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1963

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 2002 - Carol Semple Thompson

Mrs. Allison Choate, of Rye, N.Y., went four extra holes on top of an 18-hole playoff round to win the second Championship at The Country Club of Florida, Delray Beach. Mrs. Choate trailed Miss Maureen Orcutt of Englewood, N.J., the defending Champion, by four strokes with five holes to play in the regulation 54-hole stroke play Championship and capped her rally with a 25-foot putt for a birdie 4 on the 54th hole. Each scored 239.

Next day in a playoff, Miss Orcutt again seemed on the way to a successful defense when she led by three strokes with three holes remaining. A bunker at the 16th proved her undoing and they finished in a tie at 81. On the fourth extra hole of sudden death, Mrs. Choate won with a birdie 2. Mrs. William R. Kirkland, Jr., of New York, was third with 241 for 54 holes. Next, at 247, was the six time former Women's Amateur Champion, Mrs. Glenna Collett Vare, of Philadelphia.

In age class competition, Mrs. Choate repeated in Class A (50-54); Miss Orcutt in Class B (55-59) and Mrs. Vare won Class C (60 and over).