Medalist,
Defending Champion Move On At 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 won first-round
matches to advance Monday at the 2003 USGA Senior Women’s Amateur Championship
at the 5,762 -yard, par-72 Foothills course at Barton Creek Resort &
Club.
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| Four-time defending champion Carol Semple Thompson
in action during the first round of match play Monday. (Steven Gibbons/USGA) |
Bowman
built a 5-up lead against Caroline Repenning, 61, of Kenilworth, Ill.,
after winning the par-4, 270-yard 12th hole with a birdie, but lost
three of the next four holes and saw her lead shrink to 2 up after bogeying
the par-4, 290-yard 16th hole. She recovered to win the par-3, 174-yard
17th hole and earned a 3-and-1 victory.
“I
barely survived out there,” Bowman said. “I still have this mental block
where match play is concerned. I need to use the same focus I use in
stroke play.”
Semple
Thompson struggled early in her match against Gwendolyn Tierney, 65,
of Anderson, Ind., falling one hole down after a bogey on the par-3,
136-yard 3rd hole. She squared the match with when Tierney bogeyed the
par-5, 506-yard 5th hole, and took the lead for good with a birdie at
the par-4, 351-yard 7th hole.
“I
bogeyed the first four holes, but I was only one down, so that was good,”
Semple Thompson said. “Then I pulled myself together and had some birdies
after that. I was pretty nervous on the first few holes.”
Semple
Thompson, seeking her fifth consecutive Senior Women’s Amateur crown,
earned a 4-and-3 victory when the players matched pars on the par-5,
474-yard 15th hole.
Also
advancing was 1956 U.S. Women’s Amateur and 1985 and 1994 Senior Women’s
Amateur champion Marlene Streit, 69, of Canada. Streit never trailed
en route to a 2-and-1 victory against Kathleen Colliflower, 50, of Rochester,
N.Y., and is pleased thus far.
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| Two-time
Senior Women's Amateur champion Marlene Streit of Canada tees off
during first-round action at Barton Creek Resort & Club Monday.
(Steven Gibbons/USGA) |
“I
wanted to qualify for match play, and win a match or two,” Streit said.
“You just have to keep grinding.”
Payton
Davies, 59, of Horseshoe Bay, Texas, a member at Barton Creek, twice
faced a four-hole deficit against Cathy Schaefer, 56, of Fort Myers,
Fla., but came back to win six of the final seven holes to win, 2 up.
Among the other winners Monday were 1988 U.S. Women’s Mid-Amateur champion
Martha Lang, 50, of Mandeville, La., 1997 USGA Senior Women’s Amateur
champion Nancy Fitzgerald, 59, of Carmel, Ind., and 2002 Senior Women’s
Amateur runner-up Barbara Berkmeyer, 59, of St. Louis, Mo.
The
second and third rounds of match play are scheduled for Tuesday. The
quarterfinal matches will be played on Wednesday, and 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 first 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 64
Upper
Bracket
Sherry
Bowman, Manassas, Va. (145) def. Caroline Repenning, Kenilworth, Ill.
(164), 3 and 1
Jean
Mowry, Webster City, Iowa (158) def. Sandy Woodruff, Santa Cruz, Calif.
(158), 2 and 1
Pat
Milton, Munroe Falls, Ohio (153) def. Molly Price, Houston, Texas (162),
4 and 3
Elizabeth
Haines, Gladwyne, Pa. (154) def. Ginny Orthwein, St Louis, Mo. (162),
2 and 1
Marianne
Towersey, Newport Beach, Calif. (164) def. Connie Shorb, York, Pa. (150),
2 up
Debbie
McClung, Horseshoe Bay, Texas (157) def. Cindy Carroll, Celeste, Texas
(161), 1 up
Salley
Wessels, Mt Morris, Ill. (151) def. Reggie Parker, Hobe Sound, Fla.
(164), 2 and 1
Ann
Probert, New Vernon, N.J. (161) def. Claudeen Lindberg, Atlanta, Ga.
(157), 3 and 1
Cecilia
Mourgue-D'Algue, France (149) def. Diane Henry, Richmond, Texas (164),
1 up
Patty
Moore, Charlotte, N.C. (158) def. Julie Greene, Barrington, R.I. (159),
4 and 2
Marlene
Streit, Canada (153) def. Kathleen Colliflower, Rochester, N.Y. (163),
2 and 1
Peggy
Woodard, Virginia Beach, Va. (161) def. Karen Ferree, Hilton Head, S.C.
(155), 2 and 1
Taffy
Brower, Boynton Beach, Fla. (149) def. Mary Lou Henderson, Canada (164),
19 holes
Pamela
Spikes, Little Rock, Ark. (159) def. Betty Pfahler, Los Angeles, Calif.
(158) 19 holes
Carolyn
Creekmore, Dallas, Texas (152) def. Chris Spivey, Birmingham, Ala. (163),
3 and 2
Lori
Elliott, Sparks, Nev. (156) def. Madelaine Campbell, Newport Beach,
Calif. (161), 1 up
Lower
Bracket
Anne
Carr, Seattle, Wash. (147) def. Barb ara Israel, New York, N.Y. (164),
3 and 2
Payton
Davies, Horseshoe Bay, Texas (159) def. Cathy Schaefer, Ft Myers, Fla.
(158), 2 up
Marcia
Fisher, Canby, Ore. (153) def. Louise Billy, Manchester, N.H. (162),
3 and 2
Toni
Wiesner, Fort Worth, Texas (155) def. Linda Divall, Alexandria, Va.
(162), 6 and 5
Carol
Semple Thompson, Sewickley, Pa. (150) def. Gwendolyn Tierney, Anderson,
Ind. (164), 4 and 3
Lynn
Larson, Aurora, Colo. (157) def. Kathy Mankowski, Dallas, Texas (160),
2 and 1
T.L.
Allen, Dallas, Texas (164) def. Alison Murdoch, Canada (151), 3 and
1
Bernice
Gallagher, Cincinnati, Ohio (161) def. Marsha Butler, San Diego, Calif.
(157), 21 holes
Nancy
Fitzgerald, Carmel, Ind. (148) def. Jan Ugale, Greenwood Village, Colo.
(164), 2 up
Barbara
Berkmeyer, St Louis, Mo. (159) def. Carol Peffer, Mentor, Ohio (158),
2 up
Mary
Isbell, Oneonta, Ala. (153) def. Sandy Szczerbin, San Ramon, Calif.
(163), 8 and 6
Martha
Lang, Mandeville, La. (155) def. Diana Schwab, Dayton, Ohio (162), 3
and 1
Lou
Weddington Hart, Meridian, Miss. (150) def. Sharon Keil, The Villages,
Fla. (164), 1 up
Jo-Ann
Lindsay, Edina, Minn. (159) def. Rita Albertson, Scottsdale, Ariz. (157),
5 and 4
Bonnie
Fry, Bel Air, Md. (163) def. Dianne Yelovich, Pinehurst, N.C. (151),
4 and 3
Becky
Uritus, Upper Arlington, Ohio (156) def. Kellie Magee, Mill Valley,
Calif. (161), 2 up
