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Sunday 15 August 2004AmateurYear in Review
Park wins U.S. Women's Amateur
The Kahkwa Club, Erie, Pennsylvania · Monday 9 to Sunday 15 August 2004 · 36-hole stroke-play qualifying Aug. 9-10, then 64-player match play from Wednesday Aug. 11 to a 36-hole final on Sunday Aug. 15 (USGA bracket; media guide)
The headline is set by GNN from the record. Reports from the papers of the day are below as they are found.
The weather
13 h 40 m
of daylight on the final day, the sun 61° up at noon, and that night a new moon (computed from the date and the place).
- R125°/17°C · wind 18 km/h S, gusts 33 · 0 mm rainERA5 reanalysis at the course Open-Meteo, ERA5 reanalysis
- R224°/19°C · wind 21 km/h SW, gusts 51 · 5.2 mm rainERA5 reanalysis at the course Open-Meteo, ERA5 reanalysis
- R320°/17°C · wind 19 km/h WSW, gusts 43 · 1.5 mm rainERA5 reanalysis at the course Open-Meteo, ERA5 reanalysis
- R419°/16°C · wind 12 km/h WNW, gusts 25 · 0.7 mm rainERA5 reanalysis at the course Open-Meteo, ERA5 reanalysis
- R518°/15°C · wind 12 km/h NNW, gusts 28 · 9.2 mm rainERA5 reanalysis at the course Open-Meteo, ERA5 reanalysis
- R620°/14°C · wind 7 km/h W, gusts 20 · 0.2 mm rainERA5 reanalysis at the course Open-Meteo, ERA5 reanalysis
- R721°/16°C · wind 9 km/h N, gusts 19 · 0.4 mm rainERA5 reanalysis at the course Open-Meteo, ERA5 reanalysis
The name over time
- U.S. Women's Amateur
1895–2026 in our record, 126 editions.
The ones it got away from
- Amanda McCurdy USA · 2 upHit 28 greens but kept missing birdie putts; fell behind to Park's chip-in on the 30th hole, won the 35th to cut it to 1 down, then pulled her approach left on the 36th and lost 2 up (ASAP) Amanda McCurdy interview, August 15 2004 (ASAP Sports)
, 64 made it
Same week
Women's amateur championship
U.S. Women's Amateur
The Kahkwa Club, Erie
3 of 5 researched
Winner
Runner-up: Amanda McCurdy
To par not yet researched.
From the papers
ASAP Sports (interview transcript)
15 August 2004
Yeah, I'm like Phil Mickelson. I got the monkey off my back, the Major Monkey or whatever.
ASAP Sports (interview transcript)
15 August 2004
I can't believe I'm a USGA champion. I can't believe I have a title. And being up there with those names, Bobby Jones, Tiger Woods, Carol Semple-Thompson. It's awesome. I love it.
ASAP Sports (interview transcript)
15 August 2004
It was her day to win and at least I pushed her to the 36th hole though. That's what I'll take away.
The golfer
born 1986-12-15, Chicago, Illinois; USA; turned pro 2006; age 17 that week.
Top 10
Not yet researched
What’s in the bag
No bag on file yet