Lauren Greenlief | Category |
Margaret Shirley |
Oakton, Va. | Hometown | Roswell, Ga. |
25 | Age | 29 |
Unviersity of Virginia | College | Auburn University |
Management Consultant, The Boston Consulting Group | Occupation | Executive Director, Atlanta Junior Golf |
Eighth USGA championship. Best finish: Round of 16 in 2015 U.S. Women’s Amateur Four-Ball (With Abby Portyrata) | USGA Experience | 16th USGA championship. Best finish: Won, 2014 U.S. Women’s Mid-Amateur |
First start (first year of eligibility) | Women's Mid-Amateur Experience | Fourth start. Best finish: Won, 2014 |
Won three consecutive Virginia State Golf Association Women’s Stroke Play championships (2009-11) | Key Golf Accomplishment (Non-USGA) | Three-time All-Southeastern Conference honoree while playing at Auburn |
Round of 16: Defeated two-time Women’s Mid-Amateur semifinalist Tara Joy-Connelly, 4 and 3 | Key Victory This Week | Semifinals: Was 2 down to Christina Proteau through seven holes before winning 8, 9 and 11 to take the lead for good. |
1 up, Quarterfinals vs. Mercedes Huarte | Closest Match | 1 up, Round of 32 vs. Amanda Jacobs |
77 | Holes Played in Match Play | 80 |
31 | Holes Won | 29 |
12 | Holes Lost | 13 |
61 | Holes Led | 53 |
2 | Holes Trailed | 16 |
8-and-6 win over Whitney Britton was the largest margin of victory in a semifinal match in U.S. Women’s Mid-Amateur history. | Key Women's Mid-Amateur Stat | First Women’s Mid-Amateur competitor in history to advance to the finals in three straight years. |
Would become youngest champion in U.S. Women’s Mid-Amateur history (25 years, 25 days), breaking record currently held by Sarah LeBrun Ingram (25 years, 3 months, 26 days). | With a Win on Thursday | Would become just the fourth player in history to win the championship in back-to-back years (Meghan Stasi: 2006-07; Ellen Port: 1995-96; Sarah LeBrun Ingram: 1993-94). |
“I think it's good to have match-play rounds where you have to grind and you kind of feel the nerves over some of those putts and kind of get to feel that moment.” | Quotable | “These greens [at Squire Creek Country Club] are the toughest I've ever putted on and hit second shots into, honestly. You can hit a great shot and be 15 feet away. I was scared to death on a 15-footer earlier today, uphill. It's just because if you hit it 2 feet past you're down another hill.” |
U.S. WOMEN'S MID-AMATEUR
Championship Match: The Tale of the Tape
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Oct 7, 2015
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Choudrant, La.