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| Anna Schultz, of Rockwall, Texas, won the 2007 USGA Senior Women's Amateur Championship in 20 holes over Robyn Puckett, of Irvine, Calif., at Sunriver Resort's Meadows Course. (Robert Walker/USGA) |
Schultz Edges Puckett In 20 Holes To Win Championship
Sunriver, Ore. – Anna Schultz, 52, of Rockwall, Texas, withstood a furious comeback by Robyn Puckett, 60, of Irvine, Calif., Thursday and won the 2007 USGA Senior Women’s Amateur Championship in 20 holes, at Sunriver Resort’s 5,975-yard Meadows Course.
It was the third extra-hole final since the championship went to a match play format in 1997.
“It’s overwhelming,” said Schultz, who was playing in her third USGA final. “I am so thrilled. I’ve wanted this for so long. This is what we work for and what we dream of. It’s something everybody wants so badly.” 
Interview With The Champion
Championship Notebook
2006 Runner-Up Schultz Meets Puckett In Final
Sunriver, Ore. – Anna Schultz, of Rockwall, Texas, the 2006 runner-up, and Robyn Puckett, of Irvine, Calif., each won two matches Wednesday to advance to the 18-hole final of the 2007 USGA Senior Women’s Amateur Championship at Sunriver Resort’s 5,975-yard Meadows Course.
Schultz, who is playing in her third USGA final, birdied the 6th and 7th holes to take a 2-up lead, which she never lost, in defeating Tanna Lee Richard, of Fort Smith, Ark., in the semifinals, 3 and 2. Schultz, who lost 1-down, to Diane Lang in the finals in 2006, was also the runner-up at the 2000 Women’s Mid-Amateur
In her semifinal, Puckett, 60, who was born in Australia, grabbed a 3-up lead after nine holes against two-time defending champion Lang, of Weston, Fla., and held on for a 1-up victory. The Jamaican-born Lang was vying to become the sixth player to win the Senior Women’s Amateur three times after winning in 2005 and 2006. 
Previewing The Final
Sunriver, Ore. – Anna Schultz has pointed to Thursday’s USGA Senior Women’s Amateur Championship final for nearly 11 months. Robyn Puckett will have had about 11 hours to fathom her appearance.
Meet The Quarterfinalists
No Atlas Required: Lang, Caddie Find Their Way
Sunriver, Ore. – Diane Lang has learned to trust Barry Smith’s word.
“When he says he will be there, he will be there,” said Lang, the reigning two-time USGA Senior Women’s Amateur champion, of her caddie.
2007 Storylines
Fact Sheet
Qualifying Results
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COURSE ARCHITECT – John Fought, an Oregonian who won the 1977 U.S. Amateur, made revisions to the Meadows course in 1999. The redesign resembles great American courses from the 1920s and 30s with its use of directional and fore-bunkers. The original Meadows Course opened in 1969. COURSE SETUP – The USGA Course Rating/Slope Rating® for Sunriver's Meadow Course during the USGA Senior Women's Amateur Championship is: 74.4/141. Heights of grass: WHO CAN ENTER -- Open to female amateur golfers who will have reached their 50th birthday on or before Sept. 1, 2007, and have USGA Handicap Indexes not exceeding 18.4.
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