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1985
Lewis Oehmig, 69, of Lookout Mountain, Tennessee, become
the oldest person ever to win a USGA Championship and the
first to win the Senior Amateur Championship three times when
he defeated Edwin Hopkins, 61, of Whitney, Texas, on the 20th
hole at Wild Dunes Beach and Racquet Club on Isle of Palms,
South Carolina.
Hopkins was medalist with 143, one stroke off the qualifying
record. Hopkins had his sternest challenge on his way to the
final in the third round when he defeated Ira Templeton of
Hixson, Tennessee, on the 20th hole.
In the semi-final, Hopkins eliminated Dempsey Ballard of
San Antonio, Texas, 2 and 1. Oehmig was stretched to extra
holes twice on his way to the final-in the first round he
defeated Charles Sullivan of Peabody, Massachusetts, on the
20th hole and, in the second round he defeated Chris Kappas
of Ponta Vedre, Florida, on the 20th hole. Oehmig defeated
Clifford Taylor of Spring Lake, Michigan, 2 and 1, in the
semi-final.
Hopkins won the first hole of the final but Oehmig won the
second, fourth and fifth holes to take a two-hole lead. Hopkins
won the 12th, 13th and 14th to regain the lead and had a chance
to win the match on the 17th but his putt for a winning par
slid past the hole.
Oehmig sank a 15-foot birdie putt on the 18th to send the
match to extra holes. The 19th hole was halved with pars.
Oehmig won the match on the 20th hole when Hopkins's pitch
from behind the green did not hold the green and he settled
for bogey. The USGA accepted a record 1,345 entries for the
Championship.
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