Medalist Moore, 3 Past Champions Advance To Second Round

Sunriver, Ore. – Medalist Patty Moore, 57, of Charlotte, N.C., and three past champions were among the winners Monday in the first round of match play at the 2007 USGA Senior Women’s Amateur at Sunriver Resort’s 5,975-yard Meadows Course.

Moore, a three-time winner of the North and South Senior Amateur, defeated Fran Gacos, of Flemington, N.J., 6 and 5, building a 4-up through nine holes and never trailing.

The 2005 and 2006 champion Diane Lang, 52, of Weston, Fla., survived a balky driver to defeat Linda Maynard, of Highland, Ind., 4 and 2. Four-time winner Carol Semple Thompson, 58, of Sewickley, Pa., fought off a difficult start and beat Kathleen Hunt, of Buffalo, N.Y., 3 and 2. Carolyn Creekmore, 55, of Dallas, Texas, the 2004 winner, edged Kate Johnson, of Sleepy Hollow, Ill., 2 and 1.

Carolyn Creekmore, of Dallas, Texas, was one of three past champions to move into the second round. (Robert Walker/USGA)

"I played about the same as I did on (Sunday),” said Moore, who was a quarterfinalist in 2006. “Fran got in the rough a few too many times. That made it a little easier for me.”

Moore, who will represent North Carolina in the USGA Women’s State Team Championship later this month, was relieved to get the win.

"Don’t think I wasn’t thinking about the medalist kiss of death type of thing,” said Moore, a .three-time Carolinas Golf Association Player of the Year. “I didn’t want to go out in the first round. It was in the back of my mind.”

Jamaican-born Lang was down two holes after three but fought back to square the match through nine holes. She did not trail after the fifth hole.

"I am glad the first one is over,” she said. “The long clubs are slaughtering me. I certainly won’t go far unless I fix it. I’ve got to go figure out how to go far.”

Semple Thompson, playing in her 106th USGA championship, lost the first two holes before righting herself and winning four consecutive holes to take 2-up lead after nine holes.

Creekmore smiled when asked about the two days of double rounds that will follow, saying: “I love the double days. I love to be in the tournament. I hate to go home early.”

Toni Wiesner, 60, of Fort Worth, Texas, who shot the best round of stroke play, a 2-under 69, was 6-and-5 winner, over Patricia Robinson, of Polar Bluff, Mo.

In a match of note, 1999 Senior Women’s Amateur runner-up Cecilia Mourgue D’Algue,of France, defeated 1988 U.S. Women’s Mid-Amateur champion Martha Lang, of Birmingham, Ala., 2 and 1. Mourgue D’Algue has reached the semifinals three times.

Two past champions, 73-year-old Marlene Stewart Streit, of Canada, and Nancy Fitzgerald, of Carmel, Ind., did not advance.

Of the three players from Oregon, who made match play, only one survived: 1972 U.S. Women’s Amateur champion and past Curtis Cup player and captain Mary Budke, of Eugene.

Beatriz Arenas, 59, of Guatemala, in her first match in this format, also won.

Match play continues with the second and third rounds on Tuesday. The championship concludes with Thursday’s final.

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Sunriver, Ore. – Results from Monday’s first round of match play at the 2007 USGA Senior Women’s Amateur Championship played at the 5,975-yard, par-71 Sunriver Resort’s Meadows Course:

Upper Bracket

Patty Moore, Charlotte, N.C.  (145) def. Frances Gacos, Flemington, N.J.  (162), 6 and 5

Reggie Parker, Hobe Sound, Fla.  (158) def. Mimi Hoffman, Springfield, Va.  (158), 1 up

Anna Schultz, Rockwall, Texas  (154) def. Judy Miller, Tucson, Ariz.  (161), 5 and 4

Holly Horwood, Canada  (161) def. Rachel Whittington, Lake Oswego, Ore.  (154), 2 and 1

Terry Mayes, Gilroy, Calif.  (150) def. Kim Cure, Wichita Falls, Texas  (162), 5 and 3

Madelaine Campbell, Newport Beach, Calif.  (156) def. Jo-Ann Lindsay, Edina, Minn.  (159), 3 and 1

Angela Stewart, Greenville, N.C.  (161) def. Claudia Pilot, Austin, Minn.  (151), 3 and 1

Lynda Palahniuk, Canada    (155) vs. Georgia Hutchinson, Ketchum, Idaho  (159), 1 up

Cecilia Mourgue D'Algue, France  (147) def. Martha Lang, Birmingham, Ala.  (162), 2 and 1

Patricia French, Tulsa, Okla.  (157) def. Deborah Jamgochian, Greenwich, Conn.  (158), 3 and 2

Tanna Lee Richard, Fort Smith, Ark.  (161) def. Jan Phillips, Bonita Springs, Fla.  (152), 2 and 1

Anne Zahn, Minnetonka Beach, Minn.  (155) def. Rebecca Davis, Broken Arrow, Okla.  (160), 1 up

Ann Laughlin, Plantation, Fla.  (149) def. Lisa Stanley, Reno, Nev.  (162), 4 and 3

Gail Burden, Winfield, Kan.  (159) def. Georgia McCravey, Chattanooga, Tenn.  (157), 2 up

Beatriz Arenas, Guatemala  (152) def. Marsha Butler, San Diego, Calif.  (161), 5 and 3

Christine Giza, Gilbert, Ariz.  (160) def. Marianne Towersey, Pebble Beach, Calif.  (155), 2 up

Lower Bracket

Toni Wiesner, Fort Worth, Texas  (146) def. Patricia Robinson, Poplar Bluff, Mo.  (162), 6 and 5

Deborah Anderson, Rancho Mirage, Calif.  (158) def. Taffy Brower, Boynton Beach, Fla.  (158), 4 and 2

Robyn Puckett, Irvine, Calif.  (154) def. Kristine Berger, Hilton Head Island, S.C.  (161), 3 and 1

Mary Budke, Eugene, Ore.  (155) def. Mitsue Lewis, San Diego, Calif.  (160), 4 and 2

Lou Hart, Meridian, Miss.  (150) def. Nancy Fitzgerald, Carmel, Ind.  (162), 2 and 1

Lisa Smego, Olympia, Wash.  (156) def. Linda Pearson, Glendale, Calif.  (159), 7 and 5

Carol Semple Thompson, Sewickley, Pa.  (151) def. Kathleen Hunt, Buffalo, N.Y.  (161), 3 and 2

Connie Shorb, York, Pa.  (159) def. Loree McKay, Portland, Ore.  (155), 2 and 1

Carolyn Creekmore, Dallas, Texas  (147) def. Kate Johnson, Sleepy Hollow, Ill.  (162), 2 and 1

Joan Garety, Ada, Mich.  (157) def. Robin W. Donnelley, Scottsdale, Ariz.  (158), 2 and 1

Diane Lang, Jamaica  (153) def. Linda Maynard, Highland, Ind.  (161), 4 and 2

Joan Higgins, Glendora, Calif.  (155) def. Alison Murdoch, Canada   (160), 5 and 4

Sandy Woodruff, Santa Cruz, Calif.  (149) def. Lindsay Wortham, Richmond, Va.  (162), 8 and 6

Natalie Easterly, Richmond, Va.  (159) def. Ann Lahey, Kentfield, Calif.  (157), 2 and 1

Noreen Mohler, Bethlehem, Pa.  (152) def. Louise Davis, Los Angeles, Calif.  (161), 6 and 5

Nancy Smith, North Port, Fla.  (160) def. Marlene Streit, Canada  (155), 2 and 1

Sunriver, Ore. – Pairings for Tuesday’s second round of match play at the 2007 USGA Senior Women’s Amateur Championship played at the 5,975-yard, par-71 Sunriver Resort’s Meadows Course (all times Pacific):

Upper Bracket

8:00 a.m. -- Patty Moore, Charlotte, N.C.  (145) vs. Reggie Parker, Hobe Sound, Fla.  (158)

8:09 a.m. -- Anna Schultz, Rockwall, Texas  (154) vs. Holly Horwood, Canada  (161)

8:18 a.m. -- Terry Mayes, Gilroy, Calif.  (150) vs. Madelaine Campbell, Newport Beach, Calif.  (156)

8:27 a.m. --  Angela Stewart, Greenville, N.C.  (161) vs. Lynda Palahniuk, Canada    (155)

8:36 a.m. -- Cecilia Mourgue D'Algue, France  (147) vs. Patricia French, Tulsa, Okla.  (157)

8:45 a.m. -- Tanna Lee Richard, Fort Smith, Ark.  (161) vs. Anne Zahn, Minnetonka Beach, Minn.  (155)

8:54 a.m. --  Ann Laughlin, Plantation, Fla.  (149) vs. Gail Burden, Winfield, Kan.  (159)

9:03 a.m. --  Beatriz Arenas, Guatemala  (152) vs. Christine Giza, Gilbert, Ariz.  (160)

9:12 a.m. -- Toni Wiesner, Fort Worth, Texas  (146) vs. Deborah Anderson, Rancho Mirage, Calif.  (158)

9:21 a.m. --  Robyn Puckett, Irvine, Calif.  (154) vs. Mary Budke, Eugene, Ore.  (155)

9:30 a.m. --  Lou Hart, Meridian, Miss.  (150) vs. Lisa Smego, Olympia, Wash.  (156)

9:39 a.m. -- Carol Semple Thompson, Sewickley, Pa.  (151) vs. Connie Shorb, York, Pa.  (159)

9:48 a.m. -- Carolyn Creekmore, Dallas, Texas  (147) vs. Joan Garety, Ada, Mich.  (157)

9:57 a.m. -- Diane Lang, Jamaica  (153) vs. Joan Higgins, Glendora, Calif.  (155)

10:06 a.m. -- Sandy Woodruff, Santa Cruz, Calif.  (149) vs. Natalie Easterly, Richmond, Va.  (159)

10:15 a.m. -- Noreen Mohler, Bethlehem, Pa.  (152) vs. Nancy Smith, North Port, Fla.  (160)