Look up the players who have won the same USGA championship three or more times and it is a veritable who’s who of luminaries. Names such as Tiger Woods, Jack Nicklaus, Ben Hogan, Bob Jones, Mickey Wright, Annika Sorenstam, Hollis Stacy, Juli Inkster, JoAnne Carner and Carol Semple Thompson are among the game’s most legendary players. Even lesser-known amateurs such as Ellen Port, Lewis Oehmig, Meghan Stasi, Sarah Lebrun Ingram, Carolyn Cudone, Carl Kauffmann, Alexa Stirling and Glenna Collett Vare have all duplicated that remarkable feat.
Add Stewart Hagestad to that list.