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Records
Age
Youngest Champion(years/months/days)
25/3/26 — Sarah LeBrun Ingram (1991)
Oldest Champion
48/10/15 — Carol Semple Thompson (1997)
Champions
Most Championships Won3 — Sarah LeBrun Ingram (1991, 1993, 1994)
3 — Ellen Port (1995, 1996, 2000)
Most Consecutive Championships Won
2 — Ellen Port (1995, 1996)
2 — Sarah LeBrun Ingram (1993, 1994)
Winner of Women’s Amateur and Women’s Mid-Amateur (1)
Carol Semple Thompson (1973 Women’s Amateur; 1990, 1997 Women’s Mid-Amateur)
Most Times Medalist
3 — Carol Semple Thompson (1989, 1990, 1993)
3 — Ellen Port (2000, 2001, 2002)
Entries
Largest533 (2000)
Smallest
289 (1989)
Match Play
Largest Margin of Victory9 and 8 — Ellen Port d. Sue Churchich, first round, Fox Run G.C., Eureka, Mo., 2001
9 and 8 — Thuhashini Selvaratnam d. Brenda Williams, third round, Holston Hills C.C., Knoxville, Tenn., 2004
9 and 7 — Ellen Port d. Marianne Towersey, third round, Big Canyon C.C., Newport Beach, Calif., 2000
9 and 7 — Kathy Hartwiger d. Kate Grace, first round, Holston Hills C.C., Knoxville, Tenn., 2004
8 and 7 — Pat Cornett-Iker d. Tamara Bowman, second round, Southern Hills C.C., Tulsa, Okla., 1987
8 and 7 — Carolyn Creekmore d. Robin Weiss, second round, Mission Hills C.C., Rancho Mirage, Calif., 1996
8 and 7 — Susan Marchese d. Elizabeth Haines, first round, Cherokee Town & C.C., Atlanta, Ga., 1999
8 and 7 — Lesley Stacks d. Mary Ann Lapointe, first round, Fox Run G.C., Eureka, Mo., 2001
8 and 7 — Thuhashini Selvartnam d. Alicia Kapheim, first round, Holston Hills C.C., Knoxville, Tenn., 2004
8 and 7 — Ann Pohira d. Joan Garety, first round, Old Waverly G.C., West Point, Miss., 2006
Largest Margin of Victory, Final
6 and 5 — Sarah LeBrun Ingram d. Martha Lang, Desert Highlands G.C., Scottsdale, Ariz., 1991
6 and 5 — Cindy Scholefield d. Pat Cornett-Iker, Southern Hills C.C., Tulsa, Okla., 1987
Longest Match
24 holes — Tanna Lee d. Mary Jane Anderson, first round, Southern Hills C.C., Tulsa, Okla., 1987
23 holes — Lynn Anderson d. Mina Hardin, first round, Atlantic City C.C., Northfield, N.J., 1997
23 holes — Sylvia Kim d. Dana Harrity, second round, Mission Hills C.C., Rancho Mirage, Calif., 1996
23 holes — Kathy Hartwiger d. Andrea Kraus, first round, Fox Run G.C., Eureka, Mo., 2001
Most Match-Play Victories
54 - Carol Semple Thompson
42 - Ellen Port
29 - Robin Burke
28 - Pat Cornett
27 - Robin Weiss
24 - Martha Lang
Most Time to Advance to Match Play
19— Carol Semple Thompson (1987 - 2006)
Most Match-Play Holes Needed to Win the Championship
108 — Corey Weworski, Holston Hills C.C., Knoxville, Tenn., 2004
Fewest Match-Play Holes Needed to Win the Championship
81 — Cindy Scholefield, Southern Hills C.C., Tulsa, Okla., 1987
Most Extra-Hole Matches, Championship
11 — Holston Hills C.C., Knoxville, Tenn., 2004
10 — Long Cove Club, Hilton Head, S.C., 2003
Stroke Play
Lowest 18-Hole Score
68 — Dawn Woodward, first round, Shadow Hawk G.C., Richmond, Texas, 2005
69 — Brenda Corrie Kuehn, first round, Champions G.C. (Cypress Creek Course), Houston, Texas, 1998
69 — Linda Olsen, first round, Champions G.C. (Cypress Creek Course), Houston, Texas, 1998
69 — Kerry Postillion, first round, Atlantic City C.C., Northfield, N.J., 1997
69 — Robin Weiss, first round, Old Marsh G.C., Palm Beach Gardens, Fla., 1992
69 — Andrea Dornin, second round, Desert Highlands G.C., Scottsdale, Ariz., 1991
Lowest 36-Hole Medalist Score
141 — Carol Semple Thompson, Rochester (Minn.) G. & C.C., 1993
142 — Mary Ann Lapointe, Champions G.C. (Cypress Creek Course), Houston, Texas, 1998
142 — Robin Weiss, Old Marsh G.C., Palm Beach Gardens, Fla., 1992
142 — Kerry Postillion, Shadow Hawk G.C., Richmond, Texas, 2005
142 — Dawn Woodward, Old Waverly G.C., West Point, Miss., 2006
Miscellaneous
Sisters in Match
1995 — Page Marsh Lea defeated her sister, Amber Marsh, 3 and 1, in the first round at Essex C.C., Manchester-by-the-Sea, Mass.
1994 — Page Marsh Lea defeated her sister, Amber Marsh, 2 and 1, in the second round at Tacoma C. & G.C., Tacoma, Wash.
Recent Holes-in-One
Kathleen Prieve, second round of stroke play qualifying, 7th hole (with 6-iron), Eugene C.C., Eugene, Ore., 2002
Marilyn Hardy, first round of stroke play qualifying, 13th hole (with pitching wedge), Long Cove Club, Hilton Head, S.C., 2003;
Tobi Probst, first round of stroke-play qualifying, 8th hole (with 6-iron), Long Cove Club, Hilton Head S.C., 2003
Most Times in Championship
20 — Carol Semple Thompson
20 — Toni Wiesner
19 — Martha Lang
| Championship Facts |
PAR AND YARDAGE – Desert Forest Golf Club will play at 6,209 yards with par of 37-36—73. 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. 29, and who have a USGA Handicap Index not exceeding 9.4. ARCHITECT – Desert Forest, widely considered the first desert-style course ever built, was designed by Robert "Red" Lawrence and opened in 1962. Lawrence carved the course from existing desert landscape, with virtually no soil having been removed or shaped during course construction. There are no fairway bunkers or water hazards on the course. COURSE RATING AND SLOPE – The USGA Course RatingTM for Desert Forest Golf Club is 76.5; Slope Rating® is 143. COURSE LAYOUT – The fairways will measure .500" in height. The intermediate rough will measure 1.0 inch with a width approximately 6 feet (with adjustments as needed). Depending on density, the primary rough will stand at approximately 1.75 inches high. The goal is to have the putting greens run 10.5-11 feet on the USGA Stimpmeter. TICKETS – 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. |
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