Carolyn Barnett-Howe of Appleton, Wis., became the first player to score two victories in the nine-year history of the TaylorMade-adidas Golf PGA Women's Stroke Play Championship.
Howe, 45, a PGA head professional at Irish Waters Golf Club in Freedom, Wis., fired a closing round of 1-over-par 73 to win by three strokes, Jan. 30, on the Wanamaker Course at The PGA Golf Club. Howe earned $1,750 from an $8,000 purse.
At 218, Howe outdistanced Shannon Hanley of Steamboat Springs, Colo., who closed with 74-221 to finish second among 25 entries. A PGA teaching professional at Steamboat Golf Club, Hanley earned $1,350 for her second straight runner-up finish.
Each made two birdies on the front nine, and then Howe bogeyed the ninth hole to cut her lead to one. But Hanley drove into a bunker at the 14th hole enroute to a double bogey. Then both Howe and Hanley bogeyed the last two holes. Howe also won the 2006 Women's Stroke Play with a 221 at the nearby PGA Country Club.
"I was thinking about it, that no one had ever repeated in this tournament," said Howe. "I wanted to be the first to do it.
"Shannon really played great, keeping the pressure on me until the 14th hole. I made a 20 footer to save par at the 10th hole to keep the lead, then missed an eight-footer for birdie at the 14th. But overall, I played pretty steady."
Howe, the leader after the first and second rounds, also won the Wisconsin Women's Open the last three years and four times overall. She also had several top-5 finishes in the Michigan and Illinois Women's Opens.
The PGA Golf Club, Port St. Lucie, Fla., Wanamaker Course (par-72, 6,003 yards)
| Player, Hometown | Money | Score |
| Carolyn Barnett-Howe, Appleton, Wis. | $1,750 | 72-73-73--218 |
| Shannon Hanley, Steamboat Springs, Colo. | $1,350 | 74-73-74--221 |
| Sarah Johnson, Spearfish, S.D. | $1,000 | 73-73-76--222 |
| Cindy Reeves, Bedford, N.Y. | $800 | 75-75-73--223 |
| Marjorie Jones, Orlando, Fla. | $650 | 77-75-73--225 |
| Julie Peluso, Port St. Lucie, Fla. | $650 | 76-73-76--225 |
| Jennifer Webster, Port St. Lucie, Fla. | $525 | 82-74-70--226 |
| Wendy Modic, Chappaqua, N.Y. | $450 | 77-75-77--229 |
| Kammy Maxfeldt, Westport, Conn. | $425 | 81-74-76--231 |
| Christine Newton, Whitefish, Mont. | $200 | 78-77-79--234 |
| Nodja Cook, Johnson City, Tenn. | $200 | 74-80-80--234 |
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