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U.S. WOMEN'S MID-AMATEUR

U.S. Women's Mid-Amateur Media Guide

By USGA

| May 27, 2010
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Women’s Mid-Am Records

 

Age

Youngest Champion (years/months/days)

25/3/26 — Sarah LeBrun Ingram (1991)

Oldest Champion

52/1/1 — Joan Higgins (2008)

 

Champions

Most Championships Won

3 — Sarah LeBrun Ingram (1991, 1993, 1994)

3 — Ellen Port (1995, 1996, 2000)

Most Consecutive Championships Won

2 — Ellen Port (1995, 1996)

2 — Sarah LeBrun Ingram (1993, 1994)

2 — Meghan Bolger (2006, 2007)

Winner of Women’s Amateur and Women’s Mid-Amateur (1)

Carol Semple Thompson (1973 Women’s Amateur; 1990, 1997 Women’s Mid-Amateur)

Most Times Medalist

3 — Carol Semple Thompson (1989, 1990, 1993)

3 — Ellen Port (2000, 2001, 2002)

Longest Span Between Victories

7 years — Carol Semple Thompson (1990, 1997)

 

Entries

Largest

533 (2000)

Smallest

289 (1989)

 

Match Play

Largest Margin of Victory

9 and 8 — Ellen Port d. Sue Churchich, first round, Fox Run G.C., Eureka, Mo., 2001

9 and 8 — Thuhashini Selvaratnam d. Brenda Williams, third round, Holston Hills C.C., Knoxville, Tenn., 2004

9 and 7 — Ellen Port d. Marianne Towersey, third round, Big Canyon C.C., Newport Beach, Calif., 2000

9 and 7 — Kathy Hartwiger d. Kate Grace, first round, Holston Hills C.C., Knoxville, Tenn., 2004

8 and 7 — Pat Cornett-Iker d. Tamara Bowman, second round,  Southern Hills C.C., Tulsa, Okla., 1987

8 and 7 — Carolyn Creekmore d. Robin Weiss, second round, Mission Hills C.C., Rancho Mirage, Calif., 1996

8 and 7 — Susan Marchese d. Elizabeth Haines, first round, Cherokee Town & C.C., Atlanta, Ga., 1999

8 and 7 — Lesley Stacks d. Mary Ann Lapointe, first round, Fox Run G.C., Eureka, Mo., 2001

8 and 7 — Thuhashini Selvaratnam d. Alicia Kapheim, first round, Holston Hills C.C., Knoxville, Tenn., 2004

8 and 7 — Ann Pohira d. Joan Garety, first round, Old Waverly G.C., West Point, Miss., 2006

Largest Margin of Victory, Final

6 and 5 — Sarah LeBrun Ingram d. Martha Lang, Desert Highlands G.C., Scottsdale, Ariz., 1991

6 and 5 — Cindy Scholefield d. Pat Cornett-Iker, Southern Hills C.C., Tulsa, Okla., 1987

Longest Match

24 holes — Tanna Lee d. Mary Jane Anderson, first round, Southern Hills C.C., Tulsa, Okla., 1987

24 holes — Carolyn Creekmore d. Laura Ladden, second round, Desert Forest G.C., Carefree, Ariz., 2007

23 holes — Lynn Anderson d. Mina Hardin, first round, Atlantic City C.C., Northfield, N.J., 1997

23 holes — Sylvia Kim d. Dana Harrity, second round, Mission Hills C.C., Rancho Mirage, Calif., 1996

23 holes — Kathy Hartwiger d. Andrea Kraus, first round, Fox Run G.C., Eureka, Mo., 2001

Most Match-Play Victories

56 — Carol Semple Thompson

48 — Ellen Port

31 — Robin Burke

Most Times to Advance to Match Play

23 — Carol Semple Thompson (1987-2009)

Most Match-Play Holes Needed to Win the Championship

108 — Corey Weworski, Holston Hills C.C., Knoxville, Tenn., 2004

Fewest Match-Play Holes Needed to Win the Championship

81 — Cindy Scholefield, Southern Hills C.C., Tulsa, Okla., 1987

Most Extra-Hole Matches, Championship

11 — Holston Hills C.C., Knoxville, Tenn., 2004

10 — Long Cove Club, Hilton Head, S.C., 2003

Stroke Play

Lowest 18-Hole Score

68 — Dawn Woodard, first round, Shadow Hawk G.C., Richmond, Texas, 2005

69 — Brenda Corrie Kuehn, first round, Champions G.C. (Cypress Creek Course), Houston, Texas, 1998

69 — Linda Olsen, first round, Champions G.C. (Cypress Creek Course), Houston, Texas, 1998

69 — Kerry Postillion, first round, Atlantic City C.C., Northfield, N.J., 1997

69 — Robin Weiss, first round, Old Marsh G.C., Palm Beach Gardens, Fla., 1992

69 — Andrea Dornin, second round, Desert Highlands G.C., Scottsdale, Ariz., 1991

69 — Mina Hardin, second round, Golden Hills G. & T.C., Ocala, Fla., 2009

Lowest 36-Hole Medalist Score

141 — Carol Semple Thompson, Rochester (Minn.) G. &C.C., 1993

142 — Mary Ann Lapointe, Champions G.C. (Cypress Creek Course), Houston, Texas, 1998

142 — Robin Weiss, Old Marsh G.C., Palm Beach Gardens, Fla., 1992

142 — Kerry Postillion, Shadow Hawk G.C., Richmond, Texas, 2005

142 — Dawn Woodard, Old Waverly G.C., West Point, Miss., 2006

142 — Wendi Patterson-Golden, Barton Hills C.C., Ann Arbor, Mich., 2008

 

Miscellaneous

Sisters in Match

1995 — Page Marsh Lea defeated her sister Amber Marsh, 3 and 1, in the first round at Essex County Club, Manchester-by-the-Sea, Mass.

1994 — Page Marsh Lea defeated her sister Amber Marsh, 2 and 1, in the second round at Tacoma (Wash.) G. & C.C.

Recent Holes-in-One

Kathleen Prieve, second round, stroke play, 7th hole (with 6-iron), Eugene C.C., Eugene, Ore., 2002

Marilyn Hardy, first round, stroke play, 13th hole (with pitching wedge), Long Cove C., Hilton Head, S.C., 2003

Tobi Probst, first round, stroke play, 8th hole (with 6-iron), Long Cove Club, Hilton Head, S.C., 2003

Most Times in Championship

23 — Carol Semple Thompson

22 — Toni Wiesner

21 — Martha Leach