Cho-Hunicke
Crowned Champion at Zellwood CCApopka, Florida. The SunCoast Ladies Series wrapped things up today at Zellwood Country Club in Apopka, Florida. Jeanne Cho-Hunicke (Longwood, FL) used her RIFE Aussie Putter to roll her way to victory this week. The 2003 University of Florida grad posted rounds of 70-75-74=219 finishing the tournament at three over par, a good performance for a player who has been struggling with her confidence on the golf course.
" My confidence level on the course hasn't been very high lately. I came into this week wanting to win really bad and I posted a good number on Tuesday. I felt like I was grinding a lot over the last two rounds and teeing it up with Samantha who was only a couple of strokes behind me I knew I had to play solid today if I was going to win. My goal this morning was to get off to a hot start and separate myself from Samantha and Carolina. I birdied the first two but something happened and I bogeyed two of the next four holes. I felt comfortable with the golf course and the greens being as good as they are I just needed to concentrate on my game and play solid for the rest of the round. At the end of the day I won."
Samantha Head (Ascot, England) and Carolina Llano (Colombia) tie for second place this week finishing the tournament at four over par 220. Both Head and Llano had opportunities to take the lead but both suffered costly three-putts at the par 4 16th. Cho-Hunicke's bogey at the 17th would pull both Head and Llano within one shot as they headed into the Par 5 18th. All three players would make par and Jeanne Cho-Hunicke earns her first SunCoast Ladies Series title and an invitation to the season ending "Tournament of Champions" bonus event.
The SunCoast Ladies Series will tee it up again next week at LPGA International in Daytona Beach, Florida. Round one is scheduled to begin at 10:00 a.m. Monday.