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Mrs. Philip Cudone

Mrs. Cudone won her second consecutive Championship by defeating Mrs. Lowell D. Brown, of Tyler, Texas, in a playoff at the Ridglea Country Club, Fort Worth, Texas.

Both ladies equalled the scoring record of 236 for the regulation 54 holes, and then Mrs. Cudone scored 76 in the playoff against 84 by Mrs. Brown. With nine holes to play in the Championship proper, Mrs. Cudone held a five-stroke lead over Mrs. Brown.

Mrs. Cudone then lost four strokes, to Mrs. Brown in the first three holes of the home nine, and three-putted the 18th to allow Mrs. Brown to pull even. In the playoff Mrs. Cudone birdied three of the first four holes and was never caught.

 
Championship Facts

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:
Teeing ground – .275"
Fairways and driving range tee -- .450-.475"
Collars around greens – .300", approximately 30 inches wide, or one mower width
Putting greens – no height prescribed; speed: 10-10 ½ feet on the Stimpmeter.
Primary rough – 2-2 ½ "
Intermediate rough – 1 ¼", approximately 6' wide or one mower width

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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