Defending
Champion Advances, Medalist Ousted At Senior Women's Amateur
Austin,
Texas – Carol Semple Thompson, 54, of Sewickley, Pa., kept her hopes
of a fifth consecutive championship alive, while medalist Sherry Bowman,
50, of Manassas, Va., was ousted during third-round action at the 2003
USGA Senior Women’s Amateur at the 5,762 -yard, par-72 Foothills course
at Barton Creek Resort & Club.
Semple
Thompson won her 27th consecutive match in the USGA Senior Women’s Amateur,
a record that spans five championships, with a 4-and-3 victory over
Bernice Gallagher, 52, of Cincinnati, Ohio.
“I’m
very pleased to be in the quarterfinals,” Semple Thompson said. “I’ve
been questioning myself this week, so I’m glad to be this far but I’m
still trying to think about getting pars and playing each hole and not
thinking about the future or my opponent.”
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| Anne Carr follows her shot during her third-round
match at the Senior Women's Amateur. (Steven Gibbons/USGA) |
Her
quarterfinal opponent, Anne Carr, 59, of Seattle, Wash., will be a familiar
foe. The two met in the finals of the 2001 Senior Women’s Amateur and
in the semifinals a year ago. Both matches went to the 18th green, with
Semple Thompson earning a 1-up victory each time.
“Both
matches were very close,” Semple Thompson said. “ Anne is a very good
player, so I know I have to be on the ball right off the bat.”
Carr
advanced to the quarterfinals with a 2-and-1 win over 2000 runner-up
Toni Wiesner, 56, of Fort Worth, Texas. Carr knows her match against
Semple Thompson will be a tough one.
“I
hope everything is working tomorrow, and I know that it has to be,”
Carr said. “My mental game has to be there and all my shots have to
be there because it’s going to take birdies to beat Carol.”
Bowman
fell behind early against Pat Milton, 50, of Munroe Falls, Ohio, and
couldn’t get back on track. Milton took the lead with a par 4 at the
340-yard 2nd hole and never trailed en route to a 6-and-5 victory.
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| Pat
Milton strikes the ball during her third-round victory. (Steven
Gibbons/USGA) |
“I’m
driving the ball very well, and have good course management, and putts
are starting to drop,” said Milton. “I’m really pleased with where my
game is now.”
Semple
Thompson will not be the only past champion in the quarterfinal field.
She will be joined by 1956 U.S. Women’s Amateur and 1985 and 1994 Senior
Women’s Amateur champion Marlene Streit, 69, of Canada, and 1997 Senior
Women’s Amateur winner Nancy Fitzgerald, 59, of Carmel, Ind.
Streit
made it to the quarterfinals for the first time since the championship
switched to a match-play format with her 3-and-2 win over Patty Moore,
53, of Charlotte, N.C. Streit has yet to trail in any of her three matches.
“I
just played neat and tidy today,” said Streit. “I’ve always played the
golf course, so it’s like playing stroke play. If you shoot par and
they beat you, then they deserve to win.”
In
her match against 1988 U.S. Women’s Mid-Amateur champion Martha Lang,
50, of Mandeville, La., Fitzgerald birdied the par-5, 474-yard 15th
hole to take a one-hole lead, and went on to earn a 1-up victory.
Carolyn
Creekmore, 51, of Dallas, Texas, staged a big comeback in her third-round
match against Taffy Brower, 58, of Boynton Beach, Fla. Creekmore was
down three holes with three to play, but came back to win the next three
holes, culminating with a birdie on the par-5, 460-yard 18th hole to
square the match. Creekmore earned the win on the 20th hole when Brower
conceded the hole after her ball moved after she addressed it and then
hit it into a water hazard.
Also
advancing to the quarterfinals were Marianne Towersey, 52, of Newport
Beach, Calif., and Jo-Ann Lindsay, 62, of Edina, Minn.
The
quarterfinal matches are scheduled for Wednesday, and the semifinal
match and 18-hole championship final will be played on 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 Tuesday 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
Austin,
Texas – Results from the third round of match play Tuesday 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 16
Upper
Bracket
Milton
def. Bowman, 6 and 5
Towersey
def. Wessels, 6 and 4
Streit
def. Moore, 3 and 2
Creekmore
def. Brower, 20 holes
Lower
Bracket
Carr
def. Wiesner, 2 and 1
Semple
Thompson def. Gallagher, 4 and 3
Fitzgerald
def. Lang, 1 up
Lindsay
def. Uritus, 1 up
Pairings
And Tee Times
Austin,
Texas – Pairings for the quarterfinal round of match play Wednesday
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 8
Upper
Bracket
9:15
p.m. Pat Milton, Munroe Falls, Ohio (153) vs. Marianne
Towersey, Newport Beach, Calif. (164)
9:25
a.m. Marlene Streit, Canada (153) vs. Carolyn Creekmore,
Dallas, Texas (152)
Lower
Bracket
9:35
a.m. Anne Carr, Seattle, Wash. (147) vs. Carol Semple Thompson,
Sewickley, Pa. (150)
9:45
p.m. Nancy Fitzgerald, Carmel, Ind. (148) vs. Jo-Ann Lindsay,
Edina, Minn. (159)
