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Amy Alcott: Miss Jones
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With a final round of 69, the lowest score of the championship, Miss Stacy beat Rosie Jones by one stroke and Amy Alcott by two. Miss Alcott, the 1980 Champion, and JoAnn Washam tied at 71 in the first round. After 36 holes, Miss Jones and Penny Pulz had 144 and Miss Alcott 145. Donna Horton White then moved into a tie for the 54-hole lead with Miss Alcott, at 218, with Miss Stacy three strokes behind.
Players featured in the 144-player field all vying for the $150,000 first-place check include LPGA Tour Hall of Famer and tournament host Amy Alcott, 2002 winners Rachel Teske, Laura Diaz and Sorenstam, and six 2002 rookies ready to win. LPGA Tour veterans scheduled to compete include LPGA Tour Hall of Famers Beth Daniel and Betsy King, Laura Davies, Maria Hjorth, Pat Hurst, Rosie Jones, Lorie Kane, Mi Hyun Kim, Emilee Klein, Se Ri Pak and Karrie Webb.
Amy was the originator of the "jump in the lake" after her first Dinah Shore victory at Mission Hills Country Club. And she owns the golf cart that Katherine Hepburn puttered around her garden in. She ... does a pretty good impression of Kate.
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Hollis Stacy was second, with 289, nine strokes behind Miss Alcott. Miss Alcott had rounds of 70-70-68-72. She was four under par, the fifth sub-par 72-hole score since the USGA assumed sponsorship in 1953. Temperatures reached beyond 100 degrees every day. By winning, Miss Alcott became the 22nd player to win more than one USGA Championship. She won the Girls' Junior in 1972.
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