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1991

Sarah Ingram

Sarah L. Ingram, 25, of Nashville, Tenn., defeated former champion Martha Lang in the final match, 6 and 5, to win the U.S. Women's Mid-Amateur at Desert Highlands Golf Club, in Scottsdale, Ariz.

Ingram had a relatively easy time in the final, winning the first hole with a birdie and the second with a par. After taking an unplayable lie and losing the fifth hole, she won the seventh, eighth, and ninth to go 4-up at the turn. Both players birdied the 10th hole and halved the 11th and 12th with pars, and Ingram ended the match with a chip-in for a birdie at No. 13.

Ingram advanced to the final by defeating Marion Maney-McInerney, 1 up, but perhaps her most difficult struggle came in the first round when she needed 21 holes to eliminate Carol Sempkle Thompson, a former Women's Amateur and Women's Mid-Amateur champion. Lang, who won the Women's Mid-Amateur in 1988, won her semi-final match against Phyllis Preuss, 1 up.

The medalist was Andrea Dornin, of Miami Springs, Fla., whose 36-hole score of 143 was four strokes better than her closest competitor. Dornin, however, made a quick exit, losing her first-round math against Teri Melanson, of West Los Angeles, 3 and 2.

 
 
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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