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U.S. SENIOR WOMEN'S AMATEUR

2016 U.S. Senior Women's Amateur Fast Facts

By USGA

| Jan 7, 2016 | Far Hills, N.J.

Carol Semple Thompson won four consecutive U.S. Senior Women's Amateur titles from 1999-2002. (USGA/John Mummert)

   
Championship Venue Wellesley (Mass.) Country Club
Opened 1910
Architect Donald Ross (Renovations by Geoffrey Cornish, Brian Silva, Craig Schreiner, Mark Mungeam)
Entries Open Week of May 2
Entries Close Aug. 3
Dates of Championship Sept. 17-22
Field Size 132
Eligibility Any female amateur who has reached the age of 50 as of Sept. 17, and whose Handicap Index does not exceed 18.4
2015 Championship Karen Garcia def. Pamela Kuong, 1 up; Hillwood Country Club, Nashville, Tenn.
Quotable “I’m in shock. To win a USGA event, to think of all the people before me that have their name on this trophy; I’ve played in five Mid-Ams and a State Team and never even came close.” – Karen Garcia
Notable Past Events at Wellesley Country Club (winner) 2003 USGA Women’s State Team (Ohio)
2010 Massachusetts Open (James Hazen)
Notable Wellesley Country Club Moment The club hosted Francis Ouimet for two days in mid-September of 1913, ahead of his upset playoff victory over British stalwarts Ted Ray and Harry Vardon in the U.S. Open at The Country Club in nearby Brookline, Mass.
Notable U.S. Senior Women's Amateur Champions Maureen Orcutt (1962, 1966); Carolyn Cudone (1969-72); Dorothy Porter (1977, 1980-81, 1983); Alice Dye (1978-79); Marlene Stewart Streit (1985, 1994, 2003); Anne Sander (1987, 1989-90, 1993); Carol Semple Thompson (1999-2002); Diane Lang (2005-06, 2008); Ellen Port (2012-13)
Notable U.S. Senior Women's Amateur Runners-Up Glenna Collett Vare (1962); Ann Gregory (1971); Carolyn Cudone (1974-75); Alice Dye (1977, 1981, 1989); Cecile Maclaurin (1978-80); Marlene Stewart Streit (1986, 1988, 1990, 1995-96); Anne Sander (1991-92); Toni Wiesner (1997, 2000, 2008)
Schedule Of Play Saturday, Sept. 17 (Stroke play, Round 1, 18 holes)
Sunday, Sept. 18 (Stroke play, Round 2, 18 holes)
Monday, Sept. 19 (Round of 64, match play)
Tuesday, Sept. 20 (Round of 32/Round of 16, match play)
Wednesday, Sept. 21 (Quarterfinals/Semifinals, match play)
Thursday, Sept. 22 (Championship Match, 18 holes)
Future Sites 2017: Waverley Country Club/Portland, Ore./Sept. 9-14