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1987

Cindy Scholefield

Cindy Scholefield, 27, of Malibu, California defeated Pat Cornett of Corte Madera, California, 6 and 5, to win the first Women's Mid-Amateur Championship at Southern Hills Country Club in Tulsa, Oklahoma.

Anne Sander, who had won the U.S. Senior Women's Amateur and reached the quarter-finals of the U.S. Women's Amateur earlier in the year, was the medalist at 157. She was defeated in the first round by Pat Milton, a semi-finalist at the Women's Amateur, 1 up. Scholefield and Cornett advanced through the match-play draw with ease. Scholefield was extended to the 16th hole only once on her way to the final.

She ousted Marilyn Horn of Mesa, Arizona, 4 and 2, in the semi-finals. Cornett's one tense match occurrred in the quarter-finals where she downed Lida Kinnicutt of Bloomfield, Connecticut, 3 and 2. She defeated Charlotte Wood of Beaumont, Texas, 5 and 3, to earn her spot in the final.

Scholefield birdied the first, third and sixth holes of final, eventually taking a four-hole lead at the turn. The 10th was halved, then Scholefield won the 11th and 12th with pars to go 6 up. The 13th was halved, giving Scholefield the championship. The USGA accepted 320 entries for the championship.

 
 
Championship Facts

U.S. Women's Mid-Amateur

PAR AND YARDAGE – Golden Hills Golf and Turf Club will play at 6,173 yards and a par of 35-37—72 for stroke-play rounds. For match play, the course will play at 6,193 yards.

COURSE SETUP – The USGA Course Rating® for the U.S. Women’s Mid-Amateur at Golden Hills Golf and Turf Club is 76.5 and USGA Slope Rating® is 134.

Tees, fairways, approaches and collars, height of grass – 0.425 inches

Putting greens – 0.120 inches with a speed of 10.5 to 11 feet on the USGA Stimpmeter

Intermediate Rough – 0.75 inches (6-foot width)

First Cut, Primary Rough – 1.5 inches (15- to 20-foot width)

Second Cut, Primary Rough – 2.5 inches

ARCHITECTS – Golden Hills Golf and Turf Club was designed by Charles Pace and Lee Popple and opened in 1964. The course was redesigned by Rees Jones in 2005.

THE USGA AND FLORIDA – The 2009 U.S. Women’s Mid-Amateur Championship will be the 17th USGA championship conducted in the state of Florida. It will be the seventh national women’s championship and the third U.S. Women’s Mid-Amateur to be conducted in the state of Florida. In 1988, the championship was held at Amelia Island Plantation in Amelia Island, and in 1992 it was played at Old Marsh Golf Club in Palm Beach Gardens.

 

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