabbed the runner-up spot with a 172. Third place went to Kelly Lundergan from Corning CC with a 181 total which was a single stroke better than Mindy Gilbert from Highland Golf Club.
Indian Hills struck again in the Third Flight when Penny Schoonover took first place with a 180 total. Second place went to Corning CC golfer Staci Covey with a 185. Lucy Hinell from Cortland Country Club was third with a 185 and Linda Cahill from Highland took fourth place.
Nancy Hart from Dutch Hollow CC won the Fourth Flight with a 189 total. Peg Cornell out of the Bath Country Club took second place with a 190 and Linda Hill from Indian Hills was fourth with a 196 while Sue Gute from the Lakeside County Club finished fourth with a 197 total.
During the tournament, the organizers also included a team event within the event. Corning Country Club took the honors with a 675 total while Indian Hills finished second with a 684 combined total. Third place went to Clifton Springs with a 687 aggregate score. These scores were based on the top four scores from each golf club.
Tournament committee members wanted to make sure to give lots of credit to all the hard work put into the event by Chris Ames, Jeff Rupert and their entire staff to make their event such a success.
There will also be a Ladies Invitational to be held at Indian Hills on Sunday, Aug. 16. Details of the event can be secured by visiting the pro shop at Indian Hills during regular business hours.
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This Saturday, July 29 the River Valley Country Club will be the host site of the Teagan and Joe’s Touch Charity Golf Event. This four-person, captain and crew event will kick off with a 9 a.m. shotgun start. All proceeds from this event will go to youth sports and organizations in the area and will be played in the memory of Joe Orchowski Sr., a longtime supporter of youth sports in the area.
Entry fee is $75 per person ($65 for River Valley members) and includes golf with carts, food, raffles and special prizes throughout the event. Sorry about the late notice.
On Saturday, Aug. 5, the Annual Potter’s Hand Tournament will be held at Indian Hills. This captain and crew event will have an 11 a.m. shotgun start. Entry fee is $90 per person which includes golf with cart, tee favors, banquet lunch along with raffles, prizes and a 50/50 drawing. For more information, check out the Potter’s Hand website. Just google Potter’s Hand of Corning and you’ll be able to check out the event and everything about the wonderful work the folks at Potter’s Hand does. You will be amazed.
And a few events coming to Indian Hills include: the Senior Men’s club championship on Aug. 2-3, and then the Men’s and Women’s club championships will be contested on Aug. 19-20. They will also be hosting the Local 1000 captain and crew tournament on Aug. 12. Check the union hall for details on that event.
Any local course with any event or happenings going on can contact me by email at any time. Just send the information.
— Larry French writes a weekly column appearing in Friday's Corning Leader. He can be reached at lfrench@stny.rr.com
This article originally appeared on The Evening Tribune: Women’s Finger Lakes Golf Tournament results: See the winners
