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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