USGA Senior Amateur Championship

More documents

Recommendations

Info

Sr. Amateur 4 USGA Senior Amateur Entries Open to amateur golfers who have reached their 55th birthday on or before Sept. 12, 2009, and who have a USGA Handicap Index not exceeding 7.4. Entries close July 22. Starting Field 156 players Schedule of Play • Saturday, Sept. 12 — First round, stroke play (18 holes) • Sunday, Sept. 13 — Second round, stroke play (18 holes) After 36 holes, the field will be cut to the low 64 scorers, who will advance to match play. • Monday, Sept. 14 — First round, match play (18 holes) • Tuesday, Sept. 15 — Second round, match play (18 holes), Third round, match play (18 holes) • Wednesday, Sept. 16 — Quarterfinals, match play (18 holes), Semifinals, match play (18 holes) • Thursday, Sept. 17 — Final, match play (18 holes) Sectional Qualifying 18 holes stroke play, scheduled at 51 sites, from Aug. 10-20. Exemptions from Sectional Qualifying • Winners of the USGA Senior Amateur Championship the last 10 years (1999-2008) • Runners-up of the USGA Senior Amateur Championship the last three years (2006-2008) • Semifinalists of the USGA Senior Amateur Championship the last two years (2007-2008) • Quarterfinalists from the 2008 USGA Senior Amateur Championship • Any player who qualified for the 2009 U.S. Open Championship • From the 2008 U.S. Open Championship, those returning scores for 72 holes • From the 2009 U.S. Senior Open Championship, any amateur returning a 72-hole score 2009 Conditions of Play • Winners of the U.S. Amateur Championship the last 15 years or 15 years from the time the player becomes age eligible • Runners-up of the U.S. Amateur Championship the last three years (2007-2009) • Quarterfinalists from the 2009 U.S. Amateur Championship • From the U.S. Amateur Public Links Championship, winners in 2008 & 2009 and the runner-up in 2009 • From the U.S. Mid-Amateur Championship, winners in 2007 & 2008 and the runner-up in 2008 • Playing members of the two most current United States and Great Britain & Ireland Walker Cup teams (2007 & 2009) • Playing members of the two most current United States World Amateur teams (2006 & 2008) • Winners of the British Amateur Championship the last five years (2005-2009) • Winner of the 2009 British Senior Open Amateur Championship • Winner of the 2009 Canadian Men's Senior Amateur Championship • Special exemptions as selected by the USGA The Champion Receives • A gold medal and custody of the Frederick L. Dold Trophy for the ensuing year. The runner-up receives a silver medal: the other semifinalists and medalist receive bronze medals • An exemption from local qualifying at the next U.S. Open Championship • An exemption from sectional qualifying at the next U.S. Senior Open Championship, if still an amateur • An exemption from sectional qualifying at the next two U.S. Amateur Championships • An exemption from sectional qualifying at the next two U.S. Mid-Amateur Championships • An exemption from sectional qualifying at the next 10 USGA Senior Amateur Championships • An exemption from sectional qualifying at the next two U.S. Amateur Public Links Championships, if other wise eligible
George “Buddy” Marucci Jr., 56, of Villanova, Pa., defeated George Zahringer, 55, of New York, N.Y., 2 up, to win the 2008 USGA Senior Amateur Championship at the 6,679-yard, par-71 Shady Oaks Country Club in Fort Worth, Texas. “Of all my accomplishments in golf, this has to top the list,” Marucci said. “I can’t wait to walk into the USGA Museum and see my name up on the Hall of Champions. It means a lot to finally win one of these after all of my years of trying.” Marucci, who never trailed in the match, didn’t relinquish the lead after birdieing the par-3 seventh hole to go 1 up. He extended the margin to 3 up through 12 holes, his largest cushion, until Zahringer sliced the deficit to 1 down through No. 15. Marucci Wins the 2008 Championship Marucci then maintained his 1-up advantage with a clutch 8-foot par putt on No. 16. After the two players halved the 17th hole, Marucci split the 18th fairway and struck a crisp 7-iron approach shot from 158 yards out that stopped 11 feet of the hole. When Zahringer’s 25-foot birdie putt slid by the hole, he conceded to Marucci. The Final: Zahringer vs. Marucci Hole 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 PAr 4 4 4 4 3 4 3 5 4 4 4 3 4 5 5 3 4 4 ZAHringer 5 4 4 4 3 5 3 6 3 4 4 4 4 5 5 3 4 4 MAruCCi 4 5 3 4 4 5 2 5 3 5 3 3 5 5 6 3 4 3 USGA Senior Amateur 5 “I think Buddy’s iron play was better than mine today, as was his putting,” said Zahringer, the 2002 U.S. Mid- Amateur champion. “That may have been the difference.” It was Marucci’s second attempt at winning a USGA championship, following his appearance 13 years ago in the finals of the 1995 U.S. Amateur. He lost to Tiger Woods, 2 down, at Newport Country Club in Newport, R.I. Marucci, the captain of the victorious 2007 USA Walker Cup team, will be unable to defend his title at Beverly Country Club in Chicago, Ill. He will instead be at Merion Golf Club in Ardmore, Pa., as the returning captain of the 2009 USA Walker Cup squad. The two USGA championships begin play on the same weekend. With his victory, Marucci became the first Walker Cup captain to win a USGA championship since Jay Sigel accomplished the feat in 1985. Sigel won the 1985 U.S. Mid-Amateur Championship while he was that year’s Walker Cup captain. – Won hole Sr. Amateur
Page 1 and 2: USGA Senior Amateur Championship Se
Page 3: Par: 36-35—71 Yardage: 6,654/6,67
Page 7 and 8: George Zahringer, the 2002 U.S. Mid
Page 9 and 10: Sept. 20-25, 2008, Shady oaks Count
Page 11 and 12: Randy Nichols watches his ball in t
Page 13 and 14: 1980 (Sept.) William C. Campbell d.
Page 15 and 16: John Pallin, who advanced to the qu

USGA Senior Amateur Championship

You also want an ePaper? Increase the reach of your titles

Delete template?

Save as template?