Diane Anderson overcame a bad first round to claim her third straight Penticton Golf & Country Club womenās championship on Sept. 17.
āThis year was exceptional I thought because when youāre not playing well, like Saturday, I shot 91, which for me was not good. Iām a seven handicap, so I should be shooting somewhere high 70s to low 80s,ā she said. āFor me to shoot 91, you kind of think you put yourself out of it when you play that badly.ā
Anderson bounced back to shoot a 79, which she knew she had to get to have any chance of winning. The seven-time PGCC womenās champ used her own advice she gives her friends of not giving up.
āThatās what I did,ā said Anderson, who finished 30 over par, 170 over two rounds. āIāve got nothing to lose tomorrow. Just go out there and enjoy the game. Play the golf course and have fun.ā
Anderson went into the final round trailing by six shots. She wound up winning by that many strokes over Viv Mohoruk.
āIt was just too bizarre. It was great fun,ā said Anderson, who joked about benefiting from friend Pat Lawrenceās mojo.
The overall low net winner, Jack McFall Memorial, was Louis Hickey with 144.
Matt Hopkins, who won the PGCC menās open in the summer, won the mens side by shooting five under par, 135.
āIt was nice, it was a fun weekend,ā said Hopkins, who played with Kim Dixon and Brooks Lancaster, who trailed him with 143.
Hopkins said he didnāt play well in the first round, which was rainy with no wind.
āItās almost always windy,ā he said. āI hoped to shoot better than one under par.ā
In the final round, the wind was calm and Hopkins shot four under.
āIt was a good year for me,ā said Hopkins, who also won an event at the Fairview Mountain Golf Course in Oliver.
Ā