by Alan Hoskins
Thanks to a red-hot putter, Donna Reid has her fifth Wyandotte County Open women’s golf championship.
Between the putter and a deft short game, Reid built a four-shot lead on Saturday that was plenty to hold off multiple WyCo champion Pat Seber-Bradley in the tourney played at Sunflower Hills.
“No three putts, nine one-putts and 27 total putts,” said Reid over her opening round 86. Four one-putts and two three-putts for a closing 94 were plenty to turn back Seber-Bradley, who finished 90-92-192 and was never closer than the final scores.
“Today, it was grit your teeth and hold on,” said Reid, 71. “My goal was to keep the ball below the hole but that just didn’t happen. Some days everything is so easy and the next day it’s just reversed. My short game saved me on Saturday.”
Reid finished 47-47 Sunday and held a three-shot lead after nine holes and a par 3 on the difficult par 3 16th hole ended any chances for Seber-Bradley to catch up. Leslie Taylor won the women’s B flight by three strokes over Jane Lamb.