
                         Roanoke Times
                 Copyright (c) 1995, Landmark Communications, Inc.

DATE: TUESDAY, June 28, 1994                   TAG: 9406300040
SECTION: SPORTS                    PAGE: C2   EDITION: METRO 
SOURCE: Staff report
DATELINE:                                 LENGTH: Short

VIRGINIAS' TOP WOMEN PLAYING GOLF IN SALEM

Sherry Zaleski of Manassas is the defending champion in the Virginias' Women's Stroke-Play Championship, which begins today at Hidden Valley Country Club in Salem.

Virtually all of the top amateur women golfers in the state are entered in the three-day event, including 1993 Virginia Women's Amateur champion Anne Patrick of Richmond. Patrick, a former Roanoker, learned the game at Hidden Valley.

Of the 25 players with handicaps of 7 or less, seven are from the Roanoke Valley, including Dot Bolling of the host club. Bolling, a finalist in the 1993 state women's amateur, was rated the No.1 player in Roanoke by the Roanoke Times & World-News.

``I'll be happy if I break 80,'' said Bolling, who serves as local chairwoman for the women's division of the Virginia State Golf Association and has been involved heavily in planning this event. ``I think any of 32 people could win it.''

Zaleski and Jane Mack of Richmond are the only former winners in the field, which has lost many of its past champions to the pro ranks, including ShopRite LPGA Classic winner Donna Andrews.

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