Sandman Wins Final in SWGA City Golf Tournament

Several Islanders finished in the final rounds of the 2011, played June 13-17 at the Sahalee Country Club. 

Kirsten Sandman won the fifth flight in the final matches at the SWGA Tournament, while Joanie Fox and Claudia Robbs finished runners-up in their flights.

All told, six Mercer Island women played in the SWGA City Championship from a field of 112 women golfers from 13 clubs.

The field of players are divided into flights based on handicap, except the Championship flight which is the 16 players with the lowest gross scores in the qualifying round on Monday. 

There are 16 players in each flight on Tuesday, Championship flight, 2nd flight, 4th flight, 6th flight, 8th flight, and 10th flight.  They play a match, one player against a second player.  All players who lose on Tuesday, then go to a drop flight, 1st, 3rd, 5th, 7th, 9th, 11th.  Players who lose their match on Wednesday are out of the tournament.  By Friday there are only 2 players left in each flight for the final matches.