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Margaret Curtis
Miss Margaret Curtis repeated over her home course, the Essex County Club,
defeating Mrs. Barlow in the final, 3 and 2, after taking the medal with an
88. The Championship was the sixth in which she won or shared the medal.
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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.
Tees and fairways, height of grass – 7/16 inch
Collars, height of grass – 0.2 inch
Putting greens, speed – 11.5-12 feet on USGA Stimpmeter
Intermediate Rough – 1.25 inches (3 feet width)
Primary Rough – 3 inches
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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