FLORIDA CHAMPIONS MAKE SUCCESSFUL DEFENCE

MEGHAN STASI, TARA CONNELLY WIN

INTERNATIONAL FOUR-BALL AGAIN!

FROM THE FLORIDA GOLF ASSOCIATION WEBSITE
Against 48 of the top pairs from around the world, Meghan Stasi and Tara Connelly put together an impressive performance en route to capturing the Women’s International Four-Ball Championship for a second consecutive year at The Wanderer’s Club in Wellington, Florida today.
With near perfect weather conditions on Monday, Stasi, who played - as Meghan Bolger - in the winning USA team in the 2008 Curtis Cup match at St Andrews, and Connelly got off to a great start firing a five-under par 67 to take a two-stroke lead into the second day's play.
Stasi and Connelly put on a show in the final round, firing an impressive better-ball round of 10-under par 62 to win the championship by 11 strokes. 
The winners' final round included eight birdies and an eagle after Stasi chipped in on the 17th hole. 
Connelly said “We played very smart today and left everything close. We had two shots at birdies most holes, which gave us a lot of confidence.” 
This marks the fourth time that Stasi has captured the Women's International Four-Ball Championship, first in 2009 with Dawn Woodard, then in 2010 with Donna Mummert, and last year with current partner Tara Connelly.
It was also Stasi's second win on the Orange Blossom Tour this year. She won the Harder Hall Invitational last month.
Marie Arnoux, of Miami Beach, and Ellen Port, of St. Louis, Missouri, took home second place honors after rounds of 71-69. 
Port, a five time USGA champion, was recently named captain of the United States' 2014 Curtis Cup team for the June match in her home town.
Diane Lang of Weston, and her partner Mary Jane Hiestand of Naples, finished alone in third place with a tournament total of three-under par 141.
In the Middle Division, Patty Lang, of Tequesta, and Sue McMurdy, of Indiana, Pennsylvania, posted rounds of 73-73 for 146 to capture the division title by five strokes.
In the Forward Division, the team of Ann Candido, of Jupiter, and Marsha Funk, of Palm Beach Gardens, went wire-to-wire to firing rounds of 73-71-144 to win by seven strokes.

FINAL TOTALS

Championship Flight

Tara Connelly / Meghan Stasi -- 67-62--129

Marie Arnoux / Ellen Port -- 71-69--140

Mary Jane Hiestand / Diane Lang -- 69-72--141

Charlotte Daughan / Sarah Matin -- 74-69--143

Gale Brudner / Ellen Oswald -- 70-74--144

Jewell Malick / Anna Schultz -- 74-72--146

Lisa Cook / Helene Thoman -- 74-72--146

Sherry Herman / Debbie Adams -- 70-76--146

Ivy Steinberg / Janice Wilson -- 74-73--147

Laura Carson / Maureen Sheehan -- 73-76--149

Elizabeth Breza / Teri deLuis -- 74-77--151

Gigi Higgins / Linda McMillan -- 74-78--152

Championship First Flight

Mary Janiga / Alexa Pano -- 75-71--146

Therese Quinn / Alison Reifers -- 75-72--147

Patsy Ehret / Terri Wirth -- 76-72--148

Taffy Brower / Kathleen Colliflower -- 76-72--148

Diane Carter / Jenny Ceppi -- 77-74--151

Evelyn Blackmon / Angie Coleman -- 78-75--153

Tama Caldabaugh / Susan West -- 78-75--153

Linda Dillon / Susan Keane -- 76-79--155

Nancy Beck / Leslie Henry -- 84-73--157

Natalie McNicholas / Kathy West -- 85-73--158

Lauren Collins / Maria Marino -- 81-78--159

Middle Division

Patty Lang / Sue McMurdy -- 73-73--146

Christine Martin / Beth Sholar -- 72-79--151

Laura Monea / Jennifer Polich -- 72-80--152

Leann Cesario / Debra Wangrud -- 77-76--153

Kathy Baker / Rebecca Montgelas -- 76-81--157

Nicola de Stwolinska / Mary Kozak -- 78-79--157

Patricia Gelardi / Kibbe Reilly -- 78-79--157

Debbie Dove / Kathryn Maloney -- 76-82--158

Karen Hale / Karen Varner -- 76-86--162

Elizabeth Brumback / Lynn Fullmer -- 78-85--163

Joyce Martin / Meredith Wolf -- 82-81--163

Diane Armet / Barbara Magie -- 83-83--166

Jan DeMarco / Sonja Stutchfield -- 86-81--167

Danielle Doane / Marianne Doane -- 83-85--168

Forward Division

Ann Candido / Marsha Funk -- 73-71--144

Eileen Burke / Lanette Gustafson -- 77-74--151

Victoria Goitz / Gilda Perez -- 78-76--154

Donna Carruth / JoEllen Youngblud -- 79-78--157

Pamela Cooling / Carolyn Hudson -- 79-78--157

Kay Howard / Martha Richards -- 81-78--159

Kimberly Byle / Chris Daywalt -- 87-82--169

Lori Cameron / Patricia Fox -- 86-83--169

Dannae Karins / Lois Wilhelm -- 84-86--170

Karen Long / Sheila Nuccilli -- 88-84--172

Carole Browne / Jeri Ewing -- 85-DQ