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2006 U.S. Women's Mid-Amateur Headed To Old Waverly (Miss.) Contact Pete Kowalski FAR HILLS, N.J. (August 4, 2003) - Old Waverly Golf Club in West Point, Miss., site of the 1999 U.S. Women's Open won by Juli Inkster, has been selected as the site of the 2006 U.S. Women's Mid-Amateur Championship, the United States Golf Association has announced. The championship will be conducted from Oct. 14-19. Designed by Bob Cupp and Jerry Pate and opened in 1988, Old Waverly also has hosted many top regional golf championships, beginning with the men's Southeastern Conference Championship in 1990 and the women's SEC Championship in 1992. In 2001, the Mississippi Amateur Championship was played at Old Waverly, as well as the 2003 Southern Golf Association Junior Championship. Built on gently rolling terrain, the golf course features two beautiful lakes that come into play on a number of holes. The youngest of the USGA's 13 annual national championships, the U.S. Women's Mid-Amateur was started in 1987 for women age 25 and older. Sarah LeBrun Ingram of Nashville, Tenn., and Ellen Port of St. Louis, Mo., are three-time champions. Celebrated amateur Carol Semple Thompson of Sewickley, Pa., won the Women's Mid-Amateur in 1990 and 1997. Kathy Hartwiger of Birmingham, Ala., won the title in 2002. Prior to 2006, the Women's Mid-Amateur will be held at Long Cove Club in Hilton Head, S.C., from Oct. 6-11, 2003; at Holston Hills Country Club in Knoxville, Tenn., from Oct. 2-7, 2004. The site for 2005 has not been announced. For more information, contact the USGA Championships Department at (908) 234-2300. |