2003 U.S. Women’s Open Local Qualifying

Qualifiers:
Siew-Ai Lim, Birmingham, AL	68
Lori Atsedes, Winter Park, FL	70
Ashli Bunch, Morristown, TN	70
Eva Dahllof, Greenville, S.C.	71
Nicole Dalkas, Palm Desert, CA	71
Teesha Ash, Cleveland, TN (a)	72
Marie-Josee Rouleau, Brossard, Quebes	72
Reilley Rankin, Hilton Head Island, S.C.	73
Angela Buzminski, Little River, S.C.	73
Amy Read, Humble, Texas	73
Courtney Swaim, Duluth, GA	73
Summer Sirmons, Athens, GA (a)	73
Eileen Vargas, Phoenix, AZ (a)	74
Tonya Gill, Oxford, GA	74
Tai Perry, Conway, S.C. (a)	74
Violeta Retamoza, Knoxville, TN (a)	74
Anne Hutto, Auburn, AL (a)	74
Natalia Nicholls, Athens, GA (a)	74
Heather Angell, Winston-Salem, N.C.	75
Luciana Bemvenuti, Duluth, GA	75
Jen Hanna, Greenville, S.C.	75
Abigale Schepperle, Birmingham, AL (a)	75
Alison Curdt, Ellisville, MO (a)	75
Caroline Cole, Mansfield, Texas	75
Patricia Baxter-Johnson, Lake Worth, FL	75
Rebecca McAvoy, Lithia Springs, GA	75
Bernadette Luse, Orlando, FL (a)	75
Abby Pearson, Muncie, IN	76  *
Diana Ramage, Auburn, AL (a)	76  *
Kristina Engstrom, Durham, N.C. (a)	76  *
Alternates:
1st Donna Wilkins, Kennesaw, GA	76  *
2nd Leigh Ann Mills, Tampa, FL	76
3rd Carmen Bandea, Snellville, GA (a)	77  *
4th Celeste Troche, Auburn, AL (a)	77  *

 

*determined in playoff 
(a) denotes amateur

 

Notes:
here was a four-woman playoff among those at 76 for the final three spots. Leigh Ann Mills of Tampa, Fla. was not present and automatically became the second alternate. Three of the five competitors at 77 played two sudden-death holes to determine the final two alternate spots and the order. Twelve-year-old Carmen Bandea of Snellville edged Auburn University's Celeste Troche with a birdie on the second hole. Jenny Throgmorton of Lexington, Ky. was eliminated on the first playoff hole.

The course was set to 6,225 yards, with a USGA Course and Slope Rating of 76.4/137.Qualifiers advance to the Sectional Qualifying Round, which consists of 36 holes of stroke play at one of eight locations around the country. The 2003 U.S. Women's Open Championship will be held at the Pumpkin Ridge Golf Club's Witch Hollow Course in North Plains, Ore., July 3-6. Entries were open to any female professional and to female amateurs with USGA Handicap Indexes not exceeding 4.4.