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Senior Amateur 4 USGA Senior Amateur Entries Open to amateur golfers who have reached their 55th birthday on or before Sept. 29, 2012, and who have a USGA Handicap Index® not exceeding 7.4. Entries close Aug. 15. Starting Field 156 players Schedule of Play • Saturday, Sept. 29 — First round, stroke play (18 holes) • Sunday, Sept. 30 — 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, Oct. 1 — First round, match play (18 holes) • Tuesday, Oct. 2 — Second round, match play (18 holes), Third round, match play (18 holes) • Wednesday, Oct. 3 — Quarterfinals, match play (18 holes), Semifinals, match play (18 holes) • Thursday, Oct. 4 — Final, match play (18 holes) Sectional Qualifying 18 holes stroke play, scheduled at 52 sites, between Aug. 27 and Sept. 12. Exemptions from Sectional Qualifying • Winners of the USGA Senior Amateur Championship the last 10 years (2002-2011) • Runners-up of the USGA Senior Amateur Championship the last three years (2009-2011) • Semifinalists of the USGA Senior Amateur Championship the last two years (2010-2011) • Quarterfinalists from the 2011 USGA Senior Amateur Championship • Any player who qualified for the 2012 U.S. Open Championship • From the 2011 U.S. Open Championship, those returning scores for 72 holes 2012 Conditions of Play • From the 2012 U.S. Senior Open Championship, any amateur returning a 72-hole score • 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 (2010-2012) • Quarterfinalists from the 2012 U.S. Amateur Championship • From the U.S. Amateur Public Links Championship, winners in 2011 and 2012 and the runner-up in 2012 • From the U.S. Mid-Amateur Championship, winners and runners-up in 2011 and 2012 • Playing members of the two most current United States and Great Britain and Ireland Walker Cup Teams (2009 and 2011) • Playing members of the two most current United States Men’s World Amateur Teams (2010 and 2012) • Winners of the British Amateur Championship the last five years (2008-2012) • Winner of the 2012 British Senior Open Amateur Championship • Winner of the 2012 Canadian Men’s Senior Amateur Championship • Winners of the most current Asian Amateur, Mexican Amateur and Canadian Men’s Amateur Championships • From the current Men’s World Amateur Golf Rankings, the top 500 point leaders and anyone tying for 500th place as of Aug. 15, 2012 (Must have filed an entry by Aug. 15, 2012) • Special exemptions as selected by the USGA

Louis Lee, 55, of Heber Springs, Ark., made a 4-foot par-putt on the 18th hole to edge Philip Pleat, 55, of Nashua, N.H., 1 up, in the championship match of the 2011 USGA Senior Amateur, conducted at 6,829-yard, par-72 Kinloch Golf Club in Manakin-Sabot, Va. With the victory, Louis Lee joined his brother, Stanford, the 2007 champion, as a winner of the event. Earlier in the championship, the pair had met in what is believed to be the first match between two brothers in USGA history. “You could not have scripted it any better,” said Louis Lee, who drove to Virginia all the way from Arkansas with Stanford and their wives. “It was one of the best days of golf we’ve ever had as brothers.” As he had in his semifinal match against William Thomas Doughtie, Lee started quickly against Pleat. He converted a 10-foot birdie putt on the fourth hole to take a 1-up lead and then nearly aced his tee shot for a conceded birdie on the par-3 fifth to extend his advantage to two holes. Lee gave back a hole with a three-putt bogey at the par-4 sixth, but ran off victories on three consecutive holes beginning on the ninth to grab a 4-up lead. At that point, Lee appeared to have the match well in hand. Sitting just 20 feet away from the hole with Pleat off the green, it seemed that a two-putt would give him a 5-up advantage with just six holes to play. But when Pleat converted his difficult up and down on hole No. 12 and Lee three-putted, the momentum swung to Pleat, at least momentarily. “When I finally made the putt there for par, I said, ‘You know what? It’s still not over,’ ” said Pleat, who caddied for his son, James, in the 2011 U.S. Amateur at Erin Hills earlier in 2011. “I had played [holes] 13 through 15 pretty well during the week. In golf, anything can happen, so you just concentrate on the next shot and go from there.” Within a half-hour, the tables had turned dramatically. Pleat birdied the 13th and when Lee hooked his tee shot into the water hazard on the par-3 14th, the Nashua-native’s deficit was only one hole. Just when it seemed like the match was getting away from Lee, however, he righted the ship, hitting the last four greens in regulation to put the pressure on his opponent. Pleat had 8-foot birdie putts on both 17 and 18 to square the match and send it to extra holes, but neither would fall. When his putt burned the right edge on the closing hole, the stage was set for Lee. “I was afraid I was on the fast track to giving it away,” said Lee. “But I kind of reached deep down on [holes] 16, 17 and 18. And that 4-foot putt on the last hole was sweet when it dropped. It Lee Wins the 2011 Championship USGA Senior Amateur 5 was digging for that left lip, and it went in, I let off a deep sigh of relief.” Prior to this year’s Senior Amateur, Lee had not played a single competitive event in more than 25 years. Despite his success on the national stage, his travel schedule may not change. “I’m going to go back to Heber Springs, Ark., population 6,500, and I’m going to run my little insurance agency and go to the First Baptist Church,” said Lee. “I’m ready to be home for a while. I’m a simple guy, and I live a good life in the heartland of America. I don’t plan to make any changes.” Louis and Stanford Lee joined four other sets of brothers who have won USGA championships: Willie Smith (1899 U.S. Open) and Alex Smith (1906, 1910 U.S. Open); Hank Kuehne (1998 Amateur) and Trip Kuehne (2007 Mid-Amateur); Charles Barenaba (1974 Amateur Public Links) and Randy Barenaba (1975 Amateur Public Links); and Eddie Mudd (1976 Amateur Public Links) and Jodie Mudd (1980, 1981 Amateur Public Links). Louis Lee also became the second-youngest champion in the history of the Senior Amateur, at 55 years and two months. Interestingly, Stanford Lee is the youngest winner in championship history, having won only five days after his 55th birthday. When the two brothers met in the quarterfinals, it was agreed that the loser of the match would caddie for the winner the rest of the championship. Having Stanford on the bag in the final was a big help for Lee. The 59-year-old past champion served as both a source of confidence and calming influence on the course in a high-pressure situation. “There’s no one in the world I’d rather be on the golf course with than him,” said Louis Lee. “We are brothers, but we are best friends and we are each other’s biggest fan. Having him on the bag made all the difference.” Pleat’s performance continued a strong showing by New Hampshire natives in USGA championships this season. Keene, N.H., resident Chelso Barrett was the runner-up to Jordan Spieth at the 2011 U.S. Junior Amateur at Gold Mountain Golf Club. Pleat played against Barrett’s father, Hugh, in the final of the 1981 New Hampshire Amateur final. Pleat hit his tee ball well all day, hitting 13 of 14 fairways, but couldn’t sink as many putts as he had in his quarterfinal and semifinal victories over Paul Simson and Chip Lutz, respectively. During Wednesday’s rounds, Pleat made 13 birdies. On Thursday against Lee, he made just one. “Today, I was off, but that’s golf,” said Pleat, who has worked as a financial advisor for Merrill Lynch for more than three decades. “You have to just hang in there and play with what you have that day. I knew it had to be good to have a chance of beating Louis. I just came up a little bit short, but it was a great experience.” Senior Amateur

Senior<br />

Amateur<br />

4 <strong>USGA</strong> Senior Amateur<br />

Entries<br />

Open to amateur golfers who have reached their 55th birthday<br />

on or before Sept. 29, 2012, and who have a <strong>USGA</strong><br />

Handicap Index® not exceeding 7.4. Entries close Aug. 15.<br />

Starting Field<br />

156 players<br />

Schedule of Play<br />

• Saturday, Sept. 29 — First round, stroke play (18 holes)<br />

• Sunday, Sept. 30 — Second round, stroke play (18 holes)<br />

After 36 holes, the field will be cut to the low 64 scorers, who<br />

will advance to match play.<br />

• Monday, Oct. 1 — First round, match play (18 holes)<br />

• Tuesday, Oct. 2 — Second round, match play<br />

(18 holes), Third round, match play (18 holes)<br />

• Wednesday, Oct. 3 — Quarterfinals, match play<br />

(18 holes), Semifinals, match play (18 holes)<br />

• Thursday, Oct. 4 — Final, match play (18 holes)<br />

Sectional Qualifying<br />

18 holes stroke play, scheduled at 52 sites, between Aug. 27<br />

and Sept. 12.<br />

Exemptions from Sectional Qualifying<br />

• Winners of the <strong>USGA</strong> Senior Amateur Championship the last<br />

10 years (2002-2011)<br />

• Runners-up of the <strong>USGA</strong> Senior Amateur Championship the<br />

last three years (2009-2011)<br />

• Semifinalists of the <strong>USGA</strong> Senior Amateur Championship the<br />

last two years (2010-2011)<br />

• Quarterfinalists from the 2011 <strong>USGA</strong> Senior Amateur<br />

Championship<br />

• Any player who qualified for the 2012 U.S. Open<br />

Championship<br />

• From the 2011 U.S. Open Championship, those returning<br />

scores for 72 holes<br />

2012 Conditions of Play<br />

• From the 2012 U.S. Senior Open Championship, any amateur<br />

returning a 72-hole score<br />

• Winners of the U.S. Amateur Championship the last 15 years<br />

or 15 years from the time the player becomes age eligible<br />

• Runners-up of the U.S. Amateur Championship the last three<br />

years (2010-2012)<br />

• Quarterfinalists from the 2012 U.S. Amateur Championship<br />

• From the U.S. Amateur Public Links Championship, winners in<br />

2011 and 2012 and the runner-up in 2012<br />

• From the U.S. Mid-Amateur Championship, winners and<br />

runners-up in 2011 and 2012<br />

• Playing members of the two most current United States and<br />

Great Britain and Ireland Walker Cup Teams (2009 and 2011)<br />

• Playing members of the two most current United States Men’s<br />

World Amateur Teams (2010 and 2012)<br />

• Winners of the British Amateur Championship the last five<br />

years (2008-2012)<br />

• Winner of the 2012 British Senior Open Amateur<br />

Championship<br />

• Winner of the 2012 Canadian Men’s Senior Amateur<br />

Championship<br />

• Winners of the most current Asian Amateur, Mexican<br />

Amateur and Canadian Men’s Amateur Championships<br />

• From the current Men’s World Amateur Golf Rankings, the<br />

top 500 point leaders and anyone tying for 500th place as of<br />

Aug. 15, 2012 (Must have filed an entry by Aug. 15, 2012)<br />

• Special exemptions as selected by the <strong>USGA</strong>

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