61st U.S. Senior Women's Amateur: Meet the Quarterfinalists

The 61st U.S. Senior Women's Amateur quarterfinals begins tomorrow at 7:30 a.m. (MST) followed immediately by the semifinals at approximately 1:30 p.m. (MST).

The remaining eight players have experience ranging from 82 previous USGA championships to first-time competitor in the U.S. Senior Women's Amateur.  Here's a closer look at the quarterfinalists. 

Sarah Gallagher, 50, of Canton, Ga.

The 2018 U.S. Women’s Mid-Amateur was her first USGA championship in 25 years

Made match play at the 2019 U.S. Women’s Mid-Amateur at Forest Highlands in Flagstaff, Ariz., and advanced to the Round of 32 at the 2021 U.S. Women’s Mid-Amateur at Berkeley Hall Club in Bluffton, S.C.

Competed in the 2023 U.S. Senior Women’s Open, turning 50 a week before the event and finishing T38

Won the inaugural Georgia Women’s Mid-Amateur in 2023 (72-73) at Country Club of Columbus

Is a sixth grade social studies teacher at Elkins Pointe Middle School

Has two teenage kids, a son (who plays golf) and a daughter

Road to the quarterfinals:

Shot 72-78 - 150 in stroke play to finish T7; tied for the best R1 score

R64: Def. Giuliana Colavito 3 and 1

R32: Def. Corey Weworski 1 up

R16: Def. Mary Ann Hayward 4 and 3

Nadene Gole, 55, Australia

Ranked No. 193 in WAGR, the highest ranked female senior amateur in the world 

Won four straight holes in her Round of 16 match to defeat past champion Judith Kyrinis in 19 holes

Finished second to Sue Wooster in the 2023 Arizona Senior Women’s Amateur Championship at Briarwood Country Club in Peoria, Ariz.

2023 wins include: Victorian Senior Amateur, South Australia Senior Amateur Championship, Queensland Senior Amateur Championship, NSW Senior Amateur Championship, New Zealand Senior Championship, Tasmanian Senior Amateur

Road to the quarterfinals:

Shot 80-79 – 159 in stroke play to earn No. 34 seed

R64: Def. Frohnmayer, 4 and 2

R32: Def. Ellen Port, 4 and 3

R16: Def. Judith Kyrinis, 19 holes

Sarah LeBrun Ingram, 57, of Nashville, Tenn.

Won the U.S. Women’s Mid Amateur in 1991, 1993 and 1994

Runner-up in the 1993 U.S. Women’s Amateur

Member of the USA Curtis Cup team in 1992, 1994 and 1996

Captained the USA Curtis Cup Teams to victory in 2021 in Wales and in 2022 at Merion Golf Club in Ardmore, Pa.

Inaugural LNGA Senior Amateur champion

Member of the Tennessee Sports Hall of Fame and Duke Athletics Hall of Fame

Played for the Duke Blue Devils from 1985-88, earning All-ACC honors as a freshman and All-American distinctions her junior and senior years

Played as an amateur in eight U.S. Women’s Opens

Road to the quarterfinals:

Shot 82-78 – 160 in stroke play to earn No. 36 seed

R64: Def. Sherry Wright, 1 up

R32: Def. Tara Joy-Connelly, 8 and 6

R16: Def. Jackie Foster, 7 and 6

Marilyn Hardy, 62, of Magnolia, Texas

Won the 2023 Colorado Women’s Mid-Amateur Championship

Won the 2022 Texas Women’s Senior Stroke Play Championship

Competed in two U.S. Women’s Opens, in 1992 and 1994

Semifinalist in 1987 U.S. Women’s Mid-Amateur

Wife of Jim Hardy, who coached Mark O’Meara, Brad Faxon and Mark Tway, among others

Road to the quarterfinals:

Shot 82-72 – 154 in stroke play to earn No. 14 seed

R64: Def. Tina Barker, 5 and 3

R32: Def. Christie Blasi, 2 and 1

R16: Def. Sylvie Van Molle, 19 holes

Linda Jeffery, 50, of Prattville, Ala.

Competing in her first U.S. Senior Women’s Amateur

Competed in the 2023 U.S. Women’s Mid-Amateur

Won the 2023 Alabama Women’s State Senior Amateur Championship

Major in the U.S. Air Force Reserve, currently serving on active duty

Has won nine individual World Military Golf Championship titles, most recently in 2018

Has won seven Armed Forces Golf Championships, most recently in 2014

Has won eight Air Force Golf Championships, most recently in 2010

Volunteers at a First Tee program, and coaches youth soccer and basketball

Road to the quarterfinals:

Shot 78-78 – 156 in stroke play to earn No. 21 seed

R64: Def. Noreen Mohler, 6 and 4

R32: Def. Kathy Glennon, 7 and 6

R16: Def. Kathy Hartwiger, 2 and 1

Kim Keyer-Scott, 55, of Bonita Springs, Fla.

Competing in her first U.S. Senior Women’s Amateur

Made the cut in the 2023 U.S. Women’s Mid-Amateur

Began playing golf at age 30, competed on the Northern Kentucky University women’s golf team at the age of 34

Became the first golfer ever inducted into the Northern Kentucky University’s Sports Hall of Fame

Won the 2021 Florida Senior Women’s Open

Won the 2021 Florida Senior Women’s Amateur

Road to the quarterfinals:

Shot 78-80 – 158 in stroke play to earn No. 27 seed

R64: Def. Lea Venable, 2 and 1

R32: Def. Martha Linscott, 2 and 1

R16: Def. Stacy Slobodnik-Stoll, 2 and 1

Brenda Corrie Kuehn, 58, of Asheville, N.C.

Has competed in over 45 USGA championships, including 9 U.S. Women’s Opens

Runner-up in the 1995 U.S. Women’s Mid-Amateur

Member of the USA Curtis Cup team in 1996 and 1998, securing the winning point in 1998

Mother of two-time Curtis Cup competitor and current World No. 10 amateur Rachel Kuehn

Brenda and Rachel’s golf bond dates to the 2001 U.S. Women’s Open, when Brenda competed in the championship while eight months pregnant with Rachel

Member of the Wake Forest Sports Hall of Fame

Road to the quarterfinals:

Shot 75-80 – 155 in stroke play to earn No. 17 seed

R64: Def. Suzanne Ricard, 3 and 2

R32: Def. Ginny Burkey, 21 holes

R16: Def. Lara Tennant, 4 and 3

Martha Leach, 61, of Hebron, Ky.

Playing in her 82nd USGA championship

Won the 2009 U.S. Women’s Mid-Amateur Championship

Earned low amateur honors at the 2019 and 2021 U.S. Senior Women’s Opens

Member of the Georgia Golf Hall of Fame

In 2015 played with her daughter Madison in the inaugural U.S. Women’s Amateur Four-Ball

Sister of three-time U.S. Women’s Open champion and World Golf Hall of Famer Hollis Stacy

Road to the quarterfinals:

Shot 88-77 – 165 in stroke play to earn No. 57 seed

R64: Def. Gigi Higgins, 4 and 3

R32: Def. Pamela Koung 5 and 3

R16: Def. Stacy Dennis, 2 and 1