Neuhauser Eliminated in Second Round at U.S. Amateur

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St. Louis, Mo – Virginia senior women’s golfer Whitney Neuhauser (Barboursville, Va.) was eliminated from the 2009 U.S. Women’s Amateur Championship during the second round of match play Thursday. Neuhauser lost to Sydnee Michaels (Temecula, Calif.) 3&2.

Neuhauser and Michaels, a senior at UCLA, were all square after 11 holes before Michaels took a three-shot advantage over the next four holes.

Neuhauser tied for 16th during the stroke play portion of the tournament and won her first-round of match play Wednesday.

The U.S. Women’s Amateur is one of the United States Golf Association’s original three championships. It was first conducted in 1895, shortly after the inaugural U.S. Amateur and U.S. Open. The Women’s Amateur has since been conducted every year except 1917-18, when it was temporarily suspended because of World War I, and 1942-45, when it was suspended because of World War II.