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| 1995 Kelli Kuehne Kelli Kuehne of McKinney, Texas, joined JoAnne Carner as the only other player to follow a victory in the Girls' Junior one year with a Women's Amateur title the next by defeating Australia's Anne Marie Knight in the 36-hole final match by a 4-and 3-margin. The Country Club, located in Brookline, Mass., and one of the USGA's founding clubs, served as the host site this year. Kuehne started her collegiate career last fall at the University of Texas. The 24-year-old Knight, meanwhile, had quit her job in Adelaide to take a 10-week vacation in the U.S. that would allow her to test her game against the top women amateurs in the world. The first 18 holes of the final match were closely contested. The players alternated the last seven holes of the morning, with Kuehne holding a 1-up lead at lunch. It stood that way until the 21st hole, when Knight hit a perfect drive into the heart of the fairway while Kuehne pushed her tee shot far right. The ball finally came to rest some 40 yards above the sloping fairway, just a few paces from the adjacent seventh green. A stand of trees seemingly blocked any kind of direct path back toward the third green. But Kuehne opted to gamble and used her favorite club, a 6-iron, to send her ball whistling through the branches back to the fairway, only 77 yards from the hole. She proceeded to hit her approach to nine feet and make her birdie putt, somehow winning the hole for a 2-up lead. Knight managed to trim the margin at the 26th hole, but Kuehne won the next two holes to take a commanding lead and emerge victorious.
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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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