At the recently completed Senior LPGA Championship (June 29-July 1) at Sultan’s Run Golf Club in Jasper, the 54-hole tournament was as much a challenge of dodging the stormy weather as it was staging a major women’s professional golf tournament, which was the “biggest sports event to be contested in the history of Dubois County,” according to Visit Dubois County executive director Whitney Lubbers. The field included 72 players from 22 states and nine countries (Australia, Canada, England, France, India, Italy, Sweden, U.S, and Wales). Florida won the number of competitors from each state with 12 participants. There was one pro in the field with native ties to Indiana: Jackie Gallagher-Smith, born in Marion, Indiana. The sixth edition of the Senior LPGA Championship kicked off late and it finished late, just before an oncoming summer storm. The first group was meant to tee off on round one at 7:30 am on Thursday, June 29, but the first tee shots were not struck until six hours later -- at 1:30 pm. The final putt didn’t drop into the 18th hole until after 7:30 pm on that Saturday, July 1. AND THE WINNER IS….. The winner was Texan Angela Stanford, who was the model of consistency for three rounds with 42 pars, 11 birdies, and just one bogey. While she didn’t have the most birdies in the field, she had the fewest bogeys. Stanford’s victory was a come-from-behind spectacle. Stanford, 45, a rookie on the LPGA Legends Tour, who is still a regular on the LPGA Tour, shot a seven-under-par round of 65 for a three-round total of 206 (10 under par). FINAL ROUND DETAILS Stanford’s 65 was both the best round of the day and the best round of the tournament. During the third round of the tournament Stanford made up a five-shot deficit to beat England’s Trish Johnson by one shot. As well as Stanford played, she benefitted from Johnson’s errant play down the stretch. In a nutshell, Stanford played the last two holes of the tournament in one-under-par (par, birdie) Angela Stanford Wins Senior LPGA At Sultan’s Run By Mike May Indiana Golf Journal
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