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Flying High: Joan Higgins fires at a flag from a greenside bunker Thursday morning. Higgins was never behind in the final match.(John Mummert/USGA)




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Higgins Outlasts Simmons To Become Oldest U.S. Women's Mid-Amateur Champion

Ann Arbor, Mich. – Joan Higgins, 52, of Glendora, Calif., defeated Lynn Simmons of Phoenix, Ariz., 1 up, Thursday to become the oldest winner of the U.S. Women’s Mid-Amateur Championship.

Higgins Enters Place Reserved For Champions

Ann Arbor, Mich. – Sometimes to attain a goal, to cross the threshold from fiction to reality requires stepping back.

Stop. Focus. Reassess.

Reach down deep. Execute.

An Interview With Joan Higgins

Finalist Came To Golf Late

Ann Arbor, Mich. – For all the hackers out there, you may not want to read this. Taking up golf at 19 – yes, 19 – Lynn Simmons did what many players around the world wish they could ever do in just her second time out. She broke 100.

National Run Ends For Local Champion

Ann Arbor, Mich. – The emotional toll of the week etched Stacy Slobodnik-Stoll’s face as she stood off the 17th green Wednesday.

Her near-magical run had come to an end.

Semifinalists: "They Said It"

 
Championship Facts

U.S. Women's Mid-Amateur

PAR AND YARDAGE – Barton Hills Country Club will play at 6,189 yards with par of 36-36—72.

WHO CAN PLAY? – The U.S. Women’s Mid-Amateur Championship is open to female amateur players who will have reached their 25th birthday on or before Sept. 6, and who have a USGA Handicap Index not exceeding 9.4.

ARCHITECT – Donald Ross designed Barton Hills Country Club, which opened in 1924.

COURSE RATING AND SLOPE – The USGA Course RatingTM for Barton Hills C.C.’s championship set-up is 75.9 and the Slope Rating® is 138.

COURSE LAYOUT – The fairways will measure .450" in height. The intermediate rough will measure 1 inch with a width approximately 6 feet. Depending on density, the primary rough will stand at 2 inches h igh. The goal is to have the putting greens run 11 feet on the USGA Stimpmeter.

FREE ADMISSION – Admission for all six days of the championship is free of charge. Spectators are invited to walk the fairways behind the players, but no cameras are allowed during the days of competition.

SCHEDULE – Practice rounds will be held Sept. 4 (Thursday) and Sept. 5 (Friday). The starting field of 132 players will play two rounds of stroke play, with the low 64 scorers advancing to match play. The schedule is as follows:

  • Sept. 6 (Saturday) – First round of stroke play
  • Sept. 7(Sunday) – Second round of stroke play
  • Sept. 8 (Monday) – First round of match play
  • Sept. 9 (Tuesday) – Second and third rounds of match play
  • Sept. 10 (Wednesday) – Quarterfinal and semifinal rounds, match play
  • Sept. 11 (Thursday) – Final, match play (18 holes)

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