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Rachel Rohanna
co-medalist in USGA Women's Amateur |
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By
Western
Pennsylvania Golf Association |
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Posted
Wednesday,
August 11, 2010 |
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A roller coaster final nine that included three sixes and
four birdies, one on the final hole, placed Waynesburg's
Rachel Rohanna in a tie for co-medalist in the USGA Women's
Amateur Championship at Charlotte Country Club. Her
65-73--138 tied her with Jacylyn Sweeney, Andover, MA, and
Erynne Lee, Silverdale, WA. Sweeney, an Arizona State
University standout playing in her final amateur
competition, took the lead with a birdie on the 35th hole
but bogeyed the last to fall into a tie with Lee and Rohanna. All
three receive gold medals, the first three-way tie in
Women's Amateur history. Rohanna's 65 is the lowest 18-hole
score in Women's Amateur history. Rohanna played three
straight holes in five over par, then made four birdies in
her last seven to work her way back to the top of the
field.
Rohanna is only the second golfer from Western Pennsylvania
who secured medalist honors in the USGA Women's Amateur. The
other was Dorothy Campbell Hurd, Pittsburgh, in 1910, a
century ago. Hurd, who won Women's Amateur titles in 1909,
1910, and 1924, shot 87 at Homewood CC, Flossmoor, IL, to
win the medal. She went on to win her second straight
championship.
Legendary amateur Carol Semple Thompson won the 1973 Women's
Amateur, and was in contention many times, but she was never
medalist. However, she was medalist three times in the
Women's Mid-Amateur and twice in the Women's Senior Amateur.
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