Gophers' Ciskowski and Garrison Shoot 62 on Final Day to Win MN Women's State Four-Ball

  BYRON, Minn. – Taking a slim, one-shot advantage into the final round of the 37th Minnesota Women’s State Amateur Four-Ball Championship, the team of Sabrine Garrison and Heather Ciskowski fired a final-round 62 Wednesday to win the championship by six shots at Somerby Golf Club.

Garrison and Ciskowski, both University of Minnesota golfers, carded a round of 5-under par 67 during the first round Tuesday to take the early lead over the twosome of Taylor Ledwein and Marisa Toivonen.

During the final round Wednesday, Garrison and Ciskowski came out firing with four birdies on the first four holes to jump to 9-under for the championship before carding back-to-back birdies at the eighth and ninth holes to turn at 11-under.

The two remained hot on the back nine Wednesday, rolling in three birdies over the first four holes to get to 14-under and added a final birdie at the 15th hole and would finish at 15-under par 129, six shots better than the team of Sierra Langlie and Emily Israelson.

Langlie and Israelson, who both recently finished their sophomore seasons at Augustana University, began the final round four shots off the lead as the two carded a 1-under par 71, rolling in a pair of birdies with one bogey during the opening round Tuesday.

The two quickly found their rhythm during Wednesday’s second round by carding an eagle on the opening hole to jump to 3-under for the tournament.

Langlie and Israelson added a birdie to the scorecard at the third and would turn at 3-under for the day before sinking five birdies over the final nine holes to card a final-round 64 to finish second at 8-under par 135.

Recent Edina High School graduates Grace Kellar and Christine Portillo fired a 4-under par 68 during the final round Wednesday to finish the championship in third at 139, while the team of Ledwein and Toivonen finished fourth at 139.