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Anne Sander

Anne Sander shot a 1-over par 73 on the last day and came from four strokes behind to capture her fourth USGA Senior Women's Amateur title, at Preakness Hills Country Club, in Wayne, N.J.

Sander, 55, of Santa Barbara, Calif. Shot 230 for three rounds and finished four strokes ahead of Maryanne Morrison, of Dubois, Wyo., who finished 75-234.

Sander also won the Senior Women's championship in 1987, 1989 and 1990. She was runner-up in 1991 and 1992.

Barbara Stephen, of Torrance, Calif., was the leader after two rounds with 75-78-153 but she fell to an 89 on the last day and finished in a tie for sixth place.

The Senior Women's championship is the only one of The USGA's amateur competitions conducted at stroke play.

 
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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