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Robin Weiss

Robin Weiss saved par by holing a 12-foot putt on the fourth extra hole and won the Women's Mid-Amateur Championship, defeating Page Marsh-Lea at the Hills of Lakeway, in Austin, Texas.

A 36-year-old resident of Palm Beach Gardens, Florida, Miss Weiss had fallen three holes down to Mrs. Marsh-Lea after seven holes. Miss Weiss fought back, pulled even on the 12th, and went ahead for the first time by birdieing the 16th, her third birdie in eight holes.

Mrs. Marsh-Lea sent the match to extra holes by birdieing the 18th from 30 feet. This was the first Women's Mid-Amateur final that went to extra holes. They halved the first three extra holes with pars, but then Miss Weiss saved her par after driving into a fairway bunker on the fourth and won the match when Mrs. Marsh-Lea bunkered her approach and bogied.

In her third appearance in the Mid-Amateur, Miss Weiss won five other matches to reach the final, including a one-hole victory over Anne Sander in 19 holes in the third round. Mrs. Sander shot 71, and Miss Weiss 72. Mrs. Marsh-Lea, 26, had played a near-perfect round until faltering with a couple of bogeys on the par 3s on the second nine.

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.