Local
Qualifying Results
Far Hills,
N.J. – Twelve USGA champions, including the current U.S. Girls’
Junior champion, highlight the list of players who have earned
spots in the 150-player field for the 2002 U.S. Women’s Open
through sectional qualifying, which was held at eight sites
and concluded June 18 in Rochester, N.Y.
Sixty-seven
players were fully exempt into the championship, leaving 83
spaces open for qualifiers in the field. Two places are still
being held open for the winners of the next two LPGA events.
The USGA received 971 entries for the 57th U.S.
Women’s Open, scheduled for July 4-7, 2002 at Prairie Dunes
Country Club in Hutchinson, Kan.
Nicole
Perrot, 18, of Chile, won the 2001 U.S. Girls’ Junior, and
has since turned professional. Aree Wongluekiet, 16, of Bradenton,
Fla., won the 1999 U.S. Girls’ Junior at age 13, which remains
the record for youngest-ever winner of a USGA championship.
Three-time
USGA champion Pearl Sinn of Huntington Beach, Calif., (1988
and 1989 U.S. Women’s Public Links and 1988 U.S. Women’s Amateur
champion) earned a spot at the Women’s Open, as did Amy Fruhwirth
of Cypress, Calif., who won the 1991 U.S. Women’s Amateur
at Prairie Dunes Country Club.
Other
past USGA champions who have qualified through sectional play
are 1979 U.S. Girls’ Junior champion Penny Hammel of Decatur,
Ill.; 1983 U.S. Girls’ Junior champion Kim Saiki of Las Vegas,
Nev.; 1984 U.S. Women’s Amateur winner Deb Richard of Ponte
Vedra Beach, Fla.; 1985 U.S. Amateur Public Links champion
Danielle Ammaccapane of Phoenix, Ariz.; 1986 U.S. Women’s
Amateur Public Links winner Cindy Schreyer of New Fairfield,
Conn.; 1991 U.S. Women’s Amateur Public Links champion Tracy
Hanson of Twin Lakes, Idaho; 1997 U.S. Girls’ Junior winner
Beth Bauer of Tampa, Fla.; and Catherine Cartwright of Bonita
Springs, Fla., who won the 2000 U.S. Women’s Amateur Public
Links championship.
The U.S.
Women’s Open is one of 13 national championships conducted
annually by the USGA. Other championships include the U.S.
Open, the U.S. Senior Open, and 10 national amateur championships.
Tickets
for the 2002 Women’s Open may be ordered by calling the Championship
Office at (620) 728-2002. For more information, please call
the office or visit the official U.S. Women’s Open web site
at www.uswomensopen.com.
A list
of the 81 players who qualified for the 2002 U.S. Women’s
Open, including qualifying sites and scores, follows:
Key
(a) - amateur
(qualifying score in parentheses)
6/3/02
– Heathrow, Fla. – The C.C. at Heathrow
Nicole
Hage (a) - Coral Springs, Fla. (145)
Aree
Song Wongluekiet (a) - Bradenton, Fla. (145)
Tina
Schneeberger (a) – Austria (146)
Jeanne
Cho (a) – France (147)
Kristin
Tamulis (a) - Naples, Fla. (149)
A - Colleen
Cashman - Plantation, Fla. (149)
A - Lisa
Hall – England (149)
A - Shannon
Hanson - Augusta, Ga. (150)
A - Joan
Delk - Atlanta, Ga. (150)
6/4/02
– Kennett Square/Avon, Pa. - Kennett Square G. & C.C./Inniscrone
G.C.
Karen
Weiss - St Paul, Minn. (145)
Tammie
Green - Somerset, Ohio (146)
Kathryn
Marshall – Scotland (146)
Joanne
Morley – England (146)
Dawn
Coe-Jones - Tampa, Fla. (146)
Smriti
Mehra – India (150)
Yu-Ping
Lin - Rowland Heights, Calif. (151)
Mitzi
Edge - Augusta, Ga. (151)
Michele
Fuller - Jupiter, Fla. (151)
Elizabeth
Janangelo (a) - West Hartford, Conn. (151)
A - Joan
Pitcock - Fresno, Calif. (152)
A - Claudia
Beauchesne – Canada (152)
A - Hiromi
Kobayashi – Japan (152)
6/5/02
– Dallas, Texas – Dallas Athletic Club
Elisabeth
Esterl – Germany (135)
Lynnette
Brooky - New Zealand (138)
A - Stacy
Prammanasudh (a) - Tulsa, Okla. (138)
A - Dani
Mallon (a) - Trophy Club, Texas (139)
A - Janice
Gibson - Tulsa, Okla. (143)
A - Kristin
Dutour (a) - Austin, Texas (144)
6/5/02
– Shelby, N.C. – Deer Brook G.C.
Namika
Omata – Japan (142)
Mayumi
Nakajima – Japan (143)
Ara Koh
– Korea (143)
Virada
Nirapathpongporn (a) – Thailand (144)
A - Janice
Olivencia (a) - Gurabo, Puerto Rico (144)
A - Kylie
Pratt – Australia (145)
A - Perry
Swenson (a) – Charlotte, N.C. (146)
A - Lora
Fairclough – England (146)
6/10/
02 – Cologne, N.J. – Blue Heron Pines G.C.
Siew
Ai Lim – Malaysia (141)
Kristal
Parker-Manzo - Scottsdale, Ariz. (141)
Cindy
Schreyer - New Fairfield, Conn. (141)
Angela
Buzminski – Canada (141)
Tracy
Hanson - Twin Lakes, Idaho (142)
Michelle
Murphy - Tacoma, Wash. (142)
Jenny
Lidback - Scottsdale, Ariz. (142)
Becky
Iverson - Gladstone, Mich. (142)
Penny
Hammel - Decatur, Ill. (143)
Michelle
Ellis – Australia (143)
Beth
Bader - Eldridge, Iowa (143)
Angela
Stanford - Saginaw, Texas (143)
Alicia
Dibos – Peru (143)
Patricia
Baxter-Johnson - Lake Worth, Fla. (145)
Natalie
Gulbis - Rocklin, Calif. (145)
Michelle
Estill - Scottsdale, Ariz. (145)
Karen
Stupples – England (145)
Tonya
Gill - Nashville, Tenn. (146)
Judith
Van Hagen – Netherlands (146)
Cindy
Mueller - West Palm Beach, Fla. (146)
Audra
Burks - Little Rock, Ark. (146)
Jean
Bartholomew - Garden City, N.Y. (147)
A - Susie
Parry - Spanish Fort, Ala. (147)
A - Jan
Stephenson - Windermere, Fla. (147)
A - Stefania
Croce – Italy (147)
6/10/02
– Valencia, Calif. - Valencia C.C.
Jody
Anschutz - Rio Verde, Ariz. (145)
Jimin
Kang (a) - Scottsdale, Ariz. (145)
Sue Daniels
- Tahoe City, Calif. (148)
Soo-Young
Moon - Republic of Korea (150)
Allison
Finney - Bermuda Dunes, Calif. (151)
A - Lisa
Ferrero (a) - Lodi, Calif. (151)
A - Katherine
Hull (a) – Australia (152)
A - Tani
Tatum - Bishop, Calif. (153)
A - Jane
Lee (a) - Palm Desert, Calif. (153)
6/11/02
– Long Grove, Ill. - Twin Orchard C.C.
Lorena
Ochoa – Mexico (140)
Joellyn
Erdmann - Little Chute, Wis. (142)
Jennifer
Feldott - Chicago, Ill. (142)
Nicole
Perrot – Chile (143)
Anna
Acker-Macosko - Marshfield, Wis. (143)
Stephanie
Keever - Las Vegas, Nev. (144)
Michele
Saiki - Las Vegas, Nev. (144)
Kelly
Cap - Boardman, Ohio (144)
Charlotta
Sorenstam – Sweden (144)
Allie
Blomquist - Afton, Minn. (144)
Patricia
Meunier Lebouc – France (145)
Michele
Vinieratos - Altamonte Springs, Fla. (145)
Jennifer
Rosales – Philippines (145)
A - Russamee
Gulyanamitta – Thailand (145)
A - Marilyn
Lovander - Punta Gorda, Fla. (145)
A - Kristen
Samp - Moberly, Mo. (145)
A - Amy
Langhals - Kalida, Ohio (145)
6/18/02
– Webster C.C., Rochester, N.Y.
Danielle
Ammaccapane – Phoenix, Ariz. (140)
Amy Fruhwirth
– Cypress, Calif. (142)
Eva Dahlof
– Sweden (144)
Laurel
Kean – Punta Gorda, Fla. (144)
Leslie
Spalding – Billings, Mont. (144)
Dina
Ammaccapane – Phoenix, Ariz. (147)
Jenna
Daniels – Cleveland, Ohio (147)
Pamela
Kerrigan – Franklin, Mass. (147)
Leigh
Ann Mills – Coral Springs, Fla. (147)
Elizabeth
Bauer – Tampa, Fla. (148)
Annette
DeLuca – Tequesta, Fla. (148)
Susan
Ginter-Brooker – Appleton, Wisc. (148)
Jung
Yeon Lee – Republic of Korea (148)
Fiona
Pike – Australia (148)
Shani
Waugh – Australia (148)
Catherine
Cartwright – Bonita Springs, Fla. (150)
Julie
Piers – Palm City, Fla. (150)
Deb Richard
– Ponte Vedra Beach, Fla. (150)
Pearl
Sinn – Huntington Beach, Calif. (150)
Kim Williams
– Brentwood, Tenn. (150)
A – Catrin
Nilismark – Sweden (151)
A – Candie
Kung – Taiwan (151)
A – Ashli
Bunch – Morristown, Tenn. (152)
A – Tonya
Hall – Jupiter, Fla. (152)
