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Babauta is CWGA October winner
Lorraine Babauta topped the CNMI Women’s Golfers Association’s October monthly golf tournament held last Saturday at the Coral Ocean Golf Resort.
Lorraine Babauta lines up a putt in the CNMI Women’s Golfers Association’s October monthly tour held last Saturday at the Coral Ocean Golf Resort. (Contributed Photo)
CWGA’s next monthly tour is scheduled on Nov. 14 at the Laolao Bay Golf & Resort’ east course.
Babauta finished with an 82 gross and with a US Golf Association handicap of 8, it gave her a 74 net to beat 10 other female par-busters.
Babauta, who started at the back, completed a two-shot win over runner-up Sherlyn Jones to also earn 15 points. She had rounds of 39 and 43.
Jones, a 12 handicapper, finished with 76 for 14 points. She had the lowest score at the back with 37 but crashed at the front with a 51 for that 88.
Masayo Miyamoto, also with a 1 handicap, was a shot back with a 77 net score and 13 points. She had rounds of 46 and 43 for an 89 gross.
Kimiko Abe ended up with a 92 gross after rounds of 47 and 45. She had a 14 handicap for a net score of 78 to earn 12 points.
Veteran Noriko Togawa, who had a 1 handicap along with her daughter Yuko, fired 37 and 43 at the front and back for an 80 gross. She had a 79 net and 11 points to complete the Top 5.
Dolores Yamagishi (48-46, 94) and Terry Guerrero (47-48, 95) ended up tied with 80s. Yamagishi had a 14 handicap for 10 points, while Guerrero is a 15 handicapper with nine markers.
Matilde Hocog shot 51 and 45 for 96, and with a 14 handicap brought down her score to 82 for eight points, while Yuko Togawa (45-42, 87) was ninth with an 86 and seven points.
Anne Gillespie rounded up the list with a 59 and 64 for 123. She had a 36 handicap for an 87 to secure six points.
Setsuko Ogura had rounds of 51 and 52 for 103. But the 24- handicapper’s 79 gross score did not qualify after she failed to submit her required scorecard for handicapping purposes.
