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4 USGA Senior Amateur2012 Conditions of PlayEntriesOpen to amateur golfers who have reached their 55th birthdayon or before Sept. 29, 2012, and who have a USGAHandicap Index® not exceeding 7.4. Entries close Aug. 15.Starting Field156 playersSchedule of Play• Saturday, Sept. 29 — First round, stroke play (18 holes)• Sunday, Sept. 30 — Second round, stroke play (18 holes)After 36 holes, the field will be cut to the low 64 scorers, whowill advance to match play.• Monday, Oct. 1 — First round, match play (18 holes)• Tuesday, Oct. 2 — Second round, match play(18 holes), Third round, match play (18 holes)• Wednesday, Oct. 3 — Quarterfinals, match play(18 holes), Semifinals, match play (18 holes)• Thursday, Oct. 4 — Final, match play (18 holes)• From the 2012 U.S. Senior Open Championship, any amateurreturning a 72-hole score• Winners of the U.S. Amateur Championship the last 15 yearsor 15 years from the time the player becomes age eligible• Runners-up of the U.S. Amateur Championship the last threeyears (2010-2012)• Quarterfinalists from the 2012 U.S. Amateur Championship• From the U.S. Amateur Public Links Championship, winners in2011 and 2012 and the runner-up in 2012• From the U.S. Mid-Amateur Championship, winners andrunners-up in 2011 and 2012• Playing members of the two most current United States andGreat Britain and Ireland Walker Cup Teams (2009 and 2011)• Playing members of the two most current United States Men’sWorld Amateur Teams (2010 and 2012)• Winners of the British Amateur Championship the last fiveyears (2008-2012)• Winner of the 2012 British Senior Open AmateurChampionship• Winner of the 2012 Canadian Men’s Senior AmateurChampionshipSeniorAmateurSectional Qualifying18 holes stroke play, scheduled at 52 sites, between Aug. 27and Sept. 12.Exemptions from Sectional Qualifying• Winners of the USGA Senior Amateur Championship the last10 years (2002-2011)• Winners of the most current Asian Amateur, MexicanAmateur and Canadian Men’s Amateur Championships• From the current Men’s World Amateur Golf Rankings, thetop 500 point leaders and anyone tying for 500th place as ofAug. 15, 2012 (Must have filed an entry by Aug. 15, 2012)• Special exemptions as selected by the USGA• Runners-up of the USGA Senior Amateur Championship thelast three years (2009-2011)• Semifinalists of the USGA Senior Amateur Championship thelast two years (2010-2011)• Quarterfinalists from the 2011 USGA Senior AmateurChampionship• Any player who qualified for the 2012 U.S. OpenChampionship• From the 2011 U.S. Open Championship, those returningscores for 72 holes
USGA Senior Amateur 5Lee Wins the 2011 ChampionshipLouis Lee, 55, of Heber Springs, Ark., made a 4-foot par-putton the 18th hole to edge Philip Pleat, 55, of Nashua, N.H.,1 up, in the championship match of the 2011 USGA SeniorAmateur, conducted at 6,829-yard, par-72 Kinloch Golf Clubin Manakin-Sabot, Va.With the victory, Louis Lee joined his brother, Stanford, the2007 champion, as a winner of the event. Earlier in the championship,the pair had met in what is believed to be the first matchbetween two brothers in USGA history.“You could not have scripted it any better,” said Louis Lee, whodrove to Virginia all the way from Arkansas with Stanford andtheir wives. “It was one of the best days of golf we’ve ever hadas brothers.”As he had in his semifinal match against William ThomasDoughtie, Lee started quickly against Pleat. He converted a10-foot birdie putt on the fourth hole to take a 1-up lead andthen nearly aced his tee shot for a conceded birdie on thepar-3 fifth to extend his advantage to two holes.Lee gave back a hole with a three-putt bogey at the par-4sixth, but ran off victories on three consecutive holes beginningon the ninth to grab a 4-up lead.At that point, Lee appeared to have the match well in hand.Sitting just 20 feet away from the hole with Pleat off the green,it seemed that a two-putt would give him a 5-up advantagewith just six holes to play. But when Pleat converted his difficultup and down on hole No. 12 and Lee three-putted, themomentum swung to Pleat, at least momentarily.“When I finally made the putt there for par, I said, ‘You knowwhat? It’s still not over,’ ” said Pleat, who caddied for his son,James, in the 2011 U.S. Amateur at Erin Hills earlier in 2011. “Ihad played [holes] 13 through 15 pretty well during the week.In golf, anything can happen, so you just concentrate on thenext shot and go from there.”Within a half-hour, the tables had turned dramatically. Pleatbirdied the 13th and when Lee hooked his tee shot into thewater hazard on the par-3 14th, the Nashua-native’s deficitwas only one hole.Just when it seemed like the match was getting away from Lee,however, he righted the ship, hitting the last four greens inregulation to put the pressure on his opponent.Pleat had 8-foot birdie putts on both 17 and 18 to square thematch and send it to extra holes, but neither would fall. Whenhis putt burned the right edge on the closing hole, the stagewas set for Lee.“I was afraid I was on the fast track to giving it away,” said Lee.“But I kind of reached deep down on [holes] 16, 17 and 18. Andthat 4-foot putt on the last hole was sweet when it dropped. Itwas digging for that left lip, and it went in, I let off a deep sighof relief.”Prior to this year’s Senior Amateur, Lee had not played a singlecompetitive event in more than 25 years. Despite his success onthe national stage, his travel schedule may not change.“I’m going to go back to Heber Springs, Ark., population6,500, and I’m going to run my little insurance agency and goto the First Baptist Church,” said Lee. “I’m ready to be home fora while. I’m a simple guy, and I live a good life in the heartlandof America. I don’t plan to make any changes.”Louis and Stanford Lee joined four other sets of brothers whohave won USGA championships: Willie Smith (1899 U.S. Open)and Alex Smith (1906, 1910 U.S. Open); Hank Kuehne (1998Amateur) and Trip Kuehne (2007 Mid-Amateur); CharlesBarenaba (1974 Amateur Public Links) and Randy Barenaba(1975 Amateur Public Links); and Eddie Mudd (1976 AmateurPublic Links) and Jodie Mudd (1980, 1981 Amateur Public Links).Louis Lee also became the second-youngest champion in thehistory of the Senior Amateur, at 55 years and two months.Interestingly, Stanford Lee is the youngest winner in championshiphistory, having won only five days after his 55th birthday.When the two brothers met in the quarterfinals, it was agreedthat the loser of the match would caddie for the winner the restof the championship. Having Stanford on the bag in the finalwas a big help for Lee. The 59-year-old past champion servedas both a source of confidence and calming influence on thecourse in a high-pressure situation.“There’s no one in the world I’d rather be on the golf coursewith than him,” said Louis Lee. “We are brothers, but we arebest friends and we are each other’s biggest fan. Having him onthe bag made all the difference.”Pleat’s performance continued a strong showing by NewHampshire natives in USGA championships this season. Keene,N.H., resident Chelso Barrett was the runner-up to JordanSpieth at the 2011 U.S. Junior Amateur at Gold Mountain GolfClub. Pleat played against Barrett’s father, Hugh, in the final ofthe 1981 New Hampshire Amateur final.Pleat hit his tee ball well all day, hitting 13 of 14 fairways, butcouldn’t sink as many putts as he had in his quarterfinal andsemifinal victories over Paul Simson and Chip Lutz, respectively.During Wednesday’s rounds, Pleat made 13 birdies. OnThursday against Lee, he made just one.“Today, I was off, but that’s golf,” said Pleat, who has workedas a financial advisor for Merrill Lynch for more than threedecades. “You have to just hang in there and play with whatyou have that day. I knew it had to be good to have a chance ofbeating Louis. I just came up a little bit short, but it was a greatexperience.”SeniorAmateur
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