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Hilary Lunke: Stanford University
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Hilary Lunke graduated early from Stanford and decided to enter the master's program, setting her mind on being a lifelong amateur. That changed when the USGA allowed players to go through tour school and keep their amateur status if they didn't make it.
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At the end of the day, Lunke came out head and shoulders above the entire group, earning five skins on the nine-hole course for a total of $1,750. Open qualifier Gunia, a former golfer at the University of Nebraska, won an impressive three skins for a total of $1,450. Fig-Currier, the Women's Sports Hall of Fame inductee at The University of Texas, scored one skin for $400. The story of the day, without question, was Godbolt, who began the round by presenting his challengers with a gift of oven mitts and a rolling pin to signify his feelings that women did not belong on the golf course. The radio personality was forced to eat his words throughout the two-hour round, during which he won no skins and was continuously teased by his female counterparts.
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Lunke attended Stanford University and became a member of the LPGA Tour in 2002. On July 7, 2003, Lunke defeated Kelly Robbins and Angela Stanford in an 18-hole playoff to win the U.S. Women's Open for her first, and so far only, LPGA win. Lunke was ... the first play to win the U.S. Open after advancing through local and sectional qualifying. [1]
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Lunke was joined by fellow professional golfer Cindy Figg-Currier and open qualifier Laura Gunia in this second-annual skins format competition, which pitted the women golfers against Bucky Godbolt of KVET-AM 1300 The Zone. Godbolt, the former Boston College football star and coach at the University of Illinois and the University of Texas, regularly boasts of his golf acumen while discrediting the capabilities of female golfers. Responding to a challenge by Lunke and Courier last year to back up his strong words, the event was born and proved to be a tremendous success in raising funds for local golf-related charities.
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On Monday, Lunke became the first qualifier to win a U.S. Women's Open. She did it under the pressure of an 18-hole playoff at Pumpkin Ridge Golf Club, making birdie on the final hole to edge Angela Stanford by one stroke. Kelly Robbins finished three shots back.
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Lunke tried qualifying for the LPGA Tour 20 months ago on a lark. The tour had changed the rules. She could try qualifying, and if she missed she could still keep her amateur status, as she intended. Earning a masters degree at Stanford was more important. She earned a conditional card by two strokes at Q-School, so she turned pro. But she still finished that masters degree, not real confident in her professional ability.
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