Golf: Towersey reaches quarterfinals at U.S. Senior Women’s Amateur

Championship

Richard Dunn

SEWICKLEY, Pa. - Marianne Towersey of Newport Beach, the longtime

women’s club champion at Santa Ana Country Club, reached the

quarterfinals at the 40th annual U.S. Senior Women’s Amateur

Championship, but faced the two-time defending champion Wednesday and was

eliminated, 5 and 4, at the par-73, 5,737-yard Allegheny Country Club.

Towersey, who turned 50 this year and is playing in the event for the

first time, earned medalist honors Sunday after shooting a two-round 144,

the lowest score by four strokes and 12 shots ahead of Carol Semple

Thompson.

Thompson, playing at her home club, defeated Towersey and will be

seeking her third straight U.S. Senior Women’s Amateur title today. She

will face Elizabeth Haines of Gladwyne, Pa., in the semifinals.