CHAMPIONSHIPS
Serruta Goes Wire-to-Wire for Women’s Amateur Victory
A
utumn Serruta of the Golf Club of
Avon went wire-to-wire to capture the
52nd Connecticut Women’s Amateur
Championship, shooting 76-74-78 to win by two
strokes over Jen Holland of Lyman Orchards
Golf Course. The state’s most prestigious women’s
amateur championship was contested over 54-holes
of stroke play at the 5,797 yard, par-72 layout at
Manchester Country Club in Manchester, Conn.
Serruta carried a three-shot lead over
Holland heading into the final round, but as any
champion can attest, the road to victory is filled
with highs and lows. Serruta’s path to holding the
Women’s Amateur trophy would be no different.
After starting her first round one under-par
through 12 holes, a pair of double bogies derailed
her back nine and she had to settle for an opening
round of 76. On the final day, after Holland made
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an early move to grab a share of the lead, Serruta
would find trouble in the middle of her round,
making bogies on holes 9-13 to drop out of the
lead.
“I knew why I was struggling,” said Serruta.
“I wasn’t hitting fairways so I couldn’t get to the
green in regulation to have a shot at birdie or par. I
was making it really tough on myself, so I just tried
to go back to my game plan of taking it shot by
shot and hitting fairways.”
Trailing Holland by a single stroke going
into the par-5 15th, Serruta needed a change in
momentum to turn things around. After hitting
her approach to a modest 35 feet from the cup, she
did the unexpected – drained the putt in the center
of the cup for a share of the lead.
“Making that putt was a huge change
mentality-wise for me,” said Serruta. “I didn’t really
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