ST. SIMONS ISLAND, Ga. – Ginette Spinucci of Stone Mountain and Danielle Davis of St. Simons Island fired a four-under-par 67 in the final round to come from behind and win the 24th annual Georgia Women’s Team Championship which took place at Sea Palms Golf Resort, October 1-2.  Three teams finished one shot off the victors’ pace.

This marks Spinucci’s fourth-career win at the Georgia Women’s Team Championship and is the second victory for Davis.  Spinucci captured her first two titles in 2005 and 2006 while teamed with Marilyn Nolan-Johnson of Marietta and captured last year’s event with Marietta’s Brenda Pictor.

Davis made her championship run in 2004 while teamed with Jesup’s Maria Johnson.

Tied in second place was first-round leaders Darlene Werhnyak of Lawrenceville and Cheryl Grigg of Sea Island, Jennifer King of Smyrna and Leslie Elkins of Roswell, who posted the best score of the final round with a 65, and Augusta’s Elaine Montano and Lee Burton of St. Simons Island.

Each team ended with a two-under 140 for the championship.  Marilyn Nolan-Johnson of Marietta and her partner Mary Riley of Perry finished fifth overall.  Sixth position went to Atlanta’s Betsy Butler and Statham’s Phyllis Foisy, who combined to post 144 for the championship. Athens-duo Elaine Carsel and Nancy Hendrix finished seventh at 145.  Finishing eighth at 146 was Ellen Dempsey and Julie Criss, both of St. Simons Island.

Augusta’s Mary Helen McElreath teamed with Waynesboro’s Sandra Moody to finish ninth overall at five-over par.  Jan Cross of Evans and Sherry Tindle of Alpharetta finished in tenth place with a 152 total.

Other flight winners included: Cheryl Drewyer and Jodie Shepard, both of Newnan, from the first flight (142); Atlanta-duo Susan Tucker and Suzie Tindall in flight two (141); Becky Bordelon and Deborah Leach of Clayton in the third flight (148); in the fourth flight, Dahlonega’s Debbie Smith and Bogart’s Shelley Smith tied Beth Thurmond of Athens and Mona White of Gainesville (162); and in the fifth flight, with a 160, was Dee Earp of Roswell and Judith Robertson of Suwanee.

The Championship flight, the only flight eligible for the overall title, was playing the course at Sea Palms Golf Resort at approximately 5,582 yards.

The remaining flights played from approximately 5,126 yards.  All flights were playing the course as a par 71.

Entries were open to two-person teams of female amateur golfers who belong to a GSGA member club and are residents of Georgia.  Teammates must have a handicap differential of no more than eight strokes and players must have reached the age of 18 by October 8.

Founded in 1916, the Georgia State Golf Association (GSGA) received its official charter on June 24, 1924.  Since that date, the GSGA has grown to one of the largest state amateur golf associations in the country, with over 355 member clubs and 85,000 individual members.  With a mission to promote and preserve amateur golf in the state of Georgia, GSGA offers a computerized handicapping service, course rating and measuring, and annually conducts a full schedule of statewide competitions for men and women of all age groups.  Other services include a summer-long junior sectional program, award-winning Golf Georgia magazine, membership recognition and rewards programs and a charitable foundation administering two college scholarship programs.

24th Annual Georgia Women’s Team Championship Sea Palms Golf Resort St. Simons Island, Georgia October 1-2, 2009
Final Results
Flight: Championship
Rank	Name	Rd. 1	Rd. 2	Total	To Par
1	Danielle Davis, Saint Simons	72	67	139	-3
	Ginette Spinucci, Stone Mountain				-3
T2	Cheryl Grigg, Sea Island	71	69	140	-2
	Darlene Werhnyak, Lawrenceville				-2
T2	Jennifer King, Smyrna	75	65	140	-2
	Leslie Elkins, Roswell				-2
T2	Elaine Montano, Augusta	74	66	140	-2
	Lee Burton, St. Simons Island				-2
5	Marilyn Nolan Johnson, Marietta	74	69	143	1
	Mary Riley, Perry				1
6	Betsy Butler, Atlanta	74	70	144	2
	Phyllis Foisy, Statham				2
7	Elaine Carsel, Athens	72	73	145	3
	Nancy Hendrix, Athens				3
8	Ellen Dempsey, St Simons Island	77	69	146	4
	Julie Criss, St. Simons Island				4
9	Mary Helen McElreath, Augusta	77	70	147	5
	Sandra Moody, Waynesboro				5
10	Jan Cross, Evans	77	75	152	10
	Sherrie Tindle, Alpharetta				10
Flight: 1
Rank	Name	Rd. 1	Rd. 2	Total	To Par
1	Cheryl Drewyer, Newnan	74	68	142	Even
	Jodie Shepard, Newnan				Even
T2	Claudeen Lindberg, Atlanta	74	69	143	1
	Suzn Stewart, Atlanta				1
T2	Lori Soles, Perry	74	69	143	1
	Teresa Register, Smarr				1
4	Barbara Stuart, Macon	78	68	146	4
	Jean Davis, Kathleen				4
5	Janice Atterberry, Dahlonega	76	74	150	8
	Sally Bell, Dahlonega				8
T6	Grace Compton, St. Simons Island	81	70	151	9
	Lil White, St Simons Island				9
T6	Helen Kirbo, Albany	76	75	151	9
	Nancy Abraham, Albany				9
8	Sue Loeffler, Monroe	80	73	153	11
	Suzanne Murray, Roswell				11
9	Betty Rich, Villa Rica	82	72	154	12
	Sissi Gann, Kathleen				12
Flight: 2
Rank	Name	Rd. 1	Rd. 2	Total	To Par
1	Susan Tucker, Atlanta	70	71	141	-1
	Suzie Tindall, Atlanta				-1
2	Maureen Daugherty, Roswell	76	69	145	3
	Sue Guion, Alpharetta				3
3	Loma Owens, Thomasville	75	73	148	6
	Phoebe Fulford, Meigs				6
T4	Brenda Escoe, Watkinsville	77	72	149	7
	Vonda Landrum, Bogart				7
T4	Joyce Doss, Carrollton	77	72	149	7
	Sharon Thompson, Carrollton				7
6	Jinna Wheeler, Canton	78	73	151	9
	Sina Gorski-Turner, Gainesville				9
7	Jan Shirley, Newnan	80	72	152	10
	Jean Franks, Peachtree City				10
8	Sally Stevens, Marietta	78	77	155	13
	Sydney Dunning, Marietta				13
9	Anne Russell, Atlanta	86	77	163	21
	Liz Baker, Atlanta				21
Flight: 3
Rank	Name	Rd. 1	Rd. 2	Total	To Par
1	Becky Bordelon, Clayton	77	71	148	6
	Deborah Leach, Clayton				6
T2	Kathleen Reese, Atlanta	80	69	149	7
	Patti Dicus, Alpharetta				7
T2	Dale Perry, Carrollton	78	71	149	7
	Marian Almon, Carrollton				7
4	Ann Clark, Centerville	82	69	151	9
	Liz Harrison, Perry				9
5	Jo Ann Nelson, Warner Robins	82	73	155	13
	Kim Piper, Warner Robins				13
6	Jane Kelly, Albany	82	75	157	15
	Olivia Flanagan, Albany				15
7	Dana Seay, Duluth	84	74	158	16
	Pat Cunningham, Clayton				16
8	Criss Stillwagon, St Simons Island	86	74	160	18
	Edna Romano, St. Simons				18
9	Lurisa Waldron, Lavonia	84	79	163	21
	Pat Frame, Hartwell				21
10	Jane Hall, Americus	86	78	164	22
	Pamela Pangle, Leesburg				22
Flight: 4
Rank	Name	Rd. 1	Rd. 2	Total	To Par
T1	Debbie Smith, Dahlonega	84	78	162	20
	Shelley Smith, Bogart				20
T1	Beth Thurmond, Athens	85	77	162	20
	Mona White, Gainesville				20
3	Joye Marshall, Bonaire	84	79	163	21
	Tina Hawkins, Macon				21
4	Fran Coody, Perry	85	80	165	23
	Putzie Patterson, Juliette				23
T5	Andi Smith, Atlanta	90	79	169	27
	Farah Reynolds, Atlanta				27
T5	Lynn Mitchell, Cedartown	88	81	169	27
	Phyllis Cox, Cedartown				27
7	Brenda Duke, Perry	88	82	170	28
	Connie Haugabook, Montezuma				28
8	Billie Gibson, Warner Robins	93	78	171	29
	Janet Richards, Kathleen				29
9	Linda Madden, Carrolton	90	82	172	30
	Sharon Loftin, Carrollton				30
10	Bobbie Lott, Carrollton	90	85	175	33
	Diane Rowe, Carrollton				33
11	Gail Parker, Marietta	93	83	176	34
	Jayne Nickell, Marietta				34
Flight: 5
Rank	Name	Rd. 1	Rd. 2	Total	To Par
1	Dee Earp, Roswell	81	79	160	18
	Judith Robertson, Suwanee				18
2	Brenda Evans, Fort Valley	89	78	167	25
	Darla Stahl, Kathleen				25
3	Bonnie Beene, Warner Robins	88	80	168	26
	Jean Edge, Warner Robins				26
T4	Dana Carpenter, Kathleen	90	80	170	28
	Susie Greer, Perry				28
T4	Bunny Guy, Newnan	88	82	170	28
	Joanne McKoy, Newnan				28
6	Jan Mashburn, Roopville	90	84	174	32
	Wanda Calhoun, Carrollton				32
7	Cheryl Stafford, Kathleen	87	88	175	33
	Irma Johnson, Ft. Valley				33
8	Doris Hewell, St. Simons Island	91	86	177	35
	Gail Nick, Sea Island				35
9	Ina Martin, White	93	85	178	36
	Nita Price, Bremen				36
10	Dianne Boatright, Bogart	93	87	180	38
	Mimi Griffith, Watkinsville				38
11	Nita Bridges, Perry	96	97	193	51
	Pat Bowlin, Bonaire				51

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