FULL FIELD VIE FOR ILLINOIS SENIOR AMATEUR GOLF CHAMPIONSHIP
A full field of 120 golfers will compete in the 41st Annual Illinois Senior Women’s Golf Championship, conducted by the Illinois Women’s Golf Association, September 14th – 16th at Stone Creek Golf Club in Urbana, Illinois. A very talented field of amateur women golfers, age 50 and older, will vie for this year’s championship. Among contenders for the title are: Salley Wessels, Mt. Morris, defending champion and eight-time winner; Char McLear, McHenry, three-time past senior champion; 2009 runner-up and low handicapper of the field, Laura Carson, Lake Bluff. Other past champions in the field include Rose Barnet of Moline, and Jackie Schwarz of McHenry.
The championship will be determined by 54 holes of stroke play. The champion will be the low gross winner across the field. Low net and low gross awards will be given in five age divisions. Registered players range in age from 50 – 84.
Contestants will be playing on the 5486 yard, par 72, Tim and Dick Nugent-designed course, which is home to the University of Illinois golf programs. The course rating for the tournament is 71.2 with a slope of 118. Tournament play will begin with a shotgun start at 9:00 a.m. on both Tuesday and Wednesday. The final round, on Thursday, will start at 8:30 a.m. Spectators are welcome.