Gail Pimm wins the 2015 Ontario Senior Women’s Golf Championship in a one -hole playoff (Photo: Scott MacLeod, Flagstick.com)
With 18 holes to play at the Investors Group Ontario Senior Women’s Championship Mary Ann Hayward, with a four stroke lead, was well her way to a fourth consecutive title.
Golf had other ideas.
The Canadian Golf Hall of Fame member stumbled out of the gate at the Loyalist Country Club in Bath, Ontario. She made a double bogey on the first hole of the final round on her way to front nine score of 40 (+5).
It was opening her pursuers needed. While Hayward would right the ship on the second nine of the day, shooting even par, Gail Pimm and Debbie Court launched their way up the leaderboard with under par rounds of 70 and 71, respectively.
When the last put fell on regulation play it left the trio in a three-way tie and headed back down the 18th fairway at the club located just west of Kington.
Pimm, riding the momentum from the lowest round of the day, carried it through to the extra hole, making a birdie to secure the championship.
The Whitevale Golf Club member delighted with the win.
“I was playing with some confidence today and everything seemed to work out,” the Uxbridge resident shared. “I was pleased with that. I’ve really been working at it for that kind of thing to happen. I’m happy but I’m not surprised.”
What did catch Pimm off guard was the fact she might be be in a playoff at all. “I had no idea coming in after the round that it would be a tie. I went at it (the playoff) just like I’d been going at it all day. I just one shot after the next.”
Pimm, who has the runner-up in 2014 to Hayward, was delighted to finally have worked her way to the top of the board. “I’ve been second quite often but the win is something special. It just kind of means that all the work I’ve been doing has paid off.”
Pimm, Court and Hayward earned the right to represent Ontario in the inter-provincial competition at the Canadian Senior Women’s Championship, also Aug. 26-28 at Sawmill Creek Golf Resort and Spa in Camlachie.
Capturing the Senior Women’s 60+ Division title was Brockville’s Theresa deLuis. The Brockville Country Club member finished her final round five-over (77), which brought her to 14-over (81-72-77-230) for the tournament. That was good enough to clinch the title by four strokes. In the 70+ Division, the champion was Stoney Creek’s Phyllis Bennett (99-91-190), from Rockway Vineyards.
Also announced at the conclusion of the event was the Ontario Senior Women’s team for the 2016 Ada Mackenzie Matches with New York State. Spots for the team went to the top 10 finishers in the Senior Women’s Championship. The team will consist of Pimm, Court, Hayward, Kyrinis, deLuis, Strathroy’s Jane Hedges-McKinnon, Stouffville’s Ivy Steinberg, Dundas’ Sarah-Anne Smurlick, Toronto’s Kelly Koselek and Reid.
Full Leaderboard
Pos
Player
Today
Thru
Total
R1
R2
R3
Total
1
Gail Pimm Whitevale GC (p)
-2
F
+5
73
78
70
221
T2
Debbie Court Toronto Golf Club
-1
F
+5
74
76
71
221
T2
Mary Ann Hayward The Club at North Halton
+5
F
+5
74
70
77
221
4
Judith Kyrinis Thornhill G&CC
+5
F
+10
72
77
77
226
T5
Theresa deLuis Brockville CC
+5
F
+14
81
72
77
230
T5
Jane Hedges-Mckinnon Bear Creek GCC
+5
F
+14
79
74
77
230
T7
Ivy Steinberg Granite GC
+2
F
+17
80
79
74
233
T7
Sarah-Anne Smurlick Ladies GC of Toronto
+3
F
+17
84
74
75
233
9
Kelly Koselek Cedar Brae G & CC
+5
F
+18
79
78
77
234
T10
Marion Reid Islington GC
-2
F
+19
81
84
70
235
T10
Allyson Harrison Glen Lawrence Golf Club
+9
F
+19
77
77
81
235
12
Sue Postian Sunningdale GC
+7
F
+21
79
79
79
237
T13
Joanne Noble Weston G&CC
+3
F
+22
79
84
75
238
T13
Lynn Morrison Kedron Dells Golf Course
+13
F
+22
78
75
85
238
15
Barbara Wellard North Bay G & CC
+10
F
+23
78
79
82
239
16
Cheryll Damphouse Kingsville Golf & Country
+9
F
+26
76
85
81
242
17
Jeanne Beaith Dalewood GC
+9
F
+28
82
81
81
244
18
Lynne Owen Trafalgar Golf & Country
+12
F
+29
82
79
84
245
T19
Cathy Welsand Galt Country Club
+6
F
+30
84
84
78
246
T19
Kathy Pilkey Sleepy Hollow CC
+12
F
+30
82
80
84
246
T21
Mary Lou Henderson Kingsville Golf & Country
+10
F
+31
83
82
82
247
T21
Nanette Cuddy Credit Valley Golf & Coun
+13
F
+31
81
81
85
247
23
Cathy E. Koszman West Haven G & CC
+10
F
+33
86
81
82
249
T24
Janelle Fairgrieve Islington GC
+13
F
+36
80
87
85
252
T24
Debbie McDonald Sleepy Hollow CC
+14
F
+36
80
86
86
252
T24
Judy Oryniak Riverbend Golf Community
+14
F
+36
80
86
86
252
T24
Linda Burroughsford Cherry Hill Club
+15
F
+36
85
80
87
252
T28
Jan Atkinson Hall Mad River GC
+9
F
+37
88
84
81
253
T28
Sylvia Taus North Bay G & CC
+10
F
+37
86
85
82
253
T28
Denise Schaefer Elmira Golf Club
+14
F
+37
86
81
86
253
T28
Cindy Jonescu Deer Ridge Golf Club
+15
F
+37
80
86
87
253
T32
Becky Ostrom Riverbend Golf Community
+12
F
+38
91
79
84
254
T32
Margaret Lockhart Oaks of St. George Golf C
+13
F
+38
84
85
85
254
T32
Kelly Bertrand Kedron Dells Golf Course
+16
F
+38
84
82
88
254
35
Margot Gillespie Kingsville Golf & Country
+12
F
+39
87
84
84
255
T36
Diane Higgins Deer Ridge Golf Club
+17
F
+40
87
80
89
256
T36
Susan Gaston Meadowbrook Golf & Countr
+17
F
+40
83
84
89
256
T38
Julie Jarvis Public Player(GAO Member)
+12
F
+41
89
84
84
257
T38
Connie McRae Glen Lawrence Golf Club
+12
F
+41
82
91
84
257
T40
Karen Rockliff Pointe West GC
+12
F
+44
89
87
84
260
T40
Catherine Butler Georgian Bay Club
+13
F
+44
87
88
85
260
T40
Marianne Vardon Devil’s Pulpit Golf Assoc
+20
F
+44
87
81
92
260
T43
Deborah Reimer Garrison Golf & Curling C
+13
F
+45
89
87
85
261
T43
Joey Bush Sleepy Hollow CC
+14
F
+45
86
89
86
261
T45
Karen Vamplew Twenty Valley Golf & Coun
+16
F
+47
87
88
88
263
T45
Julie Green The Club at North Halton
+17
F
+47
86
88
89
263
47
Kathie Houghton Georgian Bay Club
+16
F
+49
85
92
88
265
48
Kim Rutherford Fox Glen Golf Club
+23
F
+50
87
84
95
266
T49
Lori Christie Garrison Golf & Curling C
+19
F
+51
89
87
91
267
T49
Cindy Dunham Northridge Public Golf Co
+23
F
+51
87
85
95
267
T51
Shelley Bauer Sparrow Lakes Golf Club
+19
F
+52
88
89
91
268
T51
Cindy Wegg Public Player(GAO Member)
+21
F
+52
87
88
93
268
T53
Roma Harris Woodlands Links
+21
F
+53
90
86
93
269
T53
Sharon Blaxall St. Thomas Golf & Country
+23
F
+53
83
91
95
269
55
Carol Cort Rockway Vineyards
+23
F
+56
92
85
95
272
DID NOT FINISH
MC
Ginny Marshall Westmount G & CC
+34
88
90
178
MC
Kimberley Legge Saugeen Golf Club
+35
87
92
179
MC
Julie Girard York Downs Golf & Country
+35
86
93
179
MC
Judy Stewart Barrie CC
+36
90
90
180
MC
Sheila Chiarandini Loyalist CC
+37
92
89
181
MC
Joan McAndrew Saugeen Golf Club
+37
95
86
181
MC
Sharon Sturgis Smuggler’s Glen GC
+38
91
91
182
MC
Sharon Montgomery-Greenwood Parry Sound Golf & Countr
+39
93
90
183
MC
Martha Cruikshank Niagara-on-the-Lake Golf
+40
95
89
184
MC
Lynda McNicol Trafalgar Golf & Country
+41
96
89
185
MC
Cheryl Kruse Goderich Sunset GC
+41
91
94
185
MC
Shirley Ann Gowing Whistle Bear Golf Club
+42
93
93
186
MC
Donna Houlihan Weston G&CC
+42
95
91
186
MC
Hariet Corlett Mississaugua
+42
94
92
186
MC
Marion Houliston Northridge Public Golf Co
+43
94
93
187
MC
Cheryl Wakefield Brantford G&CC
+45
99
90
189
MC
Rosemary Scott Blue Mountain G & CC
+45
96
93
189
MC
Kelly Dory Horseshoe Resort
+46
99
91
190
MC
Rosemary Salvatore Markland Wood GC
+46
93
97
190
MC
Cathy Young Tamarac Golf & Country Cl
+47
98
93
191
MC
Maureen Peet Goderich Sunset GC
+47
95
96
191
MC
Ria Poulin-Snell North Bay G & CC
+50
104
90
194
MC
Anne McClure Oakville Golf Club
+50
98
96
194
MC
Patricia Burroughs Bay of Quinte Golf & CC
+51
96
99
195
MC
Kelly Hanson Glen Lawrence Golf Club
+51
94
101
195
MC
Elaine Arthur Woodlands Links
+51
98
97
195
MC
Nancy McConnell Kedron Dells Golf Course
+51
97
98
195
MC
Linda Samuel Weston G&CC
+52
102
94
196
MC
Elaine Hiscox Blue Mountain G & CC
+53
95
102
197
MC
Dessa Kasparadlov Essex G & CC
+56
101
99
200
MC
Laura Vermunt Widder Station Golf & Cou
+58
104
98
202
MC
Lisa Allen Niagara-on-the-Lake Golf
+58
105
97
202
MC
Carolyn Beaulieu Sparrow Lakes Golf Club
+60
100
104
204
MC
Debbie Rowbotham Blue Mountain G & CC
+71
111
104
215
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