SEBRING, FLA. | Youth was served at
the weather-plagued 55th Harder Hall
Women’s Invitational as 16-year-old Kyle
Roig defeated her south Florida practice
partner and friend, 14-year-old Alexis
Thompson, in a one-hole playoff Saturday at Harder Hall Country Club.
Roig, a two-time Florida state high
school medalist from Pembroke Pines,
made short work of sudden-death. After
Thompson narrowly missed a 25-foot
birdie putt on first playoff hole, Roig
holed her putt from 18 feet to claim “my
biggest win so far.”
The final round was played in a steady
drizzle, gusty winds and hand-numbing
cold. Roig won despite calling a penalty
on herself on the par- 5 sixth hole when
she accidentally moved her ball a half-
inch with her putter.
“I couldn’t feel my putter, it was
so cold,” she explained. Tournament
organizers couldn’t recall a worse day in
the long, prestigious history of the event,
whose past champions include JoAnne
Carner, Christie Kerr, Natalie Gulbis and
Morgan Pressel.
Wake Forest senior Dolores White,
from nearby Lakeland, Fla., was the story
of the first three rounds, sharing or holding the lead outright. But on Sunday she
struggled to an 82 and finished tied for
ninth. Defending champion and third-round co-leader Candace Schepperle
shot 76 and finished third.
Thompson, playing in the next-to-last
group, appeared to take control when
she rolled in a long birdie putt from the
fringe on the par- 5 17th to move two
shots clear of playing partner Taylore
Karle and Roig, who was in the final
group. But from the middle of the 18th
fairway, Thompson pulled her approach
into a greenside bunker, where it buried
and resulted in a costly bogey.
Team Championship Thursday at The
Dye Preserve in Jupiter, Fla., for the second year in a row with a winning score of
19-under 197. Vinny Giles, of Richmond,
Va., and Trip Kuehne, of Dallas, Tex., finished runner-up, two shots behind. Mike
McCoy and George “Buddy” Marucci,
who shot a final-round 60, tied for third.
The National Senior-Junior is a 54-
hole event comprised of three different formats. The first round is four-ball
stroke-play, the second round a modified
alternate shot and the final round a
scramble. There is a Legends division in
which one member of the team must be
at least 65 years old. The winners for that
division were Mark Mulvoy, of Rye, N. Y.,
and David Brookerson, of Huntingdon
Valley, Pa. RESULTS
der-par total gave her a five-stroke victory
over England’s Holly Clyburn and Coral
Springs’ Alexis Thompson. Duncan,
a member of the Duke University golf
team, was the only player to finish under
par for the tournament. The field this
year featured powerhouse players from
the US and nine highly-ranked international players. RESULTS
Golf Association after winning the Geor-
gia Public Links. RESULTS
NATIONAL SENIOR-JUNIOR
WOMEN’S DIXIE AMATEUR
Davie, Fla., native Lindy Duncan
braved tough conditions at Heron Bay
Golf Club in Coral Springs, Fla., to win
the Women’s Dixie Amateur. Her 4-un-
MEN’S DIXIE AMATEUR
Peter Uihlein, No. 4 in the World
Amateur Golf Ranking, won the 2009
Dixie Amateur in a thrilling playoff over
Florida’s Mu Hu at Heron Bay Golf Club
in Coral Springs, Fla. The event was
shortened to 54 holes due to weather.
Uihlein, of Orlando, posted an 11-under-
par 205 total. Hu, of Champions Gate,
Fla., stormed back after a first-round 72
with rounds of 66 and 67 to force a play-
off. The field for the Dixie Am is ranked
21st in the world, up from 78th just two
years ago. The 2010 Dixie Amateur has
now earned “major” status due to the
quality of the field. RESULTS
RIVERWOOD SENIOR INVITATIONAL
Corliss Nelson, of Dallas, won the
Gateway Invitational by two shots at the
Gateway Golf & Country Club in Fort
Myers, Fl. Tom Studer, of Joliet, Ill.,
and Zylstra finished tied for second at
145. Dan Tourtelot, from North Port,
Fla., shot 143 to win the super senior
division. RESULTS
JONES CUP JUNIOR
Oliver Schniederjans, of Acworth, Ga.,
dominated the 2009 Jones Cup Junior
Invitational at Sea Island Golf Club in St.
Simons Island, Ga. At 1-under par for the
tournament, Schniederjans was the only
player under par and 10 shots clear of his
nearest competitor, Thomas Stewart of
Saint Augustine, Fla. Schniederjans won
the Polo Golf Junior Invitational earlier
in 2009 and received the Junior Player of
the Year honors from the Georgia State
