Roanoke Times
                 Copyright (c) 1995, Landmark Communications, Inc.

DATE: SUNDAY, May 27, 1990                   TAG: 9005270224
SECTION: SPORTS                    PAGE: B1   EDITION: METRO 
SOURCE: Staff report
DATELINE: HILTON HEAD ISLAND, S.C.                                LENGTH: Medium

SLAUGHTER WINS NCAA GOLF TITLE

That's exactly what Slaughter did on the first hole of a playoff as she won the individual championship in the NCAA Division I women's golf tournament at Arthur Hills Golf Course.

Slaughter, a University of Arizona sophomore from Floyd, Va., shot a 3-over-par 75 Saturday to finish with a 72-hole total of 297, which put her in a tie with University of Texas junior Michiko Hattori.

One shot back were Dina Ammacapane of San Jose State and Dana Arnold of Southern Cal. Defending champion Pat Hurst was one of three players at 299 as the top 11 players were separated by three shots.

Arizona State freshman Brandi Burton, who led Slaughter by one shot going into the final round, was tied for the lead until she double-bogeyed the 16th hole. She had a bogey at No. 17 to finish her final round with a 79 and a tie for eighth at 300.

Burton's late-round problems did not prevent Arizona State from building on its third-round lead and posting a four-player total of 1,206, good for a 16-shot victory over UCLA. Florida was another stroke back at 1,223.

Arizona, which was second going into the final round, could not capitalize on Slaughter's individual victory and finished seventh.

Slaughter, who had missed birdies by inches on the last four holes of regulation, hit an 8-iron from 132 yards to set up her birdie on the first extra hole. Hattori hit her second shot over the green but chipped to 1 foot before Slaughter rolled in her putt.

Hattori had a final-round 72.

There were no scoreboards on the course, so Slaughter was not aware of her exact standing.

"I had no idea how I was doing," she said. "I thought Dina Ammacapane of San Jose State was leading and then, on the last hole, I looked at my mother and she gave me the `even' sign. I didn't pay attention because she's gotten the scores wrong before.

"I was hitting the ball so well and just couldn't make a putt."

Slaughter was a surprise runner-up in the NCAA Tournament as a freshman and got off to a fast start last fall with fifth-place finishes in her first two tournaments. She slumped later in the year and was off the traveling squad briefly before finishing 21st in the Pacific 10 Conference championship.