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Leaders
Round 1 – Kelsey Vines, at even-par 72 on Old Macdonald,
by one stroke over Cheyenne Woods and Julie Yang. Round
2 – Woods was medalist at 1-under 145, by four strokes over
Emilie Burger.
Cut
At 17-over-par 159, with a 9-for-2 playoff that lasted six holes
to determine the final match-play spots.
Weather
Cloudy, cold and windy for the first day of stroke play on
Monday, with afternoon showers. On Tuesday, it remained
overcast, but with diminishing winds and temperatures in the
upper 60s. The rest of the week, it was overcast early in the
morning, giving way to sunshine and windy conditions, with
gusts around 30 mph on Friday afternoon for the semifinals.
Temperatures were in the 60s most of the week.
Notes
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DO
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The average age of the competitors was 19.76 … The youngest
competitor was Angel Yin, 12, of Arcadia, Calif., while
58-year-old Kim Everett, of Anchorage, Alaska, was the oldest
… 34 states were represented, along with 11 countries outside
the United States - Canada, Chinese Taipei, Colombia,
Japan, Malaysia, Mexico, the People’s Republic of China,
Scotland, Sri Lanka, Thailand and Vietnam … There were two
individual USGA champions in the field: Kristen Park, 18, of
Buena Park, Calif. (2007 U.S. Girls’ Junior), and Emily Tubert,
19, of Burbank, Calif. (2010 U.S. Women’s Amateur Public
Links). Both players fell in the match-play bracket to eventual
The Final: Do vs. Dodd
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18
4 3 4 4 3 5 4 3 4 4 3 3 4 4 5 4 5 4
5 3 5 5 3 5 4 3 4 4 3 3 4 4 5 4 6 5
4 4 4 5 3 5 3 3 4 4 5 4 4 4 5 5 5 4
19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 32 33 34 35 36
4 3 4 4 3 5 4 3 4 4 3 3 4 4 5 4 5 4
5 3 4 5 3 5 4 3 5 4 4 4 4 4 5 5 4 4
3 5 3 3 4 6 5 3 4 5 5 3 4 3 5 5 5 5
2011 Championship Notes
U.S. Women’s Amateur Public Links 7
– Won hole
champion Brianna Do ... Additionally, Thuhashini Selvaratnam,
35, of Sri Lanka, was a member of Arizona’s winning team
at the 2007 USGA Women’s State Team Championship …
Two members of the victorious 2010 USA Curtis Cup Team
were in the field: Stephanie Kono, 21, of Honolulu, Hawaii,
and Tiffany Lua, 20, of Rowland Heights, Calif. Sally Watson,
19, of Scotland, represented Great Britain and Ireland at the
2008 and 2010 Matches … Watson competed for Scotland
in the 2010 Women’s World Amateur Team Championship in
Buenos Aires, Argentina. Also competing in that championship
were Dianne Luke, 20, of Malaysia, and Lisa McCloskey, 19,
of Houston, Texas. McCloskey represented her birth country
of Colombia, though she also holds United States citizenship
… Six players in the championship field had qualified for
the 2011 U.S. Women’s Open: Mariel Galdiano, 13, of Pearl
City, Hawaii; Kono; Xiyu Lin, 15, of Beaumont, Calif.; Rachel
Rohanna, 20, of Waynesburg, Pa.; Kelly Shon, 19, of Port
Washington, N.Y.; and Christine Wolf, 22, of Chattanooga,
Tenn. … Medalist Cheyenne Woods is the niece of nine-time
USGA champion Tiger Woods ... The championship was held
in conjunction with the Amateur Public Links Championship,
the first concurrent playings in championship history … The
championships were played on the Old Macdonald and
Bandon Trails courses. Old Macdonald hosted the last three
rounds of the championships … Bandon Dunes’ owner, Mike
Keiser, was the featured speaker at the players’ dinner …
Five members of the UCLA women’s golf team competed
in the championship – Do, Ani Gulugian, Kono, Lee Lopez
and Lua. All five advanced to match play, with Do taking the
championship title. Kono, Lopez and Lua were members of
the team that won the 2011 NCAA Women’s Division I Golf
Championship … Runner-up Marissa Dodd was competing
in only her second USGA championship. She lost in the first
round of match play at the 2010 U.S. Girls’ Junior.
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