Dot Bolling wins her record seventh HOF tourney.

Women's Hall of Fame Tournament winner Dot Bolling is congraulated by runner- up Vickie Kasza (left) after Kasza missed a putt on hole #2, in the play-off round. Photo by Don Petersen

The 30th Roanoke Valley Golf Hall of Fame women's championship ended in an all-too-familiar script. Just call it another Bolling strike.

Adding yet another chapter to her incredible golf resume, 62-year-old Dot Bolling captured her record seventh HOF title Sunday, beating collegian Vicki Kasza on the second playoff hole at Hanging Rock.

The victory marked Bolling's 22nd victory in Roanoke's two women's events. She has won the City-County title a record 15 times, not to mention seven majors in state competition.

"Dot shows no signs of letting up," said Kasza, 21, who lost in a playoff in the HOF for a second straight year. "As long as she makes up those up and downs, she could do it forever. That's where she's so good. I've never seen a man of her age do something like this. She's just a good player who enjoys her golf."

Not to mention loves winning. Perhaps the powers that be at Roanoke Country Club, Bolling's home club the past three years, might want to consider adding the winningest player in Roanoke Valley history to their list of those who have an honorary stone in their name on the club's outside patio.

"Somebody asked me, 'how come you don't have one of those stones?' " Bolling said. "I said, 'Well, because of what I won would not fit on it.' They need to put me one in there."

Bolling stoned the hard-luck Kasza by nearly jarring a 45-foot chip shot on the second playoff hole for a birdie. Her tap-in for par was enough to take care of Kasza, who barely missed a 10-foot par putt after chipping short from almost the same spot as Bolling.

"Fortunately, I made a great chip and that's all it takes," Bolling said.

Kasza, who lost in a three-way playoff with Bolling and eventual winner Meredith Swanson a year ago, had forged a tie by rallying from three shots down in the final two holes of regulation. Kasza, a rising senior at Hollins College who finished 16th in the NCAA Division III championship, holed a 40-foot chip shot on the 17th hole and made a clutch 7-foot par putt on No. 18 to equal Bolling, who uncharacteristically bogeyed the final two holes.

"I tried to give it away," Bolling said.

As she has so many times in the past, Bolling came up with the right shot at the right time. Her chip shot on the second extra hole peeped inside the cup before popping out.

"Dot knows when she needs to bear down and she comes through with the shot. The rest of us choke!" said Debbie Young, who finished sixth.

Bolling, who had a final-round 77, said she won't play in next month's City-County if she is selected for the Virginias squad for their team matches against the Carolinas the same week in Myrtle Beach, S.C.

"I won't be here if I'm picked," Bolling said. "I know Vicki is going to play. If she plays, they all can all just look for second place."

Countryside and RCC tied for the team championship. Countryside claimed its record 13th team title in a tie-breaker that was settled through the two squads' next lowest score.