(Wichita Falls, TX) – The final round of the Wichita Falls Championship wasn’t short of action as players battled for their share of the $58,000 purse.  In addition, the two Symetra Tour exemptions into Garden City Charity Championship were at stake.  The tournament originally scheduled to be a 72-hole championship was shortened to 54-holes due to weather delays over the second and third rounds.

Going into the final round Fernanda Lira Solis (Mexico) sat at the top of the leaderboard at 2-under par.  Lira Solis played even through the front nine to stay at 2-under.  Joining her at the top of the leaderboard at the turn was Selena Costaible (Thornhill, ON) at 2-under after starting her day at even par.  Lira Solis and Costaible would trade the top stop back and forth on the leaderboard until Lira Solis’s costly double bogey on the par 5 15th. Costabile would hold steady at 2-under par.  Binny Lee (Frisco, TX) came into the final round five shots off the lead.  Lee would card 7 birdies in her final round, three coming in her last four holes of the round.  Lee’s final round would break the women’s course record previously set by herself in 2010 posting a 66 (-5) to finish at 2-under par overall.  Costaible had a birdie putt for the win on the final hole, but barely missed to go into a playoff with Lee.  In the sudden death playoff Lee would birdie hole 18 to seal the victory. 

The Women’s All Pro Tour would like to give a thank you to Wichita Falls Country Club for their hospitality this week. A special thank you to all the volunteers who helped put one such a great event, especially Head Pro Mark Greer, and Superintendent, Jared Hotchkiss.  The WAPT will take the next week off before beginning a three week haul starting with Hot Spring, AR for the Hot Springs Championship April 28-30.