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| 1998 Grace Park Grace Park, 19, of Seoul, Korea, won the 1998 United States Women's Amateur Championship with a 7-and-6 victory over Jenny Chuasiriporn, 21, of Timonium, Md., in the scheduled 36-hole final at the 6,277-yard Barton Hills Country Club course in Ann Arbor, Mich. Park used her length from the tee and a flurry of good putts against Chuasiriporn's cold putter to easily win the 103-year-old Robert Cox Cup. Park's five birdies gave her a 3-up lead after the morning 18 over Chuasiriporn, who was runner-up in the 1998 U.S. Women's Open. Park bogeyed the 22nd hole but birdied the 25th and 26th holes to gain a 6-up lead. She went 7 up on the 28th hole with a par when Chuasiriporn three-putted from three feet and bogeyed. The two players matched pars on the 29th and 30th holes to close out the match. "I knew that Jenny is a great player and would come back strong," Park said. "She did, on some of the holes, but she made a few mistakes here and there. I just wanted to play solid and keep putting well." "Exhaustion was probably a factor today," said Chuasiriporn, who was two over par for the 30 holes of the match. "My muscles weren't working the way they were supposed to." Chuasiriporn was visibly tired after a summer that included the 20-hole Women's Open playoff, which she lost to professional Se Ri Pak, the Curtis Cup Match, and the nine rounds of golf required of finalists in the Women's Amateur. An estimated 2,450 spectators watched the final match for a total of 10,162 for the week. Park advanced to the final with a 2-and-1 semifinal victory over Marcy Newton, of High Point, N.C. Chuasiriporn took 21 holes to defeat Brandi Miller, of Palm Beach Gardens, Fla., in the other semifinal match. Kellee Booth, of Coto de Caza, Calif., smashed qualifying round records with 72-66-138. Booth's 66 broke the 18-hole record by two strokes and her 36-hole total broke the record by two strokes. A record number of entries, 620, was received for the 1998 championship.
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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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