Jul. 31—Reedsport High School graduate Monica Vaughn Fisher was crowned champion this week of the Oregon Golf Association’s 34th Oregon Women’s Stroke Play Championship.
Vaughn Fisher, who had a stellar career at Reedsport and at Arizona State University, finished the three rounds at the OGA Golf Course with a total of 1-under par, shooting a 71, a 73 and a 71. She won the title by four strokes over Krissy Carman of Junction City and Chen Ching Tzu of Eugene.
Earlier this summer, Vaughn Fisher was the No. 2 qualifier for the Oregon Women’s Amateur at Oswego Lake Country Club with a two-round total of 3-over. She won her first-round match before losing in the round of 16 to Hannah Swanson of Forest Grove. Swanson ultimately lost in the championship match to Carman in a match decided on the 37th hole.
In May, Vaughn Fisher won the Oregon Women’s Mid-Amateur at Pumpkin Ridge with a three-round score of 6-over, shooting 74 in each round.
Vaughn Fisher was state champion for Reedsport before a successful career at Arizona State. As a senior she was crowned individual NCAA champion and led the Sun Devils to the team title.
She spent five years as assistant coach at the University of Oregon, a role now held by Carman.
Vaughn Fisher is now the director of donor engagement and development at the Oregon Golf Association. A part of that job has been helping promote the new Golf Oregon license plate, which benefits junior golf in the state.
