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Martha Lang

Martha Lang, 35, of Geneva, Illinois, defeated Mary Hanyak of Boynton Beach, Florida, 4 and 3, in the final played at Amelia Island (Florida) Plantation. Lang, as Martha Jones, was medalist in the 1969 Girls' Junior Championship. For the second consecutive year, Anne Sander of Seattle, Washington, earned the qualifying medal.

She shot rounds of 74-74-148, four strokes better than Pat Cornett-Iker of Corte Madera, California, who placed second. Sander lost to Linda Olsen of Granada Hills, California, in the second round. Lang defeated Helen Kirkland of Colorado Springs, Colorado, 2 and 1 in the first round.

After two relatively easy matches in the second and third rounds, she was extended to the 19th hole before she eliminated Cornett-Iker. Lang defeated Pam Holcombe of Quincy, Illinois, 1 up, to reach the final. Hanyak's first serious challenge came in the third round when she defeated Sharon Keil of Sylvania, Ohio, in 20 holes.

She then ousted Olsen and Liz Rogers of Virginia Beach, Virginia, by 2-and-1 margins. Hanyak played the opening nine of the final in 46 to Lang's 36 and was four holes behind. She was not able to recover from that deficit and Lang won 4 and 3. The USGA accepted a record 347 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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