Scottsdale golf pro wins Tennessee open

NORTH SCOTTSDALE – Pinnacle Peak Country Club teaching professional Karen Davies recently won the rain‑shortened Frontier Tennessee Women’s Open.

The Carefree resident won the title July 30 with an even‑par final score of 144 after back‑to‑back rounds of 72.

Davies was one of the few golfers who was able to finish their second and final rounds before the nearly five‑hour thunderstorm delay.

The Women’s Open championship would have been contested at 54 holes of stroke play with a cut to low 60 players and ties after 36 holes. But due to the bad weather for more than three days, the championship was reduced to a 36‑hole event.

Davies’ professional first‑place earnings totaled $7,000.

Anthem athletes compete in Colo.

ANTHEM – Members of the Anthem Dolphins swimming team and a weightlifter from the Sports Performance Weightlifting Club competed earlier this month at the State Games of America at the Olympic Training Center in Colorado Springs, Colo.

Eleven swimmers from the Anthem team qualified for the national competition after winning at last summer’s Arizona‑run Grand Canyon State Games.

Additionally, Fred Martinez, a lifter for the Anthem’s Engineered Sports Performance Weightlifting Club, earned a gold medal at the event, which drew more than 10,000 athletes from across the country.

Pinnacle High added to Advocate coverage

NORTH SCOTTSDALE – The Desert Advocate will be covering Pinnacle High school and sports for the 2007‑08 season. The school boundaries reach as far north as Jomax Road. The Desert Advocate serves readers as far south as Loop 101 in North Scottsdale.

Pinnacle is a member of the 5A‑Division II Conference and will play in the Pima Region.