60th U.S. Senior Women's Amateur: Meet the Quarterfinalists

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Christie Blasi, 54, Ozark, Mo.

• N/R in Women’s World Amateur Golf Ranking

• Works for State Farm Insurance Agency, and is fully licensed in property and causality, auto, life and health

• Was a member of the University of Missouri-Columbia women’s golf team, graduating in 1990

• Aced the third hole in her Round of 32 match, using an 8-iron from 127 yards

Road to the Quarterfinals

• Shot 80-78—158 in stroke play to earn the No. 37 seed
• R64: Def. Jackie Little, 1 up
• R32: Def. Kay Daniel, 19 Holes
• R16: Def. Sally Krueger, 21 Holes

Terri Frohnmayer, 66, Meridian, Idaho

• N/R in Women’s World Amateur Golf Ranking

• Won the 2011 U.S. Senior Women’s Amateur at The Honors Course in Chattanooga, Tenn.

• 2011 Oregon Golf Association Player of the Year

• Won the 1976 Pacific Northwest Golf Association Championship. 2010 PNGA Senior Women’s Champion.

• Runner-up in the PNGA Senior Women’s Championship.

• Member of the Rollins College Sports Hall of Fame

• Began playing golf at the age of 13 after being introduced to the game by her parents

Road to the Quarterfinals

• Shot 79-79—158 in stroke play to earn the No. 32 seed
• R64: Def. Mary Ann Hayward, 22 Holes
• R32: Def. Lynne Cowan, 1 up
• R16: Def. Brenda Kuehn, 2 and 1

Kathy Hartwiger, 56, Birmingham, Ala.

• No. 446 in Women’s World Amateur Golf Ranking

• Playing in her third U.S. Senior Women’s Amateur

• Won the 2002 U.S. Women’s Mid-Amateur at Eugene (Ore.) Country Club, defeating Ellen Port, 2 up, in the final match

• 10-time winner of the Alabama Women’s State Amateur (1999, 2002-2008, 2010-2012)

• Holds the record for most Alabama Golf Association state tournaments won (21)

• Won the 2020 Alabama Women’s State Senior Amateur and was runner-up in 2021

• Runner-up in the 2021 North and South Senior Women’s Championship in Pinehurst, N.C.

• Retired high school science teacher and middle school counselor

• Her husband, Chris, is the director of the USGA Green Section’s Course Consulting Service

Road to the Quarterfinals

• Shot 77-80—157 in stroke play to earn the No. 27 seed
• R64: Def. Kerry Postillion, 3 and 2
• R32: Def. Corey Weworski, 4 and 3
• R16: Def. Julie Harrison, 4 and 3

Judith Kyrinis, 58, Canada

• No. 1691 in Women’s World Amateur Golf Ranking

• Won the 2017 U.S. Senior Women’s Amateur

• Runner-up in the 2014 U.S. Senior Women’s Amateur
  

• Tied for low amateur at the 2019 U.S. Senior Women’s Open at Pine Needles Lodge & Golf Club

• Won the 2021 Ontario Senior Championship

• Won the 2019 Canadian Mid-Amateur and Senior Amateur Championships

• Inducted into the Ontario Golf Hall of Fame

• Started playing golf at age 12; mother of three kids

Road to the Quarterfinals

• Shot 77-76—153 in stroke play to earn the No. 10 seed
• R64: Def. Ran Keane, 5 and 3
• R32: Def. Andrea Miller, 4 and 3
• R16: Def. Martha Leach, 19 Holes

Shelly Stouffer, 52, Canada

• No. 309 in Women’s World Amateur Golf Ranking
  

• Playing in her second U.S. Senior Women’s Amateur

• Was a semifinalist in the 2021 U.S. Senior Women’s Amateur
  

• Won the mid-master and senior division titles at the 50th Canadian Women’s Mid-Amateur and Senior Championship in 2021
  

• Turned professional at age 26 and played in several majors, including the 2001 U.S. Women’s Open at Pine Needles Lodge and Golf Club
  

• Reinstated as an amateur in 2011
  

• Won the 2016 and 2019 British Columbia Women’s Mid-Amateur and Mid-Master Championships
  

• Won the British Columbia Senior Championship in 2020, 2021 and 2022

• Kinesiologist for Dynamic Kinesiology in Nanoose Bay

• Has her 15-year-old son, Brett, on the bag this week

Road to the Quarterfinals

• Shot 81-68—149 in stroke play to earn the No. 2 seed
• R64: Def. Lisa Poritz, 5 and 3
• R32: Def. Lee Burton, 5 and 4
• R16: Def. Molly Steffes, 8 and 6

Lynn Thompson, 64, Cincinnati, Ohio

• N/R in Women’s World Amateur Golf Ranking
  

• Was a member of the winning Ohio team at the 2003 USGA Women’s State Team Championship
  

• Is playing in her fourth U.S. Senior Women’s Amateur, where she has made match play every year
  

• Six-time Ohio Senior Women’s Amateur champion

• Won the 1980 and 1981 Cincinnati Women’s Amateur
  

• Coached high school golf for five years
  

Road to the Quarterfinals

• Shot 83-77—160 in stroke play to earn the No. 51 seed
• R64: Def. Robyn Puckett, 4 and 3
• R32: Def. Kim Keyer-Scott, 3 and 2
• R16: Lara Tennant, 2 and 1

Sue Wooster, 60, Australia

• No. 718 in Women’s World Amateur Golf Ranking
  

• Runner-up in both the 2018 and 2019 U.S. Senior Women’s Amateurs
  

• Has made match play in all nine U.S. Senior Women’s Amateur appearances
  

• Won the 2022 European Senior Women’s Championship

• In 2018, she won the Canadian Women’s Mid-Amateur, the Canadian Women’s Amateur, the Australian Senior Women’s Amateur and the North & South Senior Women’s Amateur
  

• Has four children and started playing golf at age 25

Road to the Quarterfinals

• Shot 74-78—152 in stroke play to earn the No. 9 seed
• R64: Def. Joan Gardner, 4 and 2
• R32: Def. Amy Kennedy, 3 and 1
• R16: Def. Suzi Spotleson, 5 and 4

Sherry Wright, 55, Oxnard, Calif.

• N/R in Women’s World Amateur Golf Ranking
  

• Playing in her third U.S. Senior Women’s Amateur, and seventh USGA championship
  

• Won the 2018 and 2019 Southern California Women’s Public Links Championship

• Began playing golf at 43 years old
  

• Works as a physical therapist 
  

• Grandparents were longtime members at San Diego Country Club and used to have a woman named “Mickey” over to the house. It wasn’t until Sherry was an adult that she realized it was four-time U.S. Women’s Open champion Mickey Wright.

Road to the Quarterfinals

• Shot 75-75—150 in stroke play to earn the No. 4 seed
• R64: Def. Ulrika Migliaccio, 2 up
• R32: Def. Tracy Welch, 2 and 1
• R16: Def. Terrill Samuel, 2 and 1