par-5 ninth, chipping in for birdie on the par4 11th and hitting a beautiful tee shot on the par-3 11th to 10 feet for another birdie. How did Roller respond to that barrage? After both players made par on 12, Roller reeled off birdies on 13, 14, 15 and 16 to close out the match. She was 6-under par through 16 holes. Roller said he wasn’t shook by Coit’s 4-under burst. “I just figured that’s golf,” she said. “She chipped in and made some great shots, nothing I can do about it. So I just kept playing my game.” Her game included hitting a pitch shot to 2 feet from 85 yards out on the par-4 13th, then hitting an 8-iron from 150 to 8 feet for another birdie on the par-3 14th. She hit a flop shot to a foot for birdie on the par-5 15th, then hit a 9-iron to 12 feet on the par-3 15th. With Coit looking at a 2-foot putt for birdie, Roller played the break perfectly and rolled hers in to close it out. “I didn’t even realize I had four birdies in a row,” she said. “I was just trying to play each shot and each hole. I love match play, it’s probably my favorite thing to do in golf. So I was pretty excited to win. And with JP winning last year that’s pretty cool.” Roller defeated Grant Gudgel top-ranked and stroke play champion Maddie Kamas of Kingfisher 3 and 2 in the morning semifinals. Coit knocked off Raychel Nelke of Pocola 3 and 2. The Rollers are a golf family. Mother Maggie Roller is the director of instruction at Cedar Ridge Country Club and father Bill was the long-time successful coach at Jenks High School. The Boys 14-15 division was won by Grant Gudgel, a rising sophomore at Stillwater High School. He defeated Preston Albee, a freshman at Choctaw, 4 and 2 in the final. Gudgel, who by happenstance played a round with mini-tour player Alexander Hughes at South Lakes in Jenks last year when Hughes shot a world-record tying 55, had his own magic going this week, playing solid in all four matches. Albee should have been worn out for the final. Not only did he play six rounds of competitive golf in blistering heat, but has played 11 basketball games since last weekend as his team sorts out its roster for the coming season. W W W.GOLFOKL AHOMA.ORG
Patterson wins rain-shortened WOGA Stroke Play Championship
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klahoma Baptist golfer Josie Patterson of Chandler shot a 4-over round of 76 in wet conditions to win the rain-shortened Women’s Oklahoma Golf Association Stroke Play Championship Tuesday at The Club at Indian Springs. The tournament was shortened to an 18-hole event after Monday’s round was
rained out. Michaela Dierinzo of Owasso and Rachel Eckert of Bixby, a current Oklahoma City University golfer, tied for second at 5-over 77. Dierinzo won the Mid-Amateur division by a shot over Janet Miller of Catoosa and two shots over Oklahoma Golf Hall of Fame inductee LeeAnn Fairlie.
Champion Josie Patterson
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