The USA won its second consecutive Copa de las Americas overall championship Saturday with a 12-stroke victory over host Argentina at Olivos Golf Club.
James F. Vernon has been elected to serve a second one-year term as president of the U.S. Golf Association. The election took place Saturday at the USGAs Annual Meeting in Newport Beach, Calif.
Medalist Wendi Patterson-Golden of Bradenton, Fla., and 2006 and 2007 champion Meghan Bolger of Oakland Park, Fla., each won easily Monday in the first round of match play at the 2008 U.S. Womens Mid-Amateur Championship at Barton Hills Country Club.
The 2008 U.S. Amateur Championship will take place August 18-24 at Pinehurst Resort & Country Club (Courses No. 2 and No. 4) in the Village of Pinehurst, N.C.
Heavy rain has caused the postponement of the second round of match play at the 2008 U.S. Girls Junior Championship, being played at the 6,265-yard, par-71 Hartford Golf Club.
Jorge Fernandez Valdes, 15, of Argentina, finished with a 36-hole total of 5-under-par 139 Wednesday to earn medalist honors by one stroke at the U.S. Junior Amateur Championship at Shoal Creek golf course.
Jorge Fernandez Valdes, 15, of Argentina, finished with a 36-hole total of 5-under-par 139 Wednesday to earn medalist honors by one stroke at the U.S. Junior Amateur Championship at Shoal Creek golf course.
Stroke-play medalist Lisa McCloskey easily advanced in Wednesdays first round of match play at the 2008 U.S. Girls Junior Championship at Hartford Golf Club.
