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USGA Women’s State Team 11Women’sState TeamPosition rd. 1 Rd. 2 Rd. 3 TotalT47 Missouri .................................................... 183 176 182 541Stephany Powell, Springfield .......................................88 95 87 270Barbara Blankenship, Centertown ...................................95 88 101 284Janis Clemens, Sedalia ............................................104 88 95 287vermont .................................................... 179 172 190 541Holly Reynolds, Morrisville . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .86 78 91 255Shelly Yusko, Quechee .............................................93 98 99 290Susie Bremner, Essex Junction ......................................105 94 99 29849 Montana ................................................... 180 183 187 550Sue Peterson, Glendive ............................................85 89 89 263Sue Matson, Laurel ................................................95 94 98 287Sabie Hamilton, Colstrip ...........................................99 97 107 30350 Alaska ....................................................... 187 186 182 555Terri McAngus, Eagle River .........................................90 86 81 257Jamie Berge, Anchorage ...........................................97 100 101 298Susan Gatewood, Anchorage ......................................117 102 104 32351 North Dakota .............................................. 198 204 188 590Theresa Burns, Bismarck ...........................................102 98 87 287Mary Adams, Grand Forks ..........................................97 106 101 304Sharon Lipsh, Grafton ............................................. 101 108 109 318Championship HistoryThe USGA Women’s State Team Championship, in 1995,like the men’s version, grew out of the celebration of theAssociation’s Centennial and was fashioned after the biennialWorld Amateur Team Championship.Each state was invited to send its three best players, and 43states sent women’s teams to compete for the new title at theLake Buena Vista (Fla.) Club. State associations were giventhe option to choose their teams by any method, with onerestriction: college players were ineligible because of NCAAbylaws. The NCAA rule states that a player may only play inan international team match when that team is sponsored bythe national governing body, such as the Curtis Cup, or theWomen’s World Amateur Team Championship. Any infractionof that rule means the college player is faced with beingdeclared ineligible for the remainder of the season and thefollowing season.As a result, the field for the Women’s State TeamChampionship was made up almost entirely of mid-amateurand senior players. Some states used a point system to selectthe three-woman team. Others used the top finishers in theirstate championships or conducted qualifying tournaments. Afew states employed a selection committee to determine teammembers.Just as in the Women’s World Amateur Team Championship,the Women’s State Team Championship format meant thatonly the best two scores of each state’s three players werecounted on each of three days.The winning team in the inaugural championship was fromPennsylvania and was made up of Liz Haines, of Gladwyne,Judy Oliver, of Sewickley, and Carol Semple Thompson, alsoof Sewickley. Oliver and Thompson have both played for theUnited States of America in the Curtis Cup Match. The competitionwas close, as Pennsylvania’s score of 442 edged theTexas team by only one stroke.While no individual prizes were awarded, Toni Wiesner, ofFort Worth, Texas, and Lancy Smith, of Snyder, N.Y., recordedthe lowest individual scores. Each scored 219 for 54 holes,three over par.The first Women’s State Team Championship proved to besuch a popular competition that the decision was made toconduct the championship every two years.