1991

Sarah L. Ingram, 25, of Nashville, Tenn., defeated former champion Martha Lang in the final match, 6 and 5, to win the U.S. Women's Mid-Amateur at Desert Highlands Golf Club, in Scottsdale, Ariz.

Ingram had a relatively easy time in the final, winning the first hole with a birdie and the second with a par. After taking an unplayable lie and losing the fifth hole, she won the seventh, eighth, and ninth to go 4-up at the turn. Both players birdied the 10th hole and halved the 11th and 12th with pars, and Ingram ended the match with a chip-in for a birdie at No. 13.

Ingram advanced to the final by defeating Marion Maney-McInerney, 1 up, but perhaps her most difficult struggle came in the first round when she needed 21 holes to eliminate Carol Sempkle Thompson, a former Women's Amateur and Women's Mid-Amateur champion. Lang, who won the Women's Mid-Amateur in 1988, won her semi-final match against Phyllis Preuss, 1 up.

The medalist was Andrea Dornin, of Miami Springs, Fla., whose 36-hole score of 143 was four strokes better than her closest competitor. Dornin, however, made a quick exit, losing her first-round math against Teri Melanson, of West Los Angeles, 3 and 2.