Fort Mill, SC--Semifinal and championship round match play results of the 5^th Women's Match Play Championship of the Carolinas Golf Association hosted by Regent Park Golf Club in Fort Mill, SC on Thursday, July 18.

Semifinal Matches

Brenda Corrie Kuehn, Fletcher, NC df. Courtney Pomeranz, Sanford, NC, 2 and 1

Perry Swenson, Charlotte, NC df. Debbie Adams, Asheville, NC, 4 and 3

Final Match

Swenson df. Kuehn, 3 and 2

Fort Mill, SC -- Perry Swenson of Charlotte, NC, a rising sophomore star on the University of Texas women's golf team, defeated two-time champion Brenda Corrie Kuehn, 3 and 2, in the Carolinas Women's Amateur Match Play championship Thursday at Regent Park Golf Club in Fort Mill, S.C.

The long-hitting Swenson, 19, won her third Carolinas Golf Association title by defeating the two-time Curtis Cup player in a sterling three-under par performance in high heat and humidity. "I had not been playing well all summer," Swenson said. "Then my putting came around this week, and it all fell into place."

"I had been very mechanical with my putting. I came here this week and just used my natural stroke. I thought I could make nearly every putt," she added. She nearly did. Swenson won the qualifying medal with 70 and was dominant in most matches.

Both Swenson and Kuehn trailed early in their morning semifinal matches, however, before gaining the final. Swenson overcame Debbie Adams of Asheville for a 4 and 3 triumph despite losing the first hole. Swenson was one under par in the semifinals.

Kuehn was two holes down early in her match with defending champion Courtney Pomeranz of Sanford, N.C. but took the lead for good on the 11^th hole. Kuehn, 37, who won the 1997 and 1998 titles, took the match by a 2 and 1 margin.

"Perry is a very good player," Kuehn said. "We had a good match, and I played better in the afternoon against her than I played in the morning." Kuehn was one up in the final match until Swenson birdied the third and fifth holes. Swenson was three up after 12 holes when Kuehn won the 13^th and 14^th holes with birdies. Swenson responded with her own pair of birdies at the 15^th and 16^th holes, sealing her triumph with a pitch-in birdie from 40 yards out on the 16^th hole.

Swenson won the 1998 CGA North Carolina Junior Girls title and took the Parent-Child title with her dad, Norman, in 1999.

"I've played a lot of golf with Brenda," Perry noted. "We played together in the qualifying rounds, and I know her national reputation. That's why it's especially satisfying to win this title against her."

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First Round Match Play

Courtney Pomeranz, Sanford, NC df. Kathy Binkley, Cornelius, NC, 6 and 5

Erica Wein, Nashville, NC df. Pat Brogden, Garner, NC, 5 and 3

Tiarna Harman, Greenville, SC df. Sharon O'Neill, Buies Creek, NC, 21 holes

Brenda Corrie Kuehn, Fletcher, NC df. Stacy Hilton, Lexington, NC, 6 and 5

Perry Swenson, Charlotte, NC df. Audrey Gale, Clayton, NC, 3 and 2

Devon Day, Greer, SC df. Melissa Sage, Charlotte, NC, 2 and 1

Brandi Underwood, Hope Mills, NC df. Patty Moore, Charlotte, NC, 3 and 2

Debbie Adams, Asheville, NC df. Sara Anderson, Easley, SC, 6 and 5

Quarterfinal Matches

Pomeranz df. Wein, 20 holes

Kuehn df. Harman, 3 and 2

Swenson df. Day, 7 and 6

Adams df. Underwood, 1 up

Low Net Stroke Play

Low Gross: Page Haverty, Greenville, NC, 77

2^nd Gross: Ashley Leonard, Rocky Mount, NC, 80

Low Net: Brandi Jackson, Simpsonville, SC, 68

2^nd Net: Sharon Hinkle, Huntersville, NC, 71

T3 Net: Georgia Harris, Concord, NC, 74

Barbara Haggart, Mooresville, NC, 74

T5 Net: Ella McWilliams, Lake Wylie, SC, 76

Nancy Albright, Charlotte, NC, 76

B.J. Caldwell, Charlotte, NC, 76

T8 Net: Meredith Beck, Fletcher, NC, 77

Sheila Hopkins, Lake Wylie, SC, 77

T10 Net: Cindy Corlett, Lexington, NC, 78

Carol Schofield, Concord, NC, 78

Stroke Play Qualifying

Perry Swenson, Charlotte, NC 33-37--70

Brandi Underwood, Hope Mills, NC 34-37--71

Sharon O'Neill, Buies Creek, NC 35-38--73

Brenda Kuehn, Fletcher, NC 37-37--74

Debbie Adams, Asheville, NC 37-38--75

Melissa Sage, Charlotte, NC 37-39--76

Pat Brogden, Garner, NC 40-37--77

Erica Wein, Nashville, NC 37-40--77

Devon Day, Greer, SC 39-39--78

Sara Anderson, Easley, SC 39-39--78

Tiarna Harman, Greenville, SC 40-38--78

Stacy Hilton, Lexington, NC 42-36--78

Patty Moore, Charlotte, NC 40-38--78

Audrey Gale, Clayton, NC 40-38--78

*Kathy Binkley, Cornelius, NC 43-39--82

Failed to Qualify for Match Play

Barbara Young, Wilmington, NC 41-41--82

Paige Haverty, Greenville, NC 43-40--83

Meredith Beck, Fletcher, NC 41-43--84

Ashley Leonard, Rocky Mount, NC 41-43--84

Cindy Corlett, Lexington, NC 41-45--86

Brandi Jackson, Simpsonville, SC 41-46--87

Sharon Hinkle, Huntersville, NC 43-45--88

Donna Bailey, Kiawah Island, SC 45-47--92

Georgia Harris, Concord, NC 46-46--92

Sheila Hopkins, Lake Wylie, SC 47-46--93

Audrey Morgan, Midland, NC 46-48--94

Dot Mobley, Gastonia, NC 47-47--94

Ella McWilliams, Lake Wylie, SC 47-48--95

Carol Schofield, Concord, NC 55-48--103

Faye Malone, Catawba, SC 50-53--103

Barbara Haggart, Mooresville, NC 52-53--105

Nancy Albright, Charlotte, NC 53-52--105

B.J. Caldwell, Charlotte, NC 56-59--115

Peggy Hall, Belmont, NC ---WD

Heather Angell, Winston-Salem, NC ---WD

Adrienne Millican, Fuquay-Varina, NC ---WD

*won match play position in playoff