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Historical Notes

Records

Past Champions

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Louise Suggs

Miss Louise Suggs, of the Capital City Club, Atlanta, Ga., won the qualifying medal with a 78 and went onto win by defeating Miss Kirby, of the same club, 2 up, in the final.

Miss Suggs played each round of the final in 74, two under par. She was 3 up at noon and was hard pressed to hold her lead as Miss Kirby made a 72, the lowest score then recorded in the Championship, in the afternoon round.

Miss Margaret Curtis played and scored a 102, which failed to qualify her, but her appearance marked her fiftieth anniversary in the Championship. The event was held at the Franklin Hills Country Club, near Detroit.

Miss Suggs won the British Championship the following spring and then she turned professional.

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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