Aug. 16, 2007
SAN DIEGO - San Diego State sophomore Petra Cole (San Diego, Calif.) claimed the 2007 San Diego City Amateur golf championship this past Sunday, holding on for a one-stroke victory at the Torrey Pines South Golf Course. Cole won the 72-hole tournament despite posting an 88 in the final round, edging future Aztec teammate Samantha Roberts with a final score of 325.
Cole, who redshirted a year ago, began the event with a 79 and an 80, before following that up with her best effort of 78, to lead the field by eight strokes heading into Sunday's fourth and final round. She carded bogeys on four of her final five holes, but still managed to hold on for medalist honors.
Roberts, meanwhile, was 12 strokes behind Cole and four in back of second-place Lucy McGovern going into the last day, but rallied with a tournament-best 77 to tie McGovern with a 326. Roberts, a La Costa Canyon High School graduate, then captured a one-hole playoff for the second-place finish.
The championships took place on four separate days on three different golf courses, beginning August 4-5 at the Torrey Pines North and South Courses for the first two rounds, before continuing August 11, at Balboa Park Golf Course. The field returned to Torrey Pines South for the final 18 holes on August 12.
Earlier this summer, several other current and former Aztecs were also in action at the 12th annual California Women's State Championship, July 16-18, at the Pala Mesa Resort in Fallbrook, Calif.
Junior Maki Kamimura (West Covina, Calif.) placed fifth overall in the 93-golfer field, after logging a 10-over 226 at the 54-hole event. Jamie Oliver (Los Alamitos, Calif.), who recently completed her eligibility with the Aztecs, was ninth with a 230, while junior Jackie Kazarian (Dana Point, Calif.) was two strokes behind with a 232 for 11th place. Junior Heather Wilson (Chula Vista, Calif.) rounded out the SDSU contingent with a 25th-place finish with a 239.