Anne Quast Sander

Mrs. Jay D. (Anne Quast) Decker, 23, of Mercer Island, Wash., established the USGA record for the largest margin of victory in a final match. She defeated Miss Phyllis Preuss, of Pompano Beach, Fla., 14 and 13, at the Tacoma Country and Golf Club, Tacoma, Wash.

This topped the previous record of 13 and 12 set by Mrs. Glenna Collett Vare in the final of the 1928 Women's Amateur.

Mrs. Decker also held a record 12-up lead after the morning round, surpassing the mark of 10-up established by Mrs. Vare in 1928. Mrs. Decker became the 11th two-time winner of the Championship; she won her first title in 1958.

Mrs. Decker played superlative golf all week and finished nine under par for 112 holes. She never finished any of her seven rounds worse than even par and lost only six holes during the Championship.

Miss Roberta Albers, of Temple Terrace, Fla., became the youngest player ever to reach the semi-finals. She was but 14 years 8 months. Miss Marlene Bauer was the youngest previously; she was 15 when she reached the semi-finals in 1949.

Miss JoAnne Gunderson, the defending Champion, was eliminated in the second round by Miss Mary Lowell, who had won the USGA Girls' Junior Championship the previous week. In the semifinals, Mrs. Decker defeated Mrs. Gaines Wilson, Jr., 5 and 4, and Miss Preuss defeated Miss Albers, 2 and 1. The entry was 107.