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4 <strong>USGA</strong> Superlatives<br />
Women’s Open; Betsy King, Atlanta Athletic Club<br />
(Riverside Course), Duluth, Ga., 1990 Women’s Open;<br />
Laurie Merten, Crooked Stick G.C., Carmel, Ind., 1993<br />
Women’s Open; Annika Sorenstam, Broadmoor G.C.<br />
(East Course), Colorado Springs, Colo., 1995 Women’s<br />
Open<br />
Highest Score, One Hole<br />
Male: 19, Ray Ainsley, 16th hole (par 4), Cherry Hills C.C.,<br />
Englewood, Colo., 1938 Open<br />
Most Entries<br />
Men’s event: 9,086 for the 2009 Open<br />
Women’s event: 1,296 for the 2010 Women’s Open<br />
The Amateur Championships<br />
Most Times in Match-Play Final<br />
Male: 7, Robert T. Jones Jr., Amateur<br />
Female: 8, Glenna Collett Vare, Women’s Amateur<br />
Longest 18-Hole Match<br />
Male: 28 holes, Michael W. Eiserman d. Patrick Honeycutt,<br />
first round, Milburn G. & C.C., Overland Park, Kan.,<br />
1960 Junior Amateur; Maurice J. McCarthy d. George<br />
Von Elm, second round, Merion Cricket Club (East<br />
Course), Ardmore, Pa., 1930 Amateur<br />
Female: 27 holes, Mae Murray d. Fay Crocker, third round,<br />
Atlanta (Ga.) Athletic Club (East Lake Course), 1950<br />
Women’s Amateur; Denise Hermida d. Carole<br />
Caldwell, first round, Sunnybrook G.C., Plymouth<br />
Meeting, Pa., 1978 Women’s Amateur; Joellyn<br />
Erdmann d. Grace Park, quarterfinals, Firethorn<br />
G.C., Lincoln, Neb., 1996 Women’s Amateur; Andrea<br />
Messer d. Lauren Hunt, first round, Crooked Stick<br />
G.C., Carmel, Ind., 2007 Women’s Amateur<br />
Longest 36-Hole Match<br />
Male: 41 holes, Walter J. Travis d. H.H. Wilder, second<br />
round, Garden City (N.Y.) G.C., 1908 Amateur; Charles<br />
Evans Jr. d. Reginald M. Lewis, second round,<br />
Engineers’ C.C., Roslyn, N.Y., 1920 Amateur<br />
Female: 41 holes, JoAnne Gunderson Carner d. Marlene<br />
Stewart Streit, final, Sewickley Heights G.C.,<br />
Sewickley, Pa., 1966 Women’s Amateur<br />
Longest Final Match, 18 Holes<br />
Male: 21 holes, Donald Hurter d. Keith Banes, Wilmington<br />
(Del.) C.C. (South Course), 1978 Junior Amateur<br />
Female: 23 holes, Marlene Streit d. Nancy Fitzgerald, Barton<br />
Creek R. & C. (Foothills Course), Austin, Texas, 2003<br />
Senior Women’s Amateur<br />
Longest Final Match, 36 Holes<br />
Male: 39 holes, Sam Urzetta d. Frank Stranahan, Minneapolis<br />
(Minn.) G.C., 1950 Amateur; Jeff Quinney d. James<br />
Driscoll, Baltusrol G.C. (Upper Course), Springfield, N.J.,<br />
2000 Amateur<br />
Female: 41 holes, JoAnne Gunderson Carner d. Marlene<br />
Stewart Streit, Sewickley Heights G.C., Sewickley, Pa.,<br />
1966 Women’s Amateur<br />
Largest Winning Margin, Any Match<br />
Male: 14 and 13, Jerome D. Travers d. George A. Crump,<br />
first round, Country Club of Detroit, Grosse Pointe<br />
Farms, Mich., 1915 Amateur; Robert T. Jones Jr. d.<br />
John B. Beck, third round, Brae Burn C.C., West<br />
Newton, Mass., 1928 Amateur<br />
Female: 14 and 13, Anne Quast Sander d. Phyllis Preuss, final,<br />
Tacoma (Wash.) C. & G.C., 1961 Women’s Amateur<br />
Largest Winning Margin, Final (18 Holes)<br />
Male: 8 and 6, Gary Koch d. Mike Nelms, Athens (Ga.)<br />
C.C., 1970 Junior Amateur<br />
Female: 7 and 5, Nancy Lopez d. Lauren Howe, Columbia<br />
Edgewater C.C., Portland, Ore., 1974 Girls’ Junior;<br />
Michelle McGann d. Lynne Mikulas, The Orchards<br />
G.C., South Hadley, Mass., 1987 Girls’ Junior<br />
Largest Winning Margin, Final (36 Holes)<br />
Male: 12 and 11, Charles B. Macdonald d. Charles E. Sands,<br />
Newport (R.I.) G.C., 1895 Amateur; Jim Sorensen<br />
d. Jay Cooper, Wailua G.C., Lihue, Hawaii, 1985<br />
Amateur Public Links<br />
Female: 14 and 13, Anne Quast Sander d. Phyllis Preuss,<br />
Tacoma (Wash.) C. & G.C., 1961 Women’s Amateur<br />
Lowest Stroke-Play Score, 9 Holes<br />
Male: 29, Mark Boyajian, first nine, first round, Annandale<br />
C.C., Madison, Wis., 1986 Mid-Amateur; Bert<br />
Atkinson, first nine, second round, Dallas (Texas)<br />
Athletic Club (Blue Course), 1997 Mid-Amateur; Scott<br />
Fawcett, first nine, first round, Milwaukee C.C., River<br />
Hills, Wis., 2008 Mid-Amateur<br />
Female: 29, Christina Kim, second nine, second round, Indian<br />
Hills C.C., Mission Hills, Kan., 2001 Girls’ Junior<br />
Lowest Stroke-Play Score, 18 Holes<br />
Male: 60, Billy Horschel, first round, second stroke-play<br />
course, Chaska (Minn.) Town Course, 2006 Amateur<br />
Female: 62, Christina Kim, second round, Indian Hills C.C.,<br />
Mission Hills, Kan., 2001 Girls’ Junior; Kimberly Kim,<br />
first round, Tacoma C. & G.C., Lakewood, Wash., 2007<br />
Girls’ Junior