Roanoke Times
Copyright (c) 1995, Landmark Communications, Inc.
DATE: MONDAY, June 11, 1990 TAG: 9006110103
SECTION: SPORTS PAGE: B3 EDITION: METRO
SOURCE: DOUG DOUGHTY SPORTSWRITER
DATELINE: LENGTH: Short
"I thought I was playing for second," said Linkous, who faced an uphill 100-yard shot from the right rough at No. 18.
Linkous hit a 9-iron shot that came to rest 4 feet below the cup, then she rolled in the putt for a birdie that forced a playoff with Dot Bolling.
All Linkous needed was a bogey on the first extra hole, No. 10, to come away with her first citywide women's championship.
"It's about time," said Linkous, 19, who has been playing in the Hall of Fame since she was 14.
Linkous, who had the second-low stroke average for William and Mary as a freshman, trailed Bolling by four shots with two holes left in regulation.
"I assumed I was pretty much out of it," Linkous said.
Bolling opened the door by making a double-bogey 6 at No. 17, where she hit in the woods. She added a bogey at No. 18.
Linkous wowed spectators and participants with her drives, including a wind-aided effort that traveled more than 300 yards on the downhill 17th.
Linkous, from Hunting Hills, and Bolling, from Hidden Valley, finished five shots ahead of the field at 156, 10 over par at Blue Hills and Hidden Valley.
Mar-c Milona of Countryside was third at 161, followed by a pair of 60-year-olds - Audrey Najjum and Mildred Wegmann - at 163.
Hidden Valley became the first club other than Roanoke or Countryside to win the team championship, finishing with a two-day total of 489, four strokes better than Roanoke.
by CNB