2003
USGA Senior Amateur Quarterfinalists
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| 2003
British Senior Amateur champion Roy Smethurst is making the most of
his first golfing visit to the United States. (Sam Greenwood/USGA) |
Frank
Abbott ,
60, Napa, Calif.
Meets
Edward Craig in quarterfinals
Managing
director of Abbott Group International
Wife,
Fran and three sons;
Playing
in his first Senior Amateur and second USGA championship
Advanced
to the quarterfinals of the 2003 Canadian Senior Match Play Championship;
finished fourth at the California State Senior Amateur; won the 1983 Washington
, D.C. Amateur; two-time club champion at Silverado CC in Napa ; likes
cooking, reading and travel.
David
Boesel,
55, Winter Park , Fla.
Faces
Sam Farlow in quarterfinals.
Financial
advisor; 1974 graduate of University of Central Florida.
Playing
in his first Senior Amateur and 17 th USGA championship (7 U.S. Amateurs,
7 Mid-Amateurs, 2 Senior Opens).
Quarterfinalist
at 1993 U.S. Amateur; named Florida High School golf Coach of the Year
in 1999; won Gasparilla Invitational in Tampa four times; won 1988 Florida
Mid-Amateur; five-time Orlando city champion; nine career holes-in-one
included one in practice round at 2001 U.S. Senior Open; pronounce his
name BOW -sell; youngest remaining competitor.
Edward
Craig , 60, Orlando , Fla.
Faces
Frank Abbott in quarterfinals.
Pilot
for corporate aviation company.
Playing
in his fourth Senior Amateur; advanced to match play in 1998
Won
2003 Miramar Lakes Senior Invitational; won 2003 National Hall of Fame
in High Point , N.C. ; 2 nd at 2000 Senior Cotton States; three career
holes-in-one with one double eagle; likes flying.
Sam
Farlow , 56, Birmingham , Ala.
Meets
David Boesel in quarterfinals.
Medical
equipment salesman (cardiac products).
Wife,
Susan, three children.
Playing
in his second Senior Amateur and 11 th USGA championship
Quarterfinalist
at 1985 U.S. Amateur; 4-time Alabama State Amateur champion; 3-time Alabama
State Senior Amateur champion; Birmingham Golf Association Hall of Fame
inductee; reinstated amateur in 1983; shot 59 on his home course (Birmingham
CC) while playing with LPGA professional Jan Stephenson; sevens aces and
one double eagle; loves Alabama football.
Bob
Hullender, 66, San Antonio, Texas
Faces
Roy Smethurst in quarterfinals.
Retired
Air Force general; 1972 Auburn University graduate.
Wife,
Sandy.
Playing
in his ninth Senior Amateur and 15 th USGA championship (1 Amateur, 2
Mid-Amateurs, 3 Senior Opens).
3-time
quarterfinalist (1994, 1998, 2003); Senior Amateur runner-up in 1993;
medalist in 1992 and 1994; won 1995 Texas Amateur at age 59, making him
the oldest winner in history; 1995 Texas Amateur of the Year; 3-time Texas
Senior Amateur winner; also won 1995 World Seniors; won numerous amateur
golf championships; flew in Vietnam; has two artificial hips; lists playing
in the third round of the 1995 Senior Open with Arnold Palmer as his most
memorable moment in golf; oldest remaining competitor.
Bruce
Richards , 60, Bellevue, Wash.
Meets
Kemp Richardson in quarterfinals.
Financial
specialist with same company for 39 years; 1965 graduate of University
of Washington ; member of USGA Executive Committee
Wife,
Gail, three children.
Playing
in his third Senior Amateur and seventh USGA championship (2 Mid-Amateurs,
2 U.S. Junior Amateurs)
Qualified
for 1965 British Open but missed cut; won 2001 Washington State Senior;
captain of 1963 Washington golf team that won Pac 8 title; lost individual
title to Dave Stockton of USC by one stroke; won 1961 Pacific Northwest
GA Junior; two Washington State Junior titles; two holes-in-one; two double
eagles; loves U of W sports.
Kemp
Richardson , 57, Laguna Niguel, Calif. (2001 champion)
Faces
Bruce Richards in quarterfinals.
Stockbroker;
1968 graduate of University of Southern California.
Wife,
Marsha, two children.
Playing
in his third Senior Amateur and 14th USGA championship (2 U.S. Amateurs,
6 Mid-Amateurs, 3 Senior Opens).
Low
amateur at 1999 and 2000 Senior Opens; won 2001 British Senior Amateur;
won 1967 and 1968 Pac 8 individual titles; runner-up at 2002 California
Senior Amateur and 1968 Western Amateur; two-time college All-American;
father, John, won 1987 Senior Amateur, making the Richardsons the only
father-son combination to win USGA titles.
Roy
Smethurst, 61, Crewe , England
Meets
Bob Hullender in quarterfinals.
Retired
computer systems designer; 1964 graduate of Nottingham University
Wife,
Jill ; two children.
Playing
in his first Senior Amateur; 2003 British Senior Amateur champion; led
the British Senior Open at Royal Portrush in 1996 after a first-round
67; lives in a timber cottage which dates back to 1642; six holes-in-one
including one in 1994 British Senior Open playing with Brian Waites; won
2000 and 2001 British Seniors; 3-time low amateur at Senior British Open;
vice president of Cheshire Union of Golf Clubs; 6-time Cheshire Seniors
champion; loves gardening, website design and stamp collecting; 2nd visit
to the U.S.; first time playing golf.
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