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Women’s Mid-Amateur 6 U.S. Women’s Mid-Amateur

Leaders 2004 Championship 2011 Championship Notes Notes Round 1 – Brenda Pictor, at even-par 72, by one stroke over Virginia Grimes. Round 2 – Pictor was medalist at 2-over-par 146, by two strokes over Leigh Klasse and Tara Joy-Connelly. Cut At 22-over-par 166, with a 6-for-1 playoff that lasted one hole for the final match-play berth. Weather Torrential rain and strong winds on Saturday, with temperatures in the low 60s. Play was suspended due to unplayable conditions at 12:45 p.m. and canceled at 4:15 p.m. First-round play resumed Sunday at 7:55 a.m. with overcast skies and temperatures in the mid 60s. Sunny Monday and Tuesday, with temperatures in the upper 70s and low 80s. Heavy rain Wednesday morning, but sunny and humid Wednesday afternoon. Sunny Thursday morning, but giving way to clouds in the afternoon. The championship match was suspended due to dangerous conditions caused by a thunderstorm at 3:22 p.m. and resumed at 4 p.m. Notes HOLE PAR PORT LEACH There were 34 states represented in the championship field: Alabama, Arizona, Arkansas, California, Colorado, Connecticut, Florida, Georgia, Hawaii, Idaho, Illinois, Indiana, Kentucky, Louisiana, Maryland, Massachusetts, Michigan, Minnesota, Mississippi, Missouri, New Jersey, New Mexico, New York, North Carolina, Ohio, Oklahoma, Pennsylvania, South Carolina, Tennessee, Texas, Utah, Virginia, Washington and Wisconsin ... Six countries were represented: Canada, Japan, Mexico, Russia, Sri Lanka and the United States ... The youngest player in the field was Paige Bromen, 25, of Stillwater, Minn. (DOB 8/1/1986). There were six other 25-year-olds in the field, all in their first year of eligibil- The Final: Port vs. Leach 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 4 3 4 5 3 5 4 4 4 4 4 4 3 4 5 3 4 5 4 3 3 6 3 6 4 5 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 3 5 5 3 4 5 3 5 5 5 4 5 4 5 3 4 4 3 5 U.S. Women’s Mid-Amateur 7 – Won hole ity. Deborah Anderson, 60, of Rancho Mirage, Calif., was the championship’s oldest competitor ... There were nine past USGA champions in the field: Carolyn Creekmore, 59, of Dallas, Texas (2004 Senior Women’s Amateur); Virginia Grimes, 47, of Meridian, Miss. (1998 Women’s Mid-Amateur); Mina Hardin, 51, of Fort Worth, Texas (2010 Senior Women’s Amateur); Martha Lang, 58, of Birmingham, Ala. (1988 Women’s Mid-Amateur); Martha Leach, 49, of Hebron, Ky. (2009 Women’s Mid-Amateur); Amber Marsh Elliott, 42, of Greensboro, N.C. (2003 Women’s Mid-Amateur); Ellen Port, 49, of St. Louis, Mo. (1995, 1996, 2000 Women’s Mid- Amateur); Meghan Stasi, 33, of Oakland Park, Fla. (2006, 2007, 2010 Women’s Mid-Amateur); and Corey Weworski, 49, of Carlsbad, Calif. (2004 Women’s Mid-Amateur) ... There were also five past USGA Women’s State Team champions in the field: Laura Coble, 47, of Augusta, Ga. (2005, 2009 Women’s State Team, Georgia); Grimes (1997 Women’s State Team, Alabama); Leigh Klasse, 51, of St. Anthony, Minn. (2001 Women’s State Team, Minnesota); Claudia Pilot, 54, of Austin, Minn. (2001 Women’s State Team, Minnesota); and Thuhashini Selvaratnam, 35, of Sri Lanka (2007 Women’s State Team, Arizona). Coble’s Georgia team successfully defended its Women’s State Team title two weeks following the Women’s Mid-Amateur ... Seven players had represented the USA at the Curtis Cup Match: Robin Burke, 48, of Houston, Texas (1998); Patricia Cornett, 57, of Mill Valley, Calif. (1978, 1988); Grimes (1998, 2000, 2006); Lang (1992); Noreen Mohler, 57, of Bethlehem, Pa. (1978); Port (1994, 1996); and Stasi (2008). Lang and Mohler served as USA Curtis Cup Team captains in 1996 and 2010, respectively. Cornett will serve as the USA Team captain for the 2012 Match ... Creekmore and Weworski represented the USA at the 2005 Copa de las Americas ... In celebration of the championship’s 25th anniversary, Dena Nowotny, the first Women’s Mid-Amateur chairman, spoke at the players’ dinner ... Due to the weather problems that plagued the championship, the semifinal matches were conducted on Thursday morning rather than the traditional Wednesday afternoon. The championship match was conducted immediately following the semifinals. Women’s Mid-Amateur

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