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2001

Meredith Duncan

Meredith Duncan, 21, Schreveport, La., made a two-foot birdie putt on the 37th hole to defeat Nicole Perrot, 17, Santiago, Chile, and win the 101st United States Women's Amateur Championship at the 6,242-yard, par 71 Flint Hills National Golf club.

It was a match that vereran observers called the greatest final in the history of the United States Golf Association championships, a punch and counter-punch contest that inspired cheers from a gallery of some 2,500 spectators.

With the usual match play concessions, and they were few, Duncan and Perrot made 10 birdies each. Duncan had 18 one-putt greens, Perrot had 16. Duncan fired rounds of 65-72 for the 36 holes, and birdies the 37th. Perrot fired rounds of 71-67, and parred the 37th - a par that cost her the United States Women's Amateur title one week after she won the U.S. Girls' Junior Championship.

On the stregth of eight birdies, Duncan was 4 up after 27 holes. At the 28th Perrot began her move. Perrot won the 28th and 29th holes with birdies and reduced Duncan's lead to two holes. Perrot won the 31st hole with a par and the margin was one. At the 34th hole, a 402-yard par 4, Perrot sank an 8-foot putt for a par. Duncan then made one of her few mistakes, three-putting from 35 feet, and the match was all square.

The two stood on the tee of the 491-yard 36th hole, all square.

Perrot's third shot from 120 yards fell 18 feet short of the hole. Duncan hit her wedge from 117 yards to within five feet.

Perrot made her curling 18-foot uphill putt for a birdie.

Now the pressure was on Duncan. She rammed the putt into the hole to match Perrot's birdie.

The sudden death at the 143-yard par-3 37th hole, Perrot's shot covered the flag, settling some 18 feet past the hole. Duncan gripped down on a 7 iron and ripped a shot that nearly went into the hole.

With the match and the title on the line, both played deliberately. Perrot stroked her putt, but her ball slid by on the left side of the hole. Duncan rapped on her two-footer and leaped into the arms of her father, David who was her caddie.

 
 
Championship Facts

U.S. Mid-Amateur

ARCHITECTS – The Kiawah Island Club’s 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 Club’s 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
Putting Greens – Prepared firm and fast to measure approximately 12 feet on the USGA Stimpmeter
Approaches collars around greens – .400 inches (30 inches in width, or one mower width, on collars)
Fairways, teeing grounds – .450 inches Intermediate Rough – 1 inch (6 feet in width)
Primary Rough – 2.5 to 3 inches Practice Tee – .450 inches

The River Course
Putting Greens – Prepared firm and fast to measure approximately 12 feet on the USGA Stimpmeter
Fairways, approaches, collars around greens – .350 inches (30 inches in width, or one mower width, on collars)
Teeing Grounds – .250 inches
Intermediate Rough – 1 inch (6 feet in width)
Primary Rough – 2.5 to 3 inches
Practice Tee – .450 inches

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 Men’s and Women’s 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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