Golf: Towersey wins state senior title

Richard Dunn

Newport Beach’s Marianne Towersey, the area’s all-time leader in

club championships with 18 women’s titles at Santa Ana Country Club, won

the California Senior Women’s Amateur Championship at Bayonet Golf Course

in Monterey.

In the final round Wednesday, Towersey broke away from Judy Miller of

Salinas on the back nine and finished at 9-over-par 83 (75-81-83--239),

four strokes ahead Miller.

Towersey, who has won 18 of the last 21 women’s club championships at

Santa Ana Country Club, became the all-time leader in the Newport-Mesa

community for club titles (men or women) this year.

Last year, in her first year in the seniors division (50 and over),

Towersey was the medalist at the U.S. Senior Women’s Amateur

Championship.

A three-time Tea Cup Classic champion (1998-2000), Towersey will

represent her club again this year in Tea Cup Classic VI on her home

course this summer (TBA).