OCALA, Fla. – For the fifth time, Ina Kim-Schaad and Meghan Stasi raised the trophy at the Women’s International Four-Ball Championship. The duo was also victorious in 2019, 2020,
2022, and 2023 and have now added one more to their illustrious collection. This also marks Stasi’s ninth win at the championship.
It was tightly contested at the top of the leaderboard after the first round, with four teams within three shots of the lead. Greenlief (Virginia) and Rogowicz (Pennsylvania) took full advantage of their top spot from round one, sinking two birdies right from the start.
As they made the turn, Kim-Schaad (Florida) and Stasi (Florida) claimed a share of the lead with a birdie on the tenth hole. Sarah Spicer (Virginia) and Jessica Spicer (North Carolina) followed suit, joining the leaders with a birdie on the ninth hole.
Greenlief and Rogowicz, one hole behind, responded with a birdie on the ninth hole to reclaim the lead at 9-under heading into the back nine. It would be a battle down the stretch to determine who would ultimately raise the trophy.
Ina Kim-Schaad and Stasi refused to back down, and continued their run birdieing the 12th, 13th, 14th and 15th holes to pull ahead of the field. Their next birdie would come on 18 where they sat 13-under with one hole to go.
Not to be forgotten, Greenlief and Rogowicz held on with three birdies on the back nine, finishing 12-under total, just one shot off the winners.
Together, the duo of Kim-Schaad and Stasi tallied up eleven birdies on the final day to reach 13-under and a remarkable second-round 61. This is the lowest round put together by any pair teeing it up at the Women's International Four-Ball Championship.
Stasi is among an elite group of individuals, being inducted into the FSGA Hall of Fame in 2023. Meanwhile, Kim-Schaad has quite a few accolades of her own, as an FSGA President's Award recipient in 2019, and winning the U.S. Women’s Mid-Amateur in the same year.
In the Middle Division, Corey Weworski and Susan West finished with a commanding 5-stroke lead over the rest of the field. The pair shot 69-66--135 to finish 9-under total.
