Kim Saiki of Costa Mesa Holds On to Win Broadmoor Invitational Golf
Kim Saiki, 20, of Costa Mesa, downed Carol Semple Thompson of Sweickley, Pa., 3-and-2, in the 36-hole final of the 44th Broadmoor Ladies Invitational golf tournament Tuesday.
Saiki, a University of California team member, had a three-hole lead at the turn after the morning round, captured the 19th and 20th holes, then fought back and forth with her 33-year-old opponent before finally taking the victory on the 34th.
“I played very well today and I’m very proud to beat a veteran like Carol Semple,” Saiki said.
Semple is a four-time Curtis Cup member and an alternate for the 1986 Cup team.
Saiki was the U.S. Golf Assn. junior champion in 1983.
It was her first appearance at the Broadmoor meet, which was on the par-73 East Course, a 7,392-yard, par-73 course.
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