Meredith Swanson putts on the 18th green at Hunting Hills Country Club in the Roanoke Valley Golf Hall of Fame women's championship on Sunday. SAM DEAN The Roanoke Times

Meredith Swanson putts on the 18th green at Hunting Hills Country Club in the Roanoke Valley Golf Hall of Fame women's championship on Sunday.

The 32nd Roanoke Valley Golf Hall of Fame women's golf championship proved to be another beat-down.

Except this time, eight-time champion Dot Bolling wasn't the one holding the paddle.

Playing in the event for the first time in three years, collegian Meredith Swanson finished off a thorough whipping of the field Sunday, cruising to a 12-stroke victory over Bolling and the rest of the overmatched field in Sunday's final round at Hunting Hills.

Swanson, a rising sophomore on the University of South Carolina's golf team, followed a first-round 68 with a 4-over 76 to stroll to her fourth HOF triumph. Her four wins match Penny Stallins for the second-most HOF victories behind Bolling.

''Really? I didn't know it was three or four,'' said a grinning Swanson, who became the youngest player ever to win the 36-hole event when she captured her first title at age 13 in 2004.

''I didn't even know what this tournament was when I was 13. My dad was like 'We're playing in a tournament' and I was like, 'All right, let's go play.' And then he goes 'You're in a playoff, and I'm like 'What's that? Let's go play!

''And then afterwards this guy comes up to me and I was like, 'Is this an interview? What's going on?' So, no, I never really thought I would win four Hall of Fames. Because it has such a prestigious sounding title. I mean I wouldn't like consider myself a Hall of Famer.''

Well, it's a little early for that title.

Led by Swanson, Roanoke Country Club won the team title for the fifth time in six years, outdistancing runner-up Hanging Rock by 25 shots. The RCC team was easily the youngest squad to ever capture the crown. Fourteen-year-old Lyndsey Hunnell tied for fourth, and 15-year-old Rachael Wright tied for seventh.

Bolling, who has four grandchildren, was more excited about seeing the teens on hand this week than she was about playing golf.

''I hope Meredith stays around here,'' Bolling said. ''I hate to see the youngsters leave. I'm absolutely thrilled for these kids out here. We've got to have somebody to replace all these old faces here.''

Swanson, who is home on summer break from college, has been doing her best to help out Hunnell and Wright, who are showing signs of being the next best young female players in the valley.

''I do play with them, been playing more often since I got home,'' Swanson said. ''It's fun being around the girls ... just kind of supporting them and pushing them along, encouraging them, just being there for them.

''I really didn't have any girls to play with ... it was just a bunch of guys. If it were me, I would want somebody to do that for me.

''Lyndsey is a really good player, her swing has come a long way. And Rachael is very athletic. She probably needs to practice a little bit more. She's kind of a social butterfly, but she's a good player. They both could get scholarships somewhere to play in college if they keep on working hard.''

Swanson is proof. An hour after the tournament ended, she was riding with her father, Stuart, to New Jersey to compete in the women's Eastern Amateur.