A Look At The Quarterfinalists

Deborah Anderson, 55, of Rancho Mirage, Calif.

Advanced to the quarterfinals with a 5-and-4 victory over Robyn Puckett … is playing in her fourth USGA Senior Women’s Amateur … has qualified for six U.S. Women’s Mid-Amateurs… the 2004 and 2006 Southern California Senior champion … won the 2006 Southern Championship (Southern California) … three-time champion at Mission Hills Country Club, in 2000, 2002 and 2004 … a reinstated amateur … has four career holes-in-one … a 1973 graduate of the University of the Redlands and a 1978 grad of Cal State-Fullerton … birth date: April 13, 1951.

Diane Lang, 51, of Weston, Fla.

Advanced to the quarterfinals with a 7-and-5 victory over Boodie McGurn … won the 2005 USGA Senior Women’s Amateur with a 1-up decision over seven-time USGA champion Carol Semple Thompson at The Apawamis Club … won the Senior Women’s in her first appearance in the championship … the 2005 Florida Women’s State Golf Association four-ball match play champion … the Weston Hills Country Club Champion in 2002, 2003 and 2004 … made the cut in the 1985 U.S. Women’s Open … won the 2006 Florida Senior Women’s Amateur … runner-up at the 2006 Florida Women’s State Golf Association Stroke-Play Championship … Broward Amateur champion in 2004 and 2005 … a reinstated amateur, in 1989 … played on the LPGA Tour in 1984 … has three holes-in-one, including one at a U.S. Women’s Open qualifier in 1985 … a 1980 graduate of Florida Atlantic University … a realtor for Coldwell Banker … married to Jeff; they are the parents of Stephen and Amy … born in Kingston, Jamaica … birth date: Nov. 16, 1954.

Patty Moore, 56, of Charlotte, N.C.

Advanced to the quarterfinals with a 4-and-3 victory over Viveca Hoff … playing in her seventh USGA Senior Women’s Amateur … advanced to the semifinals in 2000 at Sea Island Golf Club … has also played in many U.S. Women’s Mid-Amateurs and made it to the quarterfinals of the 1993 championship, where she lost to eventual champion, Sarah LeBrun Ingram … won the 2000 and 2003 North Carolina Women’s State Amateurs … also won the 2000 and 2006 Eastern Senior Amateurs … the North & South Senior Women’s champion in 2000 and 2005 … was the Carolinas Golf Association Player of the Year in 2004 and the Carolinas Golf Association Senior Player of the Year in 2004 and 2005 … became the first to ever win both titles in the same year when she did so in 2004 … represented North Carolina at the 2003 and 2005 USGA Women’s State Team Championships and helped her state to a second-place finish in 2003 … has five career holes-in-one, including two in a 10-day stretch at her home course … a 1973 graduate of Texas Tech … husband, Jake, is caddieing for her this week … birth date: April 26, 1950.

Anna Schultz, 51, of Rockwall, Texas

Advanced to the quarterfinals with a 2-up victory over Judy Miller … playing in her second USGA Senior Women’s Amateur … runner-up at the 2000 U.S. Women’s Mid-Amateur to Ellen Port and a semifinalist at the 2001 championship … represented Texas at the 2001 and 2003 USGA Women’s State Team Championships … won the 2006 Southern Golf Association’s Senior Women’s Championship just before coming to Sea Island … won the 2004 Dallas Golf Association’s Dallas Tournament of Champions … runner-up at the 2006 Texas Women’s Senior Championship … won the 2006 City of Dallas Championship … a nine-time Dallas Athletic Club champion, in 1992, 1996, 1998, 2000, 2001, 2002, 2003, 2004 and 2006 … has three career holes-in-one and a career-low round of 64, shot at Dallas Athletic Club … has three sons, Mark, David and Kevin … Mark and David played for Texas A&M and Kevin currently plays for the University of Texas … a 1977 graduate of the University of Texas … is a certified public accountant … birth date: Aug. 8, 1955.

Marianne Springer, 61, of West Palm Beach, Fla.

Advanced to the quarterfinals with a 4-and-3 victory over stroke-play medalist Cecilia Mourgue D’Algue of France … playing in her fourth USGA Senior Women’s Amateur … had never before advanced past the first round … won the 1994 and 2005 International 4-Ball and the 1994 and 2006 Palm Beach Polo 4-Ball … a three-time New York Tri-County champion … won the Florida State Medal Play … her family was honored as the Met Sports Writers’ Golf Family of the Year in 1986 … has seven career holes-in-one and a career-low round of 67 … a 1966 graduate of the University of Miami (Fla.) … has two sons, Ronnie and Jerry … birth date: Dec. 30, 1944.

Carol Semple Thompson, 57, of Sewickley, Pa.

Advanced to the quarterfinals with a 3-and-1 victory over 2004 Senior Women’s Amateur champion Carolyn Creekmore … is playing in her 104th USGA championship, with seven victories: the 1973 U.S. Women’s Amateur, the 1990 and 1997 U.S. Women’s Mid-Amateurs, and the 1999, 2000, 2001 and 2002 USGA Senior Women’s Amateurs … her seven USGA titles places her fifth all-time with Anne Sander … only Bob Jones (nine) and JoAnne Gunderson Carner, Jack Nicklaus and Tiger Woods (eight) have won more … won 1990 Women’s Mid-Amateur and 2001 USGA Senior Amateur at her home club, Allegheny Country Club … the runner-up at the 2005 USGA Senior Women’s Amateur … holds record of 12 Curtis Cup appearances … selected to the USA Curtis Cup team in 1974, 1976, 1980, 1982, 1988, 1990, 1992, 1994, 1996, 1998, 2000 and 2002 … also holds Curtis Cup record for most victories (18, 9-7-3 in foursomes, 9-8-1 in singles) … holed a dramatic 27-foot putt on the 18th hole at the 2002 Curtis Cup at Fox Chapel to clinch the USA victory … was captain of the victorious 2006 USA Curtis Cup team and will again captain the squad at the 2008 Match, to be played over the Old Course at St. Andrews … has also played in five Women’s World Team Amateur Championships, including four victorious USA squads (1974, 1980, 1988, 1994) … member of champion Pennsylvania team at 1995 USGA State Team Championships … has represented her home state at every USGA Women’s State Team … won the British Ladies Open Amateur while reigning U.S. Women’s Amateur champ … low amateur at 1978, 1988 and 1994 U.S. Women’s Opens … has also won numerous prestigious amateur titles … has captured 22 Pennsylvania state amateur titles … president of Pennsylvania State Women’s Golf Association in 1991-92 … recipient of the 2003 USGA Bob Jones Award, the association’s top award given in recognition of distinguished sportsmanship in golf … member of the USGA Executive Committee from 1994-2000; only the second woman to serve in that capacity … her parents were both scratch golfers … father Harton (Bud) Semple was USGA President in 1974-75 and her mother, Phyllis Semple, has served on various USGA committees since 1957 … her first tournament victory was at the Western Pennsylvania Women’s Championship at age 16 when she defeated her mother in the final … father presented her the Women’s Amateur trophy (Cox Cup) in 1973 … loves to fox hunt in the fall … 1970 graduate of Hollins College … husband, Richard … birth date: Oct. 27, 1948.

Marianne Towersey, 55, of Newport Beach, Calif.

Advanced to the quarterfinals with a 4-and-3 victory over Sandy Woodruff … lost in the semifinals of the 2003 Senior Women's Amateur … was a quarterfinalist at the 1968 U.S. Girls' Junior and a quarterfinalist at a 1967 U.S. Women's Amateur … upset a well-known JoAnne Carner in her first match of the 1967 Women’s Amateur when she was just 16 … represented California at the 2003 and 2005 USGA Women’s State Team Championships … a four-time California Senior Women’s Amateur champion, in 2002, 2004, 2005 and 2006 … won the 2005 Northern California WCANC Match Play and the 1981, 2000 and 2003 Women’s Golf Association of California State Championships … recently won her club championship and the 2006 Senior Trans … has two career holes-in-one, including one at the 1999 U.S. Women's Mid-Amateur … serves as the golf coach for California State University Monterey Bay … also enjoys surfing, skiing and gardening … a 1973 graduate of nearby Stanford University … husband, Brian … has two children, Chad and Patrick … birth date: Jan. 24, 1951.

Toni Weisner, 59, of Ft. Worth, Texas

Advanced to the quarterfinals with a 1-up victory over Nancy Smith … is playing in her 10th USGA Senior Women’s Amateur … runner-up at the 1997 and 2000 USGA Senior Women's Amateurs … twice a quarterfinalist at the U.S. Women's Mid-Amateur, in 2002 and 2003 … a five-time Texas Women’s Amateur champion, in 1985, 1988, 1989, 1993 and 2005 … also won the 1981 Southern Amateur and the 1997 British Senior Women’s Amateur … has two top-three finishes as a member of Texas’s squad at the USGA Women’s State Team Championship, in 1995 (second) and 2005 (third) … shot her career-low round of 67 during the 1998 Senior Women’s Amateur on Golden Horseshoe Golf Club’s Green Course in Williamsburg, Va. … husband, Robert, whom she met on the first tee of a public golf course back home, is her caddie this week … a 1980 graduate of Texas Christian University … works in sales … birth date: Nov. 3, 1956.