An eagle to close out Day 1. Four birdies in the middle round, and another eagle to wrap up the Vermont Women’s Golf Association’s Amateur championship at Haystack Golf Course on Thursday, Aug. 6.
What a week for Tekla Fine-Lease.
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A Ralph Myhre Golf Course member, Fine-Lease secured a wire-to-wire victory to capture her first Vermont women’s amateur title, wrapping the three-day tournament with a 6-over 228 for a seven-stroke triumph over Teegan Duffy.
Fine-Lease fired the tournament’s lone under-par score, thanks to an eagle on the 18th hole for a first-round 73. The Quinnipiac University redshirt sophomore who was a sectional champion at Queensbury High School in New York was also the field’s lone golfer to break 80 for all three rounds.
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Tekla Fine-Lease poses with the championship trophy after winning the Vermont Women’s Golf Association’s amateur title at Haystack Golf Course in Wilmington on Thursday, Aug. 6, 2026.
She used a quartet of birdies in Wednesday’s second round for a 77 and an eight-shot lead. In Thursday’s finale, Fine-Lease finished the front-nine with an eagle and added another birdie on the back-nine for a 78 to clinch the crown.
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Duffy, also a Ralph Myhre member, posted a final-round 75 to seize runner-up honors.
After Duffy, Lin Culver (Neshobe Golf Club) placed third at 14-over, followed by Dorset Field Club’s Keely Culligan at 16-over and Burlington Country Club’s Carson Richards at 23-over to round out the top-five finishers of the 46 competitors.
For the complete leaderboard, see below.
Vermont Women’s Golf Association
Amateur championship
Aug. 4-6, 2026
At Haystack Golf Course (par 74)
Tekla Fine-Lease (Ralph Myhre) … 73-77-78—228
Teegan Duffy (Ralph Myhre) … 76-84-75—235
Lin Culver (Neshobe) … 74-85-77—236
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Keely Culligan (Dorset) … 79-79-80—238
Carson Richards (Burlington) … 87-78-80—245
Jeanne Morrissey (Williston) … 82-81-82—245
Nikki Yatsenick (Golf Garage) … 84-80-85—249
Gretchen White (Williston) … 89-78-84—251
Holly Reynolds (Copley) … 89-83-84—256
Stella Rakochy (Kwiniaska) … 87-93-80—260
Jazz Bruce (Kwiniaska) … 89-90-82—261
Reggie Parker (Ekwanok) … 88-87-86—261
Patti Haas (Killington) … 87-86-88—261
Alyssa Gallo (Manchester) … 84-91-86—261
Ann O’Day (Williston) … 86-89-87—262
Tiffany Maurycy (Killington) … 92-84-87—262
Lillian Collins (Lakeside) … 83-91-90—264
Wendy Drolette (Williston) … 86-95-85—266
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Alyssa Barnes (Stowe) … 86-93-90—269
Shelly Yusko (Quechee) … 86-91-94—271
Barb Masterson (Williston) … 94-91-87—272
Tracy Sloan (Brattleboro) … 92-95-87—274
Elizabeth Walker (Dorset) … 92-94-88—274
Dana Cassidy (VT National) … 97-90-89—276
Diane McCauley (Stowe) … 88-94-95—277
Vicki Goodrich (Quechee) … 93-95-90—278
Beth Jonson (Haystack) … 102-93-89—284
Kanika Gandhi (Barre) … 100-97-99—286
Jennifer Papillo (Lang Farm) … 98-97-93—288
Rylee Makay (VT National) … 99-95-96—289
Tracy Webster (Copley) … 96-95-98—
Cheri Campbell (Kwiniaska) … 96-102-94—292
Anne Marie Blackman (Green Mountain) … 104-96-93—293
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Jennifer Farrington (Burlington) … 97-98-99—294
Rhonda Colvard (Kwiniaska) … 99-93-103—295
Susie Bremner (Neshobe) … 100-96-102—298
Deb Savoie (Burlington) … 95-102-104—301
Denise Barnard (Williston) … 99-106-106—311
Sarah Lee (Equinox) … 106-105-101—312
Lois Dolan (Williston) … 109-104-101—314
Dixie Mercier (Barre) … 105-103-106—314
Patricia Baroudi (Barre) … 110-106-104—320
Janet Hayden (Williston) … 111-111-98—320
Cheryl Hoar (Burlington) … 112-104-108—324
Barbara Price (Dorset) … 107-104-122—335
Sis Capeless (VT National) … 112-114-113—339
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This article originally appeared on Burlington Free Press: Fine-Lease captures wire-to-wire victory at Vermont women’s Amateur championship
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