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1991

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

Phyllis Preuss, 52, of Colorado Springs, Colo., shot a 1-under-par on the second nine of the third round to rally and win the 30th U.S. Senior Women's Amateur at Pine Needles Resort.

Preuss finished with a third-round 74 and a three-day total of 221, 11 over par, to defeat Belle Robertson and Anne Sander by one stroke.

Both runners-up made serious runs at the title. Robertson, 55, held a three-stroke lead over Preuss through 14 holes, but she took a triple bogey and a bogey on the final four holes; Preuss, meanwhile, parred the last four holes.

Still, Robertson could have forced an 18-hole playoff by making a 6-foot putt for birdie on the 54th hole. Sander, who had won the last two championships, started the day five strokes behind the leaders, who were tied at 147, but she finished birdie-eagle to close the gap.

Betty Probasco, of Lookout Mountain, Tenn., who shared the lead with Preuss and Robertson after two rounds, shot a final round 76 to finish in fourth place, two strokes back.

Her 67 on the second day was the lowest 18-hole score in the history of the championship, and the first sub-70 score. One day later, Carol Ellis, of Minneapolis, recorded the second sub-70 score with a two-under-par 68.

While Preuss won the Group 1 age division, Robertson finished first in Group 2, Probasco in Group 3 and Dorothy Porter in Group 4.