It was three rounds of golf without anyone breaking par.  Despite that the winner, Morgan Grantham, beat the field by a whopping 19 strokes.  Grantham’s former lobo teammate, Alexandra Phelps, won by 23 strokes the previous year but, that was before the course was extended.  Maybe the extension of the course was a bad idea for 2008.  I consider myself the worst golfer in the history of the sport but, I may have finished in the middle of the pack in this tournament.  Grantham provided all of the highlights in a field of players that appeared to be playing a practice round for three days.  Maybe the solution is to shorthen the course and change the date.  If the tournament was played on a different day maybe they could have landed last year’s champ Alexandra Phelps and former Sandia and current University of Denver player Katie Kempter.  Both were busy at the U.S. Amateur qualifier.  The men’s city golf tournament is loaded with former and current Lobos, Aggies and Mustangs.  The women’s city golf tournament needs to make it fashionable to play.  If they haven’t already, the women’s city golf tournament organizers should go after former champs like January Romero and others.  A field of past champions no matter how small would add some intrigue to the tournament.  The galleries would grow and the interest would make the field swell.  Competition is a good thing that has abandoned the women’s city golf tournament.  It’s time to bring it back.