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2007 Champion
Christa Johnson &
Nancy Scranton |
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Nancy Scranton and Christa Johnson became the first to
successfully defend a title in the eight-year history of The
Legends Tour, winning the third annual BJ’s Charity Championship
with a birdie on the third playoff hole Sunday at Granite Links
Golf Club in Quincy, Mass. Johnson’s 10-foot putt at the
534-yard, par-5 18th held off the teams of Allison Finney and
Debbie Massey and Barb Mucha and Colleen Walker to earn the duo
$100,000 and their second career Legends Tour titles.
“It’s just so exciting the way it all came together,’’ said
Johnson, a nine-time winner on the LPGA Tour and two-time winner
on The Legends Tour. “We were only 1-under par after the first
nine on Saturday, but we really rallied after that.’’
The two-day, 36-hole BJ’s Charity Championship featured 30
two-player teams competing for a $500,000 purse, and Sunday’s
finale continued a run of riveting finishes. |
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2007 BJ's Charity
Championship |
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1 |
Nancy Scranton & Christa Johnson |
-17 |
$100,000.00 |
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T2 |
Allison Finney & Debbie Massey |
-17 |
$55,000.00 |
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T2 |
Colleen Walker & Barb Mucha |
-17 |
$55,000.00 |
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4 |
Elaine Crosby & Michelle Estill |
-16 |
$30,000.00 |
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T5 |
Cindy Figg-Currier & Sherri Turner |
-14 |
$18,750.00 |
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T5 |
Sandra Haynie & Val Skinner |
-14 |
$18,750.00 |
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7 |
Amy Alcott & Alicia Dibos |
-13 |
$16,827.00 |
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8 |
Judy Dickinson & Laurie Rinker |
-12 |
$15,881.00 |
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T9 |
Barb Scherbak & Dawn Coe-Jones
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-11 |
$14,120.00 |
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T9 |
Marilyn Lovander & Martha Nause |
-11 |
$14,120.00 |
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T9 |
Shelley Hamlin & Anne Marie Palli |
-11 |
$14,120.00 |
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12 |
Rosie Jones & Lori West |
-10 |
$12,490.00 |
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T13 |
Cathy Panton Lewis & Jan Kleiman |
-9 |
$10,098.00 |
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T13 |
Cindy Rarick & Jan Stephenson |
-9 |
$10,098.00 |
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T13 |
Dale Eggeling & JoAnne Carner |
-9 |
$10,098.00 |
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T13 |
Jane Blalock & Mieko Nomura |
-9 |
$10,098.00 |
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T13 |
Missie McGeorge & MaryBeth Zimmerman |
-9 |
$10,098.00 |
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T13 |
Pat Bradley & Patty Sheehan |
-9 |
$10,098.00 |
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T19 |
Barb Moxness & Kathryn Young Robyn |
-8 |
$7,615.00 |
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T19 |
Barb Whitehead & Deedee Lasker |
-8 |
$7,615.00 |
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T19 |
Cindy Pietrusik & Mary Enright |
-8 |
$7,615.00 |
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22 |
Janice Gibson & Marjorie Jones |
-7 |
$6,774.00 |
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T23 |
Janet Anderson & Lenore Rittenhouse |
-6 |
$6,117.00 |
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T23 |
Liz Rowland & Sherrin Smyers |
-6 |
$6,117.00 |
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T23 |
Sue Ertl & Laura Shanahan Rowe |
-6 |
$6,117.00 |
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26 |
Carolyn Hill & Shirley Furlong |
-5 |
$5,591.00 |
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T27 |
Cindy Miller & Cathy Gerring |
-4 |
$5,315.00 |
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T27 |
Patti Rizzo & Sally Little |
-4 |
$5,315.00 |
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T29 |
Jeannette Kohlhaas & Bobbi Salmon |
-1 |
$5,078.00 |
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T29 |
Maria Alice Gonzalez & Kay Kennedy |
-1 |
$5,078.00
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A year ago, Scranton and Johnson shot a final-round 58 to earn a
one-stroke victory over Sherri Turner and Cindy Figg-Currier. The 2005
tournament featured a five-hole playoff between the teams of Jan
Stephenson and Cindy Rarick and Pat Bradley and Patty Sheehan. Johnson
and Scranton entered this year’s final round one shot behind Walker and
Mucha but took the lead after birdieing eight of nine holes beginning at
the eighth. They closed with an 11-under par 61 on Sunday but were
forced to extra holes when Finney chipped in for eagle at the 18th and
Walker followed with an eight-foot birdie putt.
Walker and Mucha were eliminated after parring the first playoff hole,
while the other two teams birdied the first two playoff holes. On the
third playoff hole, tournament officials extended the 18th tee 44 yards
to 534 yards. When Finney and Massey missed 15-foot birdie putts,
Johnson sank a 10-footer.
“We had to work a little harder this year, but it was worth it,’’
Scranton said. “We may have played a little better last year, but we
found a way to get it done.’’
Sponsored by BJ’s Wholesale Club, the two-day, 36-hole BJ’s Charity
Championship is one of the stops on The Legends Tour. The tournament has
raised over $2.3 million for the BJ’s Charitable Foundation and is
expected to raise more than $1.3 million this year. The Foundation
benefits various non-profit organizations in the eastern United States
that support women and children. |
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