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| 1992 Vicki Goetze Vicki Goetze, 19, of Watkinsville, Ga., became the fourth player, and first teenager, to hold NCAA and U.S, Women's Amateur titles simultaneously when she defeated Sweden's Annika Sorenstam, 1 up, to win the 92nd Women's Amateur at Kemper Lakes Golf Course, in Long Grove, Ill. In a championship match between the last two NCAA champions, Goetze, who won the Women's Amateur in 1989, emerged with her second title Goetze was 3-up with just six holes remaining in the 36-hole final, and 2-up with three holes left. But Sorenstam, the 1991 NCAA champion, took the par-4 16th with a bogey, then holed a 12-foot birdie putt at the par-3 17th to even the match. Both players put their tee shots at the par-4 18th hole in the fairway, and Goetze, hitting first, reached the front of the green with a 5-wood. Sorenstam then hit a 6-iron into the water fronting the green. After taking a drop, she put her fourth shot onto the fringe and made a 20-foot putt for a bogey. Goetze lagged her 50-foot birdie putt to within a foot, then made the short putt for par and the win. Sorenstam started the match quickly, birdieing two of the first four holes for a 2-up advantage. A bogey at the fifth hole and a double bogey at No. 7 evened the match. Although Sorenstam regained the lead with a birdie at No. 17, she bogeyed the 18th to square the match heading into the afternoon round. In the semifinals, Goetze eliminated Carol Semple Thompson, a former Women's Amateur and Women's Mid-Amateur champion, 5 and 4, while Sorenstam breezed past Pat Cornett-Iker, of Corte Madera, Calif., 7 and 6. Emilee Klein, of Studio City, Calif., and Debbie Parks, of Carefree, Ariz. shared medalist honors at 1 -under-par 143. Parks was upset in the opening round of matchplay by Tonya Gill, of Stone Mountain, Ga., and Klein won one match before losing to Wendy Ward, of San Antonio, Texas, 4 and 2. A record 441 entries were accepted, and among those qualifying for the field at Kemper Lakes was 12-year-old Raeanna Staples, of North Miami Beach, tying Marlene Bauer (1946) as the youngest players ever to compete in the championship. Both Bauer (90-88) and Staples (80-86) failed to qualify for match play.
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U.S. Mid-Amateur PAR AND YARDAGE – The course at Milwaukee Country Club is set to play at 7,004/6,958 yards and par 35-35—70. Brown Deer Park Golf Course, which will be utilized as the second course for the stroke-play portion of the championship (two rounds), is set up at 6,728 yards with a par of 34-36—70. ARCHITECTS OF THE COURSES – H.S. Colt and Charles Alison designed the course at Milwaukee Country Club, which opened in 1911. The club was founded in 1894. George Hansen was the architect of Brown Deer Park Golf Course, which opened in 1929. WHO CAN PLAY – Amateur golfers who will have reached their 25th birthday on or before Sept. 6, and who have a USGA Handicap Index® not exceeding 3.4, are eligible. ENTRIES – Entries for the 2008 U.S. Mid-Amateur closed July 16. The USGA accepted 3,839 entries for the 2008 championship. The record of 5,271 entries was set in 1997. QUALIFYING – Sectional qualifying for the U.S. Mid-Amateur will be conducted from July 28-Aug. 18 at 68 sites. THE FIELD – The starting field will consist of 264 golfers. Each golfer will play a single round on each of the two golf courses before the field is trimmed to the low 64 scorers, who will advance to match play at Milwaukee Country Club. SCHEDULE OF PLAY – ADMISSION – Admission is free. Tickets are not needed for this USGA championship and spectators are encouraged to attend.
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