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| Jennifer Song's victory on Sunday at the U.S. Women's Amateur at Old Warson C.C. gave her two USGA titles in 2009. She joined Pearl Sinn (1988) as the only females to have won multiple USGA championships in the same season. Like Sinn, Song won the Women's Amateur and the U.S. Women's Amateur Public Links. (Steven Gibbons/USGA) |
Song Wins U.S. Women's Amateur Title; Second Female To Claim 2 USGA Titles In One Year
St. Louis–Jennifer Song, 19, of Ann Arbor, Mich., earned a 3-and-1 victory over Jennifer Johnson, 18, of La Quinta, Calif., to win the 109th U.S. Women’s Amateur Sunday at the par-71, 6,468-yard Old Warson Country Club and add her name to the history books. 
Interview With Women's Amateur Champion Jennifer Song
Interview With Women's Amateur Runner-Up Jennifer Johnson
U.S. Women's Amateur Live Championship Match Blog
Meet the 2009 U.S. Women's Amateur Quarterfinalists
U.S. Women's Amateur Photo Gallery
Notebook: Song Controls Inner Emotions For
U.S. Women's Amateur Title
St. Louis – On the outside, Jennifer Song is normally stoic and poker-faced. Her emotions are never worn on her sleeve and spectators can’t tell if she’s up or down in a match. But as opponent Jennifer Johnson built a 4-up lead through 10 holes of Sunday’s 36-hole championship match of the 2009 U.S. Women’s Amateur at Old Warson Country Club, Song’s stomach was doing cartwheels.
18 Questions With ... Two-Time Women's Amateur
Champion Vicki Goetze Ackerman
St. Louis– Twenty years ago at Pinehurst (N.C.) No. 2, Vicki Goetze (now Ackerman), at the age of 16 years, 9 months and 19 days, became one of the youngest winners of the U.S. Women’s Amateur Championship.
LPGA-USGA Girls Golf Celebrating 20th Year
In 1989, 20 Girl Scouts in Phoenix, Ariz., gathered for golf clinics to learn to play the game, make friends and, above all, have fun. Two decades later, that modest effort to introduce young girls to the game has evolved into a thriving, nationwide program that’s touched more than 60,000 girl golfers from every walk of life. In its 20th anniversary year, LPGA-USGA Girls Golf continues to help girls ages 7 to 17 enjoy the passion, the challenge and the fun of the game.
Storylines For 2009 U.S. Women's Amateur
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U.S. Women's Amateur HISTORY: The U.S. Women’s Amateur is one of the United States Golf Association’s original three championships. It was first conducted in 1895, shortly after the inaugural U.S. Amateur and U.S. Open. The Women’s Amateur has since been conducted every year except 1917-18, when it was temporarily suspended because of World War I, and 1942-45, when it was suspended because of World War II. PAR & YARDAGE: Old Warson Country Club will play at 6,422/6,468 yards and par of 35-36—71. ARCHITECT: Old Warson Country Club was designed by Robert Trent Jones Sr. and opened in 1954. COURSE SET-UP –The USGA Course Rating® for the Women’s Amateur Championship at Old Warson Country Club is 78.1 and USGA Slope Rating® is 140. FORMAT: The U.S. Women’s Amateur is conducted with 36 holes of stroke-play qualifying. The low 64 scorers then advance to match play, with the champion determined by a 36-hole match-play final. WHO CAN PLAY: The U.S. Women’s Amateur Championship is open to female amateurs who have a USGA Handicap Index not exceeding 5.4. ENTRIES: A total of 955 contestants entered the 2009 championship. The record of 969 was set in 2006.
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