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2007 USGA Senior Women's Amateur Championship

Quarterfinalists

Beatriz Arenas, 59, Guatemala (pronounced ah-REE-nahs)

Playing in her first Senior Amateur…qualified in Houston, Texas…played for Guatemala six times in the Women’s World Amateur Team Championship…a ‘many time’ Guatemala national champion…also winner of the Central American championship and the Jaguar Team championship…Guatemala’s Golfer of the Year in 2000, 2005 and 2006…member of Guatemala Country Club’s Hall of Fame…is an avid painter, mostly in oil…lowest competitive score was 7-under-par for four rounds at the Guatemala National Championship…has five children and nine grandchildren…one son Luis Eduardo plays golf at Western Kentucky…one daughter Maria played golf at Pepperdine…born Mar. 18, 1948 in Guatemala City.

1st round: def. Marsha Butler, San Diego, Calif., 5 and 3

2nd round: def. Christine Giza, Gilbert, Ariz., 5 and 4

3rd round: def. Anne Laughlin, Plantation, Fla., 21 holes

Madelaine Campbell, 57, Newport Beach, Calif.

Playing in her third Senior Amateur…qualified in San Diego, Calif….2007 Mesa Verde C.C. club champion…won the 2007 Arrowhead Invitational…won the 1990 Santa Clara County title…four career holes-in-one…her most memorable golf experience is shooting 66 in Hawaii…uses a wedge given to her by her father, which has been refinished an ground several times…she is the director of the chamber of commerce of Fountain Valley…runs her own business, a beauty supply shop and salon…husband Tom Rold, is her caddie…they were introduced by her college roommate and sorority sister…she maintains a strong friendship with that college roommates…has two graduate degrees, one in English and the other an MBA, which she received in 2000…has a son, Jeff, and a daughter, Jamie…born Oct. 21, 1949 in Detroit.

1st round: def. Jo-Ann Lindsay, Edina, Minn., 3 and 1

2nd round: def. Terry Mayes, Gilroy, Calif., 4 and 3

3rd round: def. Angela Stewart, Greenville, N.C., 2 and 1

Diane Lang, 52, Weston, Fla.

Playing in her third Senior Women’s Amateur…champion in 2005 (defeating Carol Semple Thompson) and 2006 (Anna Schultz)…vying to become sixth champion with three victories…15-0 in Senior Women’s Amateur match play…won 2006 Florida Women’s GA Senior Amateur…five-time club champion at Weston Hills GC…three-time Broward Amateur winner…won 2006 International Four-Ball…won 2005 Florida Four-Ball…reinstated as an amateur in 1989…played on the LPGA Tour in 1985 and 1986…made the cut at the 1985 Women’s Open…missed the cut at the 2007 Women’s Amateur…lowest competitive round is 68 at the Southern Amateur…three career holes-in-one…using the same caddie, Barry Smith, as first two appearances …works as a realtor…1979 graduate of Florida Atlantic…married (Jeff) with a son (Stephen) and daughter (Amy)…born Nov. 16, 1954 in Kingston, Jamaica.

1st round: def. Linda Maynard, Highland, Ind., 4 and 2

2nd round: def. Joan Higgins, Glendora, Calif., 4 and 2

3rd round: def. Carolyn Creekmore, Dallas, Texas, 1 up

Noreen Mohler, 53, Bethlehem, Pa. (pronounced MO-lur)

Playing in her second Senior Women’s Amateur…qualified in Massachusetts…reinstated as an amateur in 1990…semifinalist at the 1975 Women’s Amateur as Noreen Friel and lost to eventual champion Beth Daniel in 19 holes…played on the winning 1978 USA Curtis Cup Match team…won the 1978 Women’s Eastern Amateur…three-time Massachusetts State Amateur champion (1975, 1980 and 1981)…two career holes-in-one…owns popular seafood restaurant with her husband Jeff…has three children (Ashley, Jeremy and Brendan)…1975 graduate of the University of New Hampshire…born Oct. 18, 1953 in Woburn, Mass.

1st round: def. Louise Davis, Los Angeles, Calif., 6 and 5

2nd round: def. Nancy Smith, North Port, Fla., 4 and 3

3rd round: def. Natalie Easterly, Richmond, Va., 1 up

Robyn Puckett, 60, Irvine, Calif.

Playing in her third Senior Women’s Amateur…oldest remaining player…qualified in California…has advanced to match play in each of her two previous appearances with a round of 16 finish in 2006…member of 2007 California team for USGA Women’s State Team Championship later this month…reinstated as an amateur…winner of 1997-2000 National LPGA Teacher & Club Professional Senior and 2001 T&CP Team….played for Australia in the 1970 Women’s World Amateur Team Championships…won 1964 Australian Junior and 1964 Australian Match Play….has 13 holes-in-one and one double eagle in her career….member of Wagga Wagga Hall of Fame in Australia…had dual citizenship in USA and Australia…her husband Bernard is her caddie…has a twin brother…born May 4, 1947 in Dalby, Australia.

1st round: def. Kristine Berger, Hilton Head Island, S.C., 3 and 1

2nd round: def. Mary Budke, Eugene, Ore., 1 up

3rd round: def. Toni Wiesner, Fort Worth, Texas, 3 and 2

Tanna Lee Richard, 50, Fort Smith, Ark. (pronounced rish-ARD)

Playing in her first Senior Women’s Amateur…youngest remaining player…qualified in St. Louis…extensive USGA experience previously…played in 13 Women’s Amateurs and was a quarterfinalist in 1990…played in 15 Women’s Mid-Amateurs and was a quarterfinalist in 1987 and 1989…in fact her husband Ron, who is her caddie, was a Mid-Amateur quarterfinalist in 1989 as well…won 2007 AWGA Designated…won 1980 Arkansas State Match Play, the 1996 Arkansas State Stroke Play, and the 1973 and 1974 Arkansas Girls’ Juniors…runner-up in 1988 Women’s Western Amateur…inducted into the Arkansas Golf Hall of Fame in 2006…1979 graduate of the University of Missouri…born Mar. 11, 1957 in Fort Smith.

1st round: def. Jan Phillips, Bonita Springs, Fla., 2 and 1

2nd round: def. Anne Zahn, Minnetonka Beach, Minn., 4 and 2

3rd round: def. Cecilia Mourgue D’Algue, 2 up

Anna Schultz, 52, Rockwall, Texas

Playing in her third Senior Women’s Amateur…runner-up in 2006, losing to Diane Lang, 1 up…second consecutive year in the quarterfinals…runner-up at the 2000 Women’s Mid-Amateur…and a semifinalist at the 2001 Women’s Mid-Amateur…won the 2006 Southern Senior, the City of Dallas Championship and the Tournament of Champions…lowest career score is 64 at Dallas Athletic Club…four career holes-in-one…1977 graduate of the University of Texas…has three sons, who are all excellent golfers…her youngest son, Kevin, just advanced to match play at the 2007 U.S. Amateur…lself-employed CPA… …caddie is Jewell Malick, who belongs to the same club as Schultz…Malick was Schultz’s caddie in 2006 as well…born Aug. 8, 1955 in Dallas.

1st round: def. Judy Miller, Tucson, Ariz., 5 and 4

2nd round: def. Holly Horwood, Canada, 5 and 4

3rd round: def. medalist Patty Moore, Charlotte, N.C., 1 up

Lisa Smego, 51, Olympia, Wash. (pronounced SMEE-go)

Playing in her second Senior Women’s Amateur…qualified in Eugene, Ore…advanced to the round of 32 last year…played in the Women’s Public Links, Women’s Mid-Amateur and the Women’s Amateur in the past….won 2006 and 2007 Washington State Senior Amateur…2007 Pacific Northwest Senior Player of the Year…won 2004 PNGA Women’s Mid-Amateur…won 1990 PNGA Women’s Amateur…member of Washington’s team at the 2005 and 2007 USGA State Team Championships…six career holes-in-one, including one at the 2006 Canadian Senior Women’s Amateur…best competitive score is 69…her husband Jim is her caddie… works for the state of Washington in the office of the insurance commissioner as a property and casualty manager…highly involved with medical malpractice insurance reform… born Nov. 1, 1955 in Seattle, Wash.

1st round: def. Linda Pearson, Glendale, Calif., 7 and 5

2nd round: def. Lou Hart, Meridian, Miss., 5 and 3

3rd round: def. Carol Semple Thompson, Sewickley, Pa., 1 up

 

 
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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