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Miriam Burns Horn

Mrs. Miriam Burns Horn, of the Milburn Country Club, Kansas City, Mo., defeated Miss Maureen Orcutt in the final, 5 and 4, at the Cherry Valley Club, Garden City, N.Y.

Mrs. Horn was the first Champion from west of the Mississippi. Mlle. Simone Thion de la Chaume, the French and British Champion, was eliminated by Mrs. Fraser, 3 and 2, in the third round. Her daughter, Mlle. Catherine Lacoste, would win both the United States Women's Amateur and Open in the 1960s.

The medal was won by Miss Ada Mackenzie, of Canada, with a 77, which equaled Mrs. Fraser's record.

 
Championship Facts

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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