By Greg Johnson
Bridget Boczar has been playing in the Michigan Women’s Amateur Championship since her early years in junior golf, and this year she had a feeling.
“To finally win is really great,” she said after topping Lauren Timpf of Macomb 2-up in the final match of the 110th Michigan Women’s Amateur Championship presented by Carl’s Golfland Friday at Oakland University Golf & Learning Center.
“I had a feeling about this week because I was playing pretty good this summer.”
Boczar recently completed her college golf career at Baylor University and will graduate in December with degrees in math and philosophy. She defeated Timpf, who will be a junior at Purdue, in a tight, well-played final match.
Timpf said of Boczar’s win,
“I wasn’t hitting it close enough, I guess overall I wasn’t as sharp as I was earlier in the week,” she said. “She had better looks at birdie than I did, and she made a few more than I did. She’s really an amazing player and a great putter. I expected all of her putts to go in.”
The championship match was tight from the start, and both players were under par in the end (Boczar 3-under, Timpf 2-under).
Boczar, a two-time GAM Women’s Champion, who played her first two years of college golf at Oakland University, said familiarity with the course helped.
“I was able to be confident and come out here and have some fun,” she said. “My brother Jack caddied for me today. My sister Grace was her yesterday. My mom (Roxanne) was out here every day. I had great support. It was just an awesome week.”
She is next headed to the U.S. Women’s Amateur and then back to Baylor to finish her education.
