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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 ARCHITECTS The Kiawah Island Clubs Cassique was designed by Tom Watson and opened in 2000. The River Course was designed by Tom Fazio and opened in 1995. COURSE SETUP There are two setups at Cassique Pulpit and Nip Tuck. During stroke play, the Pulpit setup will be used with holes 4, 5 and 6 playing at 370, 148 and 525 yards, respectively. With the beginning of the second round of match play, the Nip Tuck setup will be used and holes 4, 5 and 6 will play at 360, 155 and 565 yards, respectively. The Pulpit and Nip Tuck setups may rotate during the quarterfinal, semifinal and final rounds. The USGA Course Rating® and USGA Slope Rating® for the U.S. Mid-Amateur Championship at The Kiawah Island Clubs Cassique are 75.2 and 146 for the Pulpit setup and 74.5 and 145 for the Nip Tuck setup. The USGA Course Rating® and USGA Slope Rating® for The River Course are 74.7 and 147. The grass heights in the various areas of the course for the championship should be as follows: Cassique The River Course USGA AND SOUTH CAROLINA The 2009 U.S. Mid-Amateur will be the 14th USGA championship conducted in the state of South Carolina. The last USGA championships in the state were the 2005 Mens and Womens State Team Championships, held concurrently at Berkeley Hall in Bluffton. It is the first USGA championship for The Kiawah Island Club. The U.S. Mid-Amateur is making its second appearance in the state; the 1991 U.S. Mid-Amateur was held at Long Cove Club in Hilton Head Island. CHAMPIONSHIP WEB SITE Visit www.usmidam.org or www.usga.org for the latest news and scores during the championship. ADMISSION Admission is free. Tickets are not needed for this USGA championship, and spectators are encouraged to attend.
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