Shauna Wins Third in a Row

The South West Florida Winter Championship lived up to its name with chilly temperatures  in the 60‘s and wind gust of up to 30 mph. South Florida has had an unseasonable warm winter with temperatures in the mid to high 80’s but not on Sunday.

The tournament, unexpectedly turned out to be a significant milestone for the WGAT South Florida Tour early in the season. The event produced the tours 25th round which allows to the SF tour to send a member to the USA National Championship with no Entry fee, and with the 2 of the top 4 current point earners on the SF Local of Merit The winner would be in the front seat to earn that spot. The other would be in good position to earn one of the future spots with 6 months left in the Season.  

Shauna who has had an incredible start to the season with two wins in her first two starts, and is currently in 2nd place behind Mark Lott. Bob Benser with three starts has yet to win his first title but has placed well in his events and is currently in 4th place in the standings. both have an opportunity to take over the lead with a win.

Shauna came out of the gates strong shooting four under after nine holes and developed a 10 stroke lead over Bob. Shauna faltered a bit on the back nine shooting 5 over for a total of net 73 but it was enough to win by 6 strokes. Shauna won 200 order of merit points putting her in first place with 539 points giving her a lead over 2011’s player of the year Mark Lott by 156 Points.