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1989

Select A Year 1962 - Maureen Orcutt 1963 - Marion Choat 1964 - Loma Smith 1965 - Loma Smith 1966 - Maureen Orcutt 1967 - Marge Mason 1968 - Carolyn Cudone 1969 - Carolyn Cudone 1970 - Carolyn Cudone 1971 - Carolyn Cudone 1972 - Carolyn Cudone 1973 - Gwen Hibbs 1974 - Justine B. Cushing 1975 - Alberta Bower 1976 - Cecile Maclaurin 1977 - Dorothy Porter 1978 - Alice Dye 1979 - Alice Dye 1980 - Dorothy Porter 1981 - Dorothy Porter 1982 - Edean Ihanfeldt 1983 - Dorothy Porter 1984 - Constance Guthrie 1985 - Marlene Streit 1986 - Constance Guthrie 1987 - Anne Sander 1988 - Lois Hodge 1989 - Anne Sander 1990 - Anne Sander 1991 - Phyllis Preuss 1992 - Rosemary Thompson 1993 - Anne Sander 1994 - Marlene Streit 1995 - Jean Smith 1996 - Gayle Borthwick 1997 - Nancy Fitzgerald 1998 - Gayle Borthwick 1999 - Carol Semple Thompson 2000 - Carol Semple Thompson 2001 - Carol Semple Thompson

Anne Sander, a 52-year old career amateur, easily won the U.S. Senior Women's Amateur Championship, shooting 75-74-75-224, at the Tournament Players Course, in The Woodlands, Texas. She was so dominant that she held a 12-stroke lead with nine holes to play, and won by nine strokes over Alice Dye, of Delray Beach, Florida.

Mrs. Dye, posted a score of 233, including a 75 in the final round. She birdied the final hole to prevent Mrs. Sander from winning by the largest margin in the event's 28-year history.

Mrs. Sander, of Seattle, Washington, was one of eight former champions in the field. She had also won three Women's Amateur championships. Mrs. Sander went ahead in the second round, passing Betty Probasco, from Lookout Mountain, Tennessee, who had celebrated her 60th birthday by shooting a 73 in the first round. Mrs. Sander started slowly, with 41 for her first nine holes. She came back in 34, on the second, and played every nine holes in the 30s the rest of the way.

Mrs. Dye, herself a two-time champion, easily won the 60-64 age group. The other two age bracket winners were former champions as well. Marlene Streit, the champion in 1985, won in the 55-59 age group, and Dorothy Porter, who had won four senior women's titles, won the 65-and-up age bracket.