OATLANDS golfer Olivia Molino has enjoyed success at a junior level at the Bathurst Golf Club but now she can add a senior title to her name.
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Molino claimed a seven stroke victory in Monday and Tuesday's Bathurst Ladies Open, proving consistency is the key to victory with back-to-back rounds of 82.
The Sydney golfer claimed the division one Blair Athol Cup over Barbara Bohdanowicz, who had looked like the winner following her opening day score of 78.
However, a tougher Tuesday on the greens saw Bohdanowicz shoot 93.
Molino took a break to undertake tertiary study and is now coming back to playing regular competitive golf, and could use the Bathurst Ladies Open victory to springboard a successful season.
Bathurst ladies club captain Jane Mitchell said Molino's game was a sight to behold on the fairways.
"Olivia played really well. She was a former Jack Newton Junior Golf champion here and has recently come back to the game," she said.
"She's a beautiful player to watch and she has such a lovely swing and is able to drive the ball a fair distance. It's delightful to see a younger player doing so well. Her consistency was the one thing that really struck me."
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Overall over 130 players from 23 clubs from across New South Wales and the ACT turned up to play in the tournament, with more also taking part in Wednesday's foursomes event.
Wendy Smith ensured a home city golfer would walk away victorious by taking out the division two Lucas Pepper Salver.
Smith turned up when the pressure was on.
The Bathurst golfer shot 103 on Monday before improving markedly the next day with a round of 93.
Smith defeated Asquith golfer Carolyn Reeve (rounds of 96 and 102) by two strokes.
In the battle for the division three Fox Woodward Salver Bathurst's Carole McDiarmid (225) went down by a single stroke to Ryde Parramatta's Enid McGuigan.
McGuigan shot back-to-back rounds of 112 while McDiarmid's 113 on the opening day proved the only difference between the pair.
Mitchell said the prominence of Bathurst players across the board was a great sign for the home club.
"There was strong competition within each division and the two days of stroke play put all players to the test," she said.
"It was nice to see a couple of first-time winners in the lower grades and it was nice also to see a mixture of home winners and winners from other clubs.
"It's wonderful to have golfers come to Bathurst from such a wide range of clubs."