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Roswell High School Grad Wins Judson Collegiate; Legends Tour Title Won by Moxness in Two-Hole Playoff

The final round of the Judson Collegiate & Legends Pro-Am Challenge presented by AT&T concluded June 30, with a dominate performance from Jessica Haigwood, a 2013 graduate of Roswell (Ga.) High School.  The first-year collegiate golfer with Georgia Regents University - Augusta won the tournament with a 7-under-par score for three days.  She won by nine strokes over her nearest competitors, Samantha Postillion (Burr Ridge, Ill.) of University of Illinois and Zoe Brake (Whakatane, New Zealand) of Ohio State, who finished tied for second at plus-2.

This was the third year for the Legends Tour, the Official Senior Tour of the LPGA, to join the Judson Collegiate Invitational Foundation for the Judson Collegiate and Legends Pro-Am Challenge presented by AT&T.  The golf event was held June 27-30 at the Country Club of Roswell, showcasing the talents of 60 collegiate women golfers alongside 30 LPGA Legends professionals. 

Barb Moxness (Edina, Minn.) earned her second career win on The Legends Tour on Saturday, June 28 in a two-hole playoff. She edged two-time defending Judson champion Alicia Dibos (Lima, Peru) in the third annual Judson Collegiate and Legends Pro-Am Challenge presented by AT&T.

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Both Moxness and Dibos carded scores of 3-under 68 in regulation in the 18-hole tournament held at the Country Club of Roswell.  Both Legends players matched birdies on the first playoff hole, the par-five 18th, and returned to No. 18 for the second extra hole. Moxness birdied the second playoff hole to win the tournament. Val Skinner of Bayhead, N.J., Sweden’s Liselotte Neumann and Rosie Jones of Atlanta tied for third at one-under 70.


The event is managed by the The Judson Collegiate Invitational Foundation, Inc. (JCI Foundation), which honors the memory of former Roswell residents, Jim and Beth Judson, who perished in an airplane accident in 2010.  This year the Judson Women’s Leadership Workshop was expanded to provide additional mentorship opportunities for young women.  More than 300 attendees participated in the The Women’s Leadership Workshop at the DoubleTree by Hilton Hotel in Roswell on June 26.


Spectator activities over the weekend included a free youth golf clinic by U.S. Kids Golf, interactive family activities provided by the Atlanta Falcons and Atlanta Dream, a $1,000 travel certificate from Celebrity Cruises and free post-competition concert, hosted by the Willow Springs Homeowners Association.  For complete results of the Legends Tour event, visit www.judsongolf.com.





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