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USGA Senior Amateur 7The Final: Pleat vs. L. LeeHole 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18Par 4 4 5 4 3 4 3 4 5 4 5 4 5 3 4 4 3 4PLEAT 4 4 5 4 4 4 3 4 6 4 5 4 4 3 4 4 3 4L. LEE 4 4 5 3 2 5 3 4 5 3 4 5 5 5 4 4 3 4– Won hole2011 Championship NotesLeadersRound 1 – Mark Bemowski, at 4-under-par 68, by two strokesover Chip Lutz, Paul Murphy, Rick Woulfe and RaymondThompson. Round 2 – Paul Simson was medalist at 5-under139, by one stroke over Bemowski.CutAt 7-over 151, with a nine-for-eight playoff that lasted onehole to determine the remaining match-play spots.WeatherSunny all week, with temperatures in the 80s.NotesWith his victory, Louis Lee became the second-youngestchampion in the history of the USGA Senior Amateur. Hisbrother, Stanford Lee, is the youngest champion, havingtaken the 2007 title five days after his 55th birthday … Marvin“Vinny” Giles III, a two-time USGA champion, was a codesignerof Kinloch G.C. He advanced to the second round ofmatch play, where he lost to Ronald Kilby … There were two70-year-olds in the field and they both advanced to matchplay: Jack Vardaman (4/22/1940) and Mike Rice (8/6/1940) …Forty-one states were represented: Alabama, Alaska, Arizona,Arkansas, California, Colorado, Connecticut, Florida, Georgia,Hawaii, Illinois, Indiana, Iowa, Kentucky, Louisiana, Maryland,Massachusetts, Michigan, Minnesota, Missouri, Montana,Nebraska, Nevada, New Hampshire, New Jersey, NewMexico, New York, North Carolina, North Dakota, Ohio,Oklahoma, Oregon, Pennsylvania, South Carolina, Tennessee,Texas, Utah, Vermont, Virginia, Washington, Wisconsin andthe District of Columbia … Canada was the only country otherthan the United States represented … There were seven playerswho qualified for the 2011 Senior Open: Hunter Nelson,Joe Viechnicki, Tony Green, Doug Pool, Dave Ryan, JohnGrace and Pat Tallent … There were 11 past USGA championsin the field: Mike Bell (2006 USGA Senior Amateur);Mark Bemowski (2004 USGA Senior Amateur); Giles (1972U.S. Amateur, 2009 USGA Senior Amateur); Stanford Lee(2007 USGA Senior Amateur); George “Buddy” Marucci Jr.(2008 USGA Senior Amateur); Greg Reynolds (2002 USGASenior Amateur); Mike Rice (2005 USGA Senior Amateur);Kemp Richardson (2001, 2003 USGA Senior Amateur); FredRidley (1975 U.S. Amateur); Paul Simson (2010 USGA SeniorAmateur); and George Zahringer III (2002 U.S. Mid-Amateur)… Seven players had represented the USA at the Walker CupMatch: Duke Delcher (1997); Giles (1969, 1971, 1973, 1975);John Grace (1975); Marucci (1995, 1997); Ridley (1977); MartinWest (1973, 1979); and Zahringer (2003) … Three players hadserved as USA Walker Cup captains: Giles (1993); Marucci(2007, 2009); and Ridley (1987, 1989) … There were three pastUSA World Amateur Team Championship players in the field:Giles (1968, 1970, 1972); Ridley (1976); and West (1972). Gilesand Ridley served as team captains in 1992 and 2010, respectively.SeniorAmateur