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| Diane Lang holds the trophy after winning the USGA Senior Women's Amateur for a second consecutive year. Lang won the 2006 championship at Sea Island Golf Club Thursday with a 1-up victory over Anna Schultz. (Robert Walker/USGA) |
Lang Wins Second Consecutive USGA Senior Women’s Amateur Title
St. Simons Island, Ga. – Diane Lang, 51, of Weston, Fla., became the seventh golfer to win consecutive USGA Senior Women’s Amateur titles when she won the 2006 championship, 1 up, over Anna Schultz, 51, of Rockwall, Texas, at Sea Island Golf Club Thursday.
“I’m very excited to have won for a second time,” said the Jamaican-born Lang. “I was hoping that it was going to be a good week but I thought two in a row might be too much to ask for.”
In the 18-hole final match, played on a beautiful, sunny morning on Sea Island’s par-71, 5,832-yard Seaside Course, the two players remained all square until the par-4, 340-yard fifth hole, when Schultz made a 45-foot birdie putt to take a 1-up lead. 
Notebook: Lang Counts On Familiar Face
To Retain Trophy
St. Simons Island, Ga. – When Diane Lang showed up at the 2005 USGA Senior Women’s Amateur at The Apawamis Club in Rye, N.Y., she had a little trouble getting a caddie.
Lang was playing in her first Senior Women’s championship, and as somewhat of an unknown in the field, no one was overly eager to carry her bag. One of the last available caddies was a Westchester Country Club caddie named Barry Smith.
One week later, Lang was hoisting the trophy after winning her first national championship.
An Interview With 2006 USGA Senior Women's Amateur Champion Diane Lang
A Look At The Quarterfinalists
Fact Sheet
Qualifying Results
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USGA Senior Women's Amateur PAR AND YARDAGE The Seaside Course at Sea Island Golf Club will be set up at 5,832 yards with a par of 36-3571. COURSE ARCHITECT The Seaside course at Sea Island Golf Club was designed by Harry Colt and C.H. Alison and opened in 1928. There have been two major revisions by Joe Lee in 1973 and by Tom Fazio in 1999. COURSE SET-UP The USGA Course Rating™/Slope Rating® for Sea Island Golf Clubs Seaside Course during the USGA Senior Womens Amateur Championship is: 73.6/137
ENTRIES The USGA accepted a record 543 entries for the 2006 championship, the first time entries for the Senior Womens Amateur have totaled more than 500. The previous record high of 457 entries was set in 2005. QUALIFYING Sectional qualifying for the USGA Senior Womens Amateur was conducted from Sept. 4-12 at 23 sites. THE FIELD The starting field will consist of 132 golfers. Each golfer will play two rounds of stroke play before the field is trimmed to the low 64 scorers, who will advance to match play. SCHEDULE OF PLAY Championship play will be conducted from Oct. 7-12. Following 36 holes of stroke play (Oct. 7-8), the low 64 scorers will advance to match play. Match play rounds are listed below: Oct. 9 (Monday) First-round matches ADMISSION The public is invited. Both admission and parking are free.
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