Golf: Swede makes history at Grand Geneva

Tuesday, June 5, 2007 2:15 AM CDT

Special to The Journal Times

Sofie Andersson, a 23-year-old native of Sweden, became only the second Swede to win on the Duramed FUTURES Women's Golf Tour Sunday when she won the $90,000 Aurora Health Care Championship at Geneva National Golf Club in Lake Geneva.

Andersson came from four shots back entering the final round and finished with a 4-under-par 212 total to win the title.

Andersson, a recent graduate of the University of California-Berkeley, shot a 2-under-par 70 Sunday to win the $12,600 prize.

Play was halted twice in the final round because of storms.

Brandi Jackson of Greenville, S.C., shot a final-round 70 and finished tied with Esther Choe of Scottsdale, Ariz., who had a final-round 72, for second place at 213. Each won $9,000.

Amateur Katie Elliott of Madison, a special qualifier for the tournament, shot 75 Sunday and finished at 226, tied with six other golfers for 59th place.

WSGA MATCH PLAY: Jeff Kaiser of the Golf Club at Cedar Creek and Garrett Jones of the House on the Rock Golf Club beat Racine native Eric Hjortness of Westridge Golf Club and Matt Behm of Janesville Riverside Golf Club 1-up Monday in the final of the Wisconsin State Golf Association (WSGA) State Match Play Championship at Royal St. Patrick's Golf Links at Wrightstown.

The final round was delayed a day because of storms.

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