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By Brian Plasters, Staff Writer Updated 8:01 AM Monday, June 29, 2009

SPRINGFIELD — Carrie Frey’s first tee shot at her first City Am went about 20 feet. She scored a double-bogey six on her first hole.

That was on Saturday, June 27, and Frey admitted she had “a little bit of nerves.” On Sunday, Frey said the first hole was her best — a solid up-and-down par. That sent her on to a strong 39 on the front nine at Snyder Park Golf Course, and into the lead in the 2009 National Trail Parks and Recreation Springfield Women’s City Amateur Golf Tournament.

“I just figured that (Sunday) was going to be a much better day than (Saturday),” she said.

Much better, indeed. Playing in the final group, Frey won the 28th annual City Am with a two-day 167, besting Donna Warfield by one stroke, Laaci Farris by two and defending champion and first-round leader Debbie Marshall by three.

Frey, 19, is from Cincinnati. She’s a sophomore at Wittenberg University, and taking summer classes right now. Her stroke average on the women’s golf team was 91.9.

She won the City Am with two steady rounds. She didn’t score a birdie on Sunday, but did have nine pars, including five in the first seven holes. The strong front nine forced her group mates to play catch-up.

“I really wasn’t expecting to win it,” Frey said. “I was just going out there and go play my own game and hope for the best. ... It seemed like everything was working, especially on the front nine.”

Frey’s 83 on Sunday was bested over 18 holes only by Debbie Marshall’s 82 in the first round. Marshall scored an 88 on Sunday.

“I had a lot of putts, trying to recover,” Marshall said.

Warfield, the 2005 champ, shot an 84 on Sunday. She birdied No. 9 and No. 13, but put her ball in the hazard on the final hole and had two putts.

Shawnee High School graduate Farris had a back-nine score of 41 for a late charge, but still couldn’t catch Frey.

“I actually didn’t know where Donna was, and she was right behind me the whole time,” Frey said. “The one I was worried about was Laaci, because I was keeping her score and it seemed liked we would go par-par and bogey-bogey. I was more concerned about her.”

28th Women’s City Amateur

At Snyder Park

Final Scores

Championship Flight

Carrie Frey 84-83—167

Donna Warfield 84-84—168

Laaci Farris 84-85—169

Debbie Marshall 82-88—170

Kristen Waryck 88-86—174

Caroline Zimmerman 88-89—177

Sharon Leach 92-87—179

Sheryl Miller 86-94—180

First Flight

Diane Juergens 88-92—180

Kathy Lee 91-90—181

Becky Jo Brecht 92-91—183

Jessica Federle 86-97—183

Amy Cochran 92-92—184

Jan McClintick 89-95—184

Andrea Mounts 89-95—184

Sherry Purnell 94-91—185

Beverly Elliott 90-95—185

Second Flight

Sue Castle 88-98—186

Lisa Minna 94-93—187

Anne Holtz 91-96—187

Linda Tyree 96-92—188

Barbara M. Garry 91-98—189

Karen Elliott 97-96—193

Bonnie Cummings 99-96—195

Peg Gibson 99-99—198

Linda Conrad 98-101—199

Third Flight

Dottie Thompson 97-103—200

Alice Fent 105-100—205

Linda Thompson 100-107—207

Beverly Kitchen 98-111—209

Marge Free 103-107—210

Fredrica Devine 102-109—211

Ruth Williams 105-108—213

E.M. Turpin 106-108—214

Sarah Bartley 110-107—217

Bonnie Davis 111-124—235

Senior champion: Donna Warfield

Junior champion: Sarah Bartley

Past Winners

1982 Betty Dillahunt 76-83—159

1983 Ruth Cornwell 75-79—154

1984 Marge Free 82-87—169

1985 Marge Free 83-82—165

1986 Marge Free 85-84—169

1987 Peg Gibson 82-75—157

1988 Dottie Thompson 82-85—167

1989 Jean Jewett 85-85—170

1990 Marge Free 80-81—161

1991 Peg Gibson 80-85—165

1992 Peg Gibson 79-74—153

1993 Betty Dillahunt 84-82—166

1994 Peg Gibson 45-37—82

1995 Amy Whitehill 78-83—161

1996 Amy Whitehill 80-81—161

1997 Amy Whitehill 84-84—168

1998 Lori Houseman 84-84—168

1999 Amy Whitehill 79-79—158

2000 Manek Deboo 76-79—155

2001 Ashley Hovda 81-86—167

2002 Amy Whitehill 72-78—150

2003 Amy Whitehill 77-76—153

2004 Stephanie Whitmore 82-77—159

2005 Donna Warfield 78-79—157

2006 Amy Whitehill 79-81—160

2007 Amy Whitehill 76-81—157

2008 Debbie Marshall 81-78—159

2009 Carrie Frey 84-83—167

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Way to go, Laaci! You did a great job this weekend!

CD
7:34 AM, 6/29/2009

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What a nice article on women's golf! Both days! I am not from the area, but my niece knows my love for golf, so she sent me the article. Way to go girls, and great coverage on the story!

Tonja Beckley
3:00 AM, 6/29/2009

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