Roanoke Times
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DATE: MONDAY, June 27, 1994                   TAG: 9406270038
SECTION: SPORTS                    PAGE: B-1   EDITION: METRO 
SOURCE: Associated Press
DATELINE: SOMERS POINT, N.J.                                LENGTH: Medium

ANDREWS HOLDS ON FOR WIN

"It was ugly, but it was effective," the Lynchburg golfer said after overcoming a near-collapse down the stretch to win the ShopRite LPGA Classic on Sunday.

"I don't think I've ever worked so hard for four holes," said Andrews, who gave away four shots to par in three holes before parring the 18th to win her third tournament of the year by two strokes.

"The wind [gusting to 25 mph] was so bad and the greens so much faster than they've been all tournament that I didn't get the breaks I did on Friday and Saturday," Andrews said. "[But] when you're 5-up with four to go, you'd better . . . win."

Andrews nearly gave away the tournament when she bogeyed No. 15, double-bogeyed No. 16 and bogeyed No. 17. A par on the 18th to complete a 3-over-par 74 and finish 54 holes at 6-under 207.

Andrews said she felt like she "was the best of the worst" after a final round in which only 14 of 80 golfers finished under par.

She was two strokes ahead of fast-closing Michelle Estill and three clear of Dottie Mochrie, Barb Bunkowsky, Caroline Pierce and Kim Saiki.

Estill, seemingly out of contention after a 77 on Saturday, tied the under-par record for round of the tournament with a 6-under 65 on Sunday on the 6,235-yard, par-71 Greate Bay Country Club course. Pamela Wright shot a 6-under 64 in 1990 when the tournament, then known as the Atlantic City Classic, was played on the par-70 Sands Country Club course.

Mochrie had a shot at Andrews, but bogeyed the last two holes to fall back into the four-way tie for third. Mochrie finished with a 73, Bunkowsky shot 74 and Pierce and Saiki each had 71.

In overcoming her late stumbles, Andrews won for the third time this season, adding to victories in the Dinah Shore and Ping-Welch's Championship. The ShopRite title was worth $75,000, increasing Andrews' 1994 winnings to $341,278.

Amy Alcott and Betsy King each fell short of the one victory needed to gain automatic entry into the LPGA Hall of Fame. Alcott shot a 71 to finish at even-par 213 and King, 4-under when play began, skied to a 76 and a 214 total.

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