Bowman, Semple Thompson Advance At 2003 USGA Senior Women's Amateur

 

Austin, Texas – Medalist Sherry Bowman, 50, of Manassas, Va., and defending champion Carol Semple Thompson, 54, of Sewickley, Pa., each recorded second-round victories Tuesday at the 2003 USGA Senior Women’s Amateur Championship at the 5,762 -yard, par-72 Foothills course at Barton Creek Resort & Club.

 

Bowman was down two holes through nine but cut the deficit to one hole with a par 4 at the 375-yard 10th hole. Another par by Bowman at the par-3, 154-yard 14th hole squared the match, and she took the lead for good with another par 4 at the 290-yard 16th hole. The two players matched pars at the final two holes and Bowman had a 1-up win.

 

Semple Thompson kept her hopes for a fifth consecutive Senior Women’s Amateur crown alive with a 4-and-3 victory over Lynn Larson, 60, of Aurora, Colo. Semple Thompson benefited from 11 pars and one birdie against Larson, who struggled with two bogeys and three double bogeys.

 

Also moving on to the third round was Marlene Streit, 69, of Canada, who never trailed against Peggy Woodard, 60, of Virginia Beach, Va. Streit, the 1956 U.S. Women’s Amateur and 1985 and 1994 Senior Women’s Amateur champion, made a par 5 at the 460-yard 18th hole and earned a 1-up victory when Woodard double bogeyed.

 

Two other past USGA champions will meet in Tuesday afternoon’s third-round action. Martha Lang, 50, of Mandeville, La., the 1988 U.S. Women’s Mid-Amateur champion, earned a 6-and-4 win over Mary Isbell, 59, of Oneaota, Ala. Lang will face 1997 USGA Senior Women’s Amateur champion Nancy Fitzgerald, 59, of Carmel, Ind., who advanced with a 1-up victory over 2002 Senior Women’s Amateur runner-up Barb ara Berkmeyer, 59, of St. Louis, Mo.

 

Anne Carr, 59, of Seattle, Wash., needed 19 holes to outlast Payton Davies, 59, of Horseshoe Bay, Texas, a member at Barton Creek. Davies squared the match at the 18th hole when she stuck her approach shot with a foot of the hole. But Davies three-putted from 25 feet on the 19th hole, the par-4, 375-yard 1st hole, and Carr, the 2001 Senior Women’s Amateur runner-up, escaped with a 1-up victory.

The third round of match play will be played Tuesday afternoon, and the quarterfinal matches are scheduled for Wednesday. The semifinal match and 18-hole championship final are scheduled for Thursday, Sept. 11.

The USGA Senior Women’s Amateur is one of 13 championships conducted annually by the United States Golf Association each year, 10 of which are strictly for amateurs.

 

Results

Austin, Texas – Results from the second round of match play Monday at the 2003 USGA Senior Women’s Amateur Championship at the 5,762 -yard, par-72 Foothills course at Barton Creek Resort & Club:

 

Round of 32

Upper Bracket

Sherry Bowman, Manassas, Va. (145) def. Jean Mowry, Webster City, Iowa (158), 1 up

Pat Milton, Munroe Falls, Ohio (153) def. Elizabeth Haines, Gladwyne, Pa. (154), 3 and 2

Marianne Towersey, Newport Beach, Calif. (164) def. Debbie McClung, Horseshoe Bay, Texas (157), 3 and 2

Salley Wessels, Mt Morris, Ill. (151) def. Ann Probert, New Vernon, N.J. (161), 7 and 6

Patty Moore, Charlotte, N.C. (158) def. Cecilia Mourgue-D'Algue, France (149), 3 and 2

Marlene Streit, Canada (153) def. Peggy Woodard, Virginia Beach, Va. (161), 1 up

Taffy Brower, Boynton Beach, Fla. (149) def. Pamela Spikes, Little Rock, Ark. (159), 3 and 2

Carolyn Creekmore, Dallas, Texas (152) def. Lori Elliott, Sparks, Nev. (156), 2 and 1

 

Lower Bracket

Anne Carr, Seattle, Wash. (147) def. Payton Davies, Horseshoe Bay, Texas (159), 19 holes

Toni Wiesner, Fort Worth, Texas (155) def. Marcia Fisher, Canby, Ore. (153), 2 and 1

Carol Semple Thompson, Sewickley, Pa. (150) def. Lynn Larson, Aurora, Colo. (157), 4 and 3

Bernice Gallagher, Cincinnati, Ohio (161) def. T.L. Allen, Dallas, Texas (164), 21 holes

Nancy Fitzgerald, Carmel, Ind. (148) def. Barb ara Berkmeyer, St Louis, Mo. (159), 1 up

Martha Lang, Mandeville, La. (155) def. Mary Isbell, Oneonta, Ala. (153), 6 and 4

Jo-Ann Lindsay, Edina, Minn. (159) def. Lou Weddington Hart, Meridian, Miss. (150), 1 up

Becky Uritus, Upper Arlington, Ohio (156) def. Bonnie Fry, Bel Air, Md. (163), 4 and 2