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Sarah LeBrun Ingram

Sarah LeBrun Ingram became the first player to win two Women's Mid-Amateur titles when she defeated Mary Burkhardt, of St. Augustine, Fla., 2 and 1 in the final match at Rochester (Minn.) Golf and Country Club.

Ingram, now 27, had also won this championship in 1991, in her first years of eligibility, when it was held at Desert Highlands Golf and Country Club.

In the final, Ingram won the second and third holes to grab an early lead which she never relinquished. Burkhardt managed to trim Ingram's lead to 1 up at the sixth, but Ingram countered with a win on the seventh hole. She pushed her advantage to 3 up on the 11th hole and then hung on to close out the match, needing only a bogey on the 17th hole to end it.

Ingram's play improved with each round. She advanced with lopsided margins, including a 5 and 4 victory in her semifinal match. In contrast, Burkhardt, a 1992 quarterfinalist, was extended to 20 holes in her semifinal match.

Ingram had narrowly lost earlier in the summer in the final of the Women's Amateur, but there was not disappointment this time.

Before getting to match play, 1990 champion Carol Semple Thompson, of Sewickley, Pa., set a medalist record of 141, a whopping 11 strokes better than the 36-hole score of her nearest competitor. For the fourth consecutive year this championship accepted a record number

 
 
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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