By John RittenhouseSara Oldre and Lorna Bryan joined club champion Melissa Kopp as flight winners during the 53rd version of the Women’s Club Tournament played at the Luverne Country Club Saturday.Oldre rolled to a four-shot victory in the event’s first flight. Bryan pulled away from the field during the second round to win the second flight by five shots.A solid first round set the stage for Oldre’s victory in the nine player first flight.Oldre opened the 18-hole event by shooting a seven-over-par 43 to take a comfortable, six-shot cushion into the tournament’s second round.Oldre’s first loop featured making par three times and six bogeys.Marlene Kopp and Melissa Sterrett proved to be Oldre’s closest challengers when the first round was complete.Kopp, who played a round that featured six bogeys, shot a 49 to trail the leader by six strokes at the turn. Sterrett made par once and recorded four bogeys during a 50-stroke effort that left her in third place by seven strokes.Oldre’s solid play continued in the second round when she shot a 45 to protect the early lead established in the first round.The first-round leader maintained her six-stroke cushion over Kopp through the first five holes of the second round by matching the challenger’s score on each of the holes.Kopp trimmed the difference to five shots by making bogey on the par-4 15th hole, but Oldre extended the difference to six shots by registering a bogey on the par-3 seventh hole.Kopp managed to cut the deficit to four shots by tournament’s end by making par on the par-5 17th hole and recording a bogey five on the par-4 18th, but it wasn’t enough to catch the flight champion.Oldre finished the event by shooting a 43-45-88, while Kopp placed second with a 49-43-92.Sterrett slipped out of third place in the title-chase by shooting a 52 during the second round.Faye DeBoer, who carded a 52 during the opening round, shot a 48 during the second round to finish third with a total of 100 strokes.Bryan withstood a stiff challenge by Glenda Vande Griend to win the second flight by five strokes.Both Bryan and Vande Griend carded 10-over-par 46s during the first round of play to sport four-shot cushions over Heidi Sehr, who was four shots back after turning in a 50.Bryan made par twice in the first round and turned in four bogeys. Vande Griend’s opening round featured four par holes and one bogey.Bryan and Vande Griend remained deadlocked when the 10th hole was complete, but Bryan snapped the tie by making par on the par-5 and par-3 11th and 12th holes, and extended her lead to three shots with a bogey on the par-4 13th hole.The flight title was settled on the par-4 15th hole, where Bryan made par to open a seven-shot cushion over Vande Griend, who finished the hole with an eight.The players proceeded to match scores on the 16th and 17th holes before Vande Griend trimmed Bryan’s final margin of victory to five shots by making par on the 18th hole.Bryan finished the day by shooting a 46-45-91, while Vande Griend placed second with a 46-50-96.Sehr was unable to maintain the third-place position in the flight after shooting a 52 during the second round.Sandi Vrtacnik, who opened the tournament with a 56, rallied to shoot a 45 during the second round and place third with a 101-stroke effort.
