What a beautiful day on Fripp Island at the Ocean Point Course, sunny, slight breeze, and a lot of great shots hit by our Championship field. There is a tight race going on in all five flights of the field. Leading the first round of the Championship with 6 birdies and posting a 66 is the team of Lea Venable and Kayleigh Reinke. Just 3 shots back there is a tie with the teams of Karen Ferree/Savannah Hylton (69) along with Lea Anne Brown/Rachel Wyatt (69).

In Flight 2 Frankie Garber and Karin Wolfe have set the pace firing double hockey sticks 77 to stay one shot ahead of three teams. Suzann Bartley/Natalie Huff, Pam Prescott/Nancy Holcombe, and Nancy Dodge/Betty Armbruster all posted a 78 for round 1.

Six teams are all with in one shot of the lead in Flight 3 with three tied for first. The teams of Fran Dunn/Rebecca Earle, Kay Hall/Janet Bowers, and Laura Rawl/Teddy Stockwell all carded an 81 in the first round. Just one shot back posting an 82 are the teams of Connie Chick/Karen Harwood, Brenda Frye/Susan Harden, and Bernice Slezak/Cynthia Andereck.

Flight 4 has a two way tie for the lead with team Jean Burns/Connie Liley and Mary Jones/sherri Bess. Team Burns/Liley birdied the 18th hole to take a share of the lead. Sitting one shot back is Tricia Reid/ Hall Bickman team.

In the 5th Flight the team of Jennifer O'Brien/Betty Poore (88) have a 3 shot lead over Mary Sudzina/Lee Harper who posted a 91. Sitting in third is the team of Wilma Shaw/Darlene Seguin with a 93.

In round 2 anything can happen with the modified alternate shot format. Both players tee off, then switch (hit each others ball) and then alternate shot one ball from there until holed. The weather is going to play havoc as well with consistent 25 mph winds and a high of 56. So keep your eyes on the live scoring today and let's see who pulls out the Championship.