McKenzie out-battles bugs, bogeys
81 good for 2nd straight City and District title
Advertisement
Read this article for free:
or
Already have an account? Log in here »
To continue reading, please subscribe:
Digital Subscription
One year of digital access for only $1.44 a week*
- Enjoy unlimited reading on winnipegfreepress.com
- Read the E-Edition, our digital replica newspaper
- Access News Break, our award-winning app
- Play interactive puzzles
*Billed as $5.77 plus GST every four weeks. After 52 weeks, price increases to the regular rate of $19.95 plus GST every four weeks. Offer available to new and qualified returning subscribers only. Cancel any time.
To continue reading, please subscribe:
Add Free Press access to your Brandon Sun subscription for only an additional
$1 for the first 4 weeks*
- Enjoy unlimited reading on winnipegfreepress.com
- Read the E-Edition, our digital replica newspaper
- Access News Break, our award-winning app
- Play interactive puzzles
*Your next Brandon Sun subscription payment will increase by $1.00 and you will be charged $17.95 plus GST for four weeks. After four weeks, your payment will increase to $24.95 plus GST every four weeks.
Read unlimited articles for free today:
or
Already have an account? Log in here »
Hey there, time traveller!
This article was published 28/06/2010 (5815 days ago), so information in it may no longer be current.
It was a battle of attrition for the Women’s City & District Championship at Kingswood Golf & Country Club on Sunday, but Kathryn McKenzie managed to survive an up-and-down final round to clinch her second straight tournament title.
McKenzie, a member of St. Boniface Golf Club, shot a nine-over 81 under ugly conditions in Sunday’s final round, leaving her with a two-day total of 158 (plus-14), four strokes ahead of runner-up Judi Lidstone and eight ahead of third-place Tammy Gibson, her playing partner at St. Boniface.
"It was tough, the conditions kept changing for us," she said after being presented with the tournament trophy. "It was sunny, it was cold, it was warm, it was windy, it was raining sideways… it was a grind for sure."
Intermittent but heavy rain, rough winds and occasional lightning forced a series of delays throughout the two-round tournament, and over the last few holes temperatures plummeted to a brisk 13 C. On some of the more forested holes, the players were also plagued by swarms of mosquitoes so relentless that Free Press photographer Trevor Hagan finished the afternoon looking like he’d spent a couple of hours rolling in poison ivy.
"(The bugs) were really just one of the million things we had to deal with today," said McKenzie.
Lidstone, who shot the best final round of the tournament with an 80, came close to grabbing a lead at the 10th after McKenzie fired a triple- and double-bogey back-to-back, but couldn’t quite overtake her. McKenzie then birdied the par-4 12th and cruised to victory.
Gibson entered the second round of play only four shots back of her clubmate McKenzie, whom she had eliminated from the past two provincial Match Play Championships, but a difficult back-nine saw her fall to third.
"It’s a good competitive rivalry (with Tammy)," said McKenzie, though she added being paired with her friend through the final 18 didn’t affect her game.
"I try not worry about who I’m playing with. Golf’s different from any other game in that no one else has any impact on your shot, so whether I’m playing with Tammy or someone else it doesn’t change my game plan."
When she’s not on the course, McKenzie runs a personal training business, Surefire Fitness, that offers a number of golf-specific programs which she said help her own performance on the course.
"It helps me mostly because I do a lot of research to make sure I’m ahead of the game," she said. "So in a sense I’m able to use what I learn for myself on the course."
Golf Manitoba’s next women’s tournament, the three-round Women’s Amateur Championship, will tee off at St. Boniface on July 3.
andrew.evans@freepress.mb.ca
