59th US Senior Women's Amateur Golf Championship
Triple Crown: Tennant Captures Third Consecutive USGA Title
Triple Crown: Tennant Captures Third Consecutive USGA Title
US Senior アマチュア選手権、見事、３連覇 驚異のゴルフ経歴であろう。
以下、USGA のリポートである。
Lara Tennant, of Portland, Ore., the No. 1 seed and the two-time defending champion, outlasted seven-time USGA champion Ellen Port, 2 and 1, in the 18-hole final of the 59th U.S. Senior Women’s Amateur Championship Thursday on the Dogwood Course at The Lakewood Club.
Tennant, who won this championship in 2018 and 2019 (the 2020 championship was canceled due to the COVID-19 pandemic), had a 1-up lead when the final resumed on Thursday morning, after drenching rains from Tropical Storm Nicholas postponed the match with just two holes completed the previous day. The course played to 5,491 yards and a par of 71 on Thursday, with the par-4 fourth hole playing as a par 3 due to course conditions.
“I love that trophy; it’s so beautiful, and it’s been at my house for quite a while, because of COVID and winning the two previous years, so I’ve gotten kind of attached to it,” said Tennant, 54, at the post-match ceremony. “It’ll go in the front entry, where it’s been now for three years, as a beautiful reminder of how lucky I am.”
The triumph makes Tennant the 12th player in USGA history to win a championship at least three consecutive times. Carol Semple Thompson, who won this championship four times in a row (1999-2002), is the last to do so in any championship. Thompson competed this week, but missed the cut by two strokes at age 72.
Tennant played like she didn’t want to relinquish the trophy, affectionately dubbed “Big Bertha,” as she birdied the fourth and fifth holes and barely missed making a third straight birdie on No. 6 that would have given her a 3-up advantage. But Port answered with her own birdie on No. 7 and won the ninth when Tennant found the water with her approach shot on the 346-yard par 4 and made double bogey.
| NAME | YEARS | USGA CHAMPIONSHIP |
|---|---|---|
| +-Lara Tennant | 2018-2019, 2021 | U.S. Senior Women's Amateur |
| Willie Anderson | 1903-05 | U.S. Open |
| Glenna Collett | 1928-30 | U.S. Women's Amateur |
| ^-Carolyn Cudone | 1968-72 | U.S. Senior Women's Amateur |
| Beatrix Hoyt | 1896-98 | U.S. Women's Amateur |
| Juli Inkster | 1980-82 | U.S. Women's Amateur |
| Carl Kauffmann | 1927-29 | U.S. Amateur Public Links |
| Hollis Stacy | 1969-71 | U.S. Girls' Junior |
| *-Alexa Stirling | 1916, 1919-20 | U.S. Women's Amateur |
| Carol Semple Thompson | 1999-2002 | U.S. Senior Women's Amateur |
| Virginia Van Wie | 1932-34 | U.S. Women's Amateur |
| Tiger Woods | 1991-93 1994-96 |
U.S. Junior Amateur U.S. Amateur |
+-No U.S. Senior Women's Amateur conducted in 2020 due to COVID-19
事実２０２０年は、コロナ蔓延のため、中止されたので、２０２１年が加わった。
タイガーのジュニア選手権とアマ選手権、２世代の３連覇は、まさに金字塔である。
ジュリインクスターの功績もすばらしい。現在でも、活躍しているのだから、
