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| Meghan Bolger smiles with the U.S. Women's Mid-Amateur Championship Trophy, which she will be taking home for a second consecutive year after winning the 2007 championship at Desert Forest Golf Club Thursday. (John Mummert/USGA) |
Bolger Wins Second Consecutive
U.S. Women’s Mid-Amateur Championship
Carefree, Ariz. – Meghan Bolger, 29, of Haddonfield, N.J., won her second consecutive U.S. Women’s Mid-Amateur Championship with a 1-up victory over Kerry Postillion, 44, of Burr Ridge, Ill., Thursday at the 6,208-yard, par-73 Desert Forest Golf Club.
Bolger becomes the first repeat champion since Ellen Port in 1995 and 1996 and just the third to repeat in the 21-year history of the championship. Sarah LeBrun Ingram was the first to win back-to-back titles, in 1993-94.
“It's an absolute wonderful feeling,” said Bolger of winning a second consecutive championship. “After last year, you don't know what to say, and then to go back-to-back and defend … there is a little pressure, and I tried not to put that on myself. I'm just absolutely ecstatic right now.” 
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Notebook: Same Result, Different Path For Women's Mid-Amateur Champion Bolger
Carefree, Ariz. – When Meghan Bolger cruised to the U.S. Women’s Mid-Amateur title last year at Old Waverly Golf Club, she hardly broke a sweat.
And it wasn’t because of the unseasonably cool weather conditions in Mississippi. Bolger needed only 90 holes to defeat her six opponents and never had to play holes 17 and 18 after the stroke-play qualifying rounds. Of those 90 holes, Bolger faced a deficit just three times – all on the first hole and she managed to immediately win No. 2.
Such was not the case in the Arizona desert in 2007. The final result was the same, but this was no stroll down Easy Street. While she didn’t trailed in any match at Desert Forest Golf Club until Thursday’s 18-hole final, Bolger had a few Maalox moments.
Interesting Player Storylines
From The 2007 U.S. Women's Mid-Amateur
| 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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