Donahue, Simmons repeat as Lassies Classic champs

The team of Sissy Donahue and Sherre Simmons needed extra holes, but they successfully defended their Lassies Classic title on Thursday at Cape Girardeau Country Club.

Donahue and Simmons shot a 6-under 64 in the second round, then turned back first-round co-leaders Donna Wheeler and Joyce Kuntze to claim their third title overall.

Donahue and Simmons, who needed a birdie on the final hole to win in 2013, also had won a rain-shortened, one-round event in 2010. The team finished with a 130 total.

Donahue, a member of Kimbeland Country Club, and Simmons had entered the day one stroke behind Wheeler and Kuntze and 11-time champions Harriette Myers and Diane Fowler, who had rounds of 65 in Wednesday's first round.

Wheeler and Kuntze shot a second straight 65 to also finish at 130.

Harriette Myers, left, and Diane Fowler chat while waiting to putt on the 11th green Thursday during the Lassies Classic at Cape Girardeau Country Club. (Laura Simon)

Myers and Fowler, who last won the tournament in 2012, finished two strokes back at 132 with a 67 in the final round.