During the championship final, Marlene Streit confers with her caddie, Carol Semple Thompson, the four-time defending champion who had been eliminated earlier in the day.  (Steven Gibbons/USGA)

 

Nancy Fitzgerald reacts to making her par putt at the 22nd hole of the championship final of the USGA Senior Women's Amateur.  (Steven Gibbons/USGA)

 

Nancy Fitzgerald chips onto the 5th hole, the 23rd of the championship final match.  (Steven Gibbons/USGA)

 

Newly crowned USGA Senior Women's Amateur champion Marlene Streit answers questions from the media.  (Steven Gibbons/USGA)

 

Carol Semple Thompson congratulates Nancy Fitzgerald after Fitzgerald stopped Semple Thompson's run of consecutive Senior Women's Amateur victories at 28 in the semifinals.  (Steven Gibbons/USGA)

 

Marianne Towersey reacts to a missed putt during her 24-hole semifinal match against Marlene Streit.  (Steven Gibbons/USGA)