USGA

Danny Green
Captures U.S.
Mid-Amateur Title

St. Louis, Mo. - Danny Green, 42, of Jackson, Tenn., won two of the last four holes over Jerry Courville, 40, of Milford, Conn., to earn the 1999 U.S. Mid-Amateur title at Old Warson Country Club, 2 and 1.

Green and Courville each birdied four of the first six holes, and the two players were tied after Courville won the par 5 12th hole with a birdie. However, Green then won hole 14 with a par and closed the match with a birdie from 10 feet on the 17th green.

"I've been trying a long time to be a USGA champion, and I finally got there," said Green, who had also defeated Courville in a semifinal match of the 1989 U.S. Amateur. "I beat a great player. We're good friends."

"I thought I could win, or I wouldn't be here," said Green, who earned a chance to play in the next Masters Tournament. "I knew this golf course was good for my game. You don't get chances like this often."

Green won holes three and six with birdies, but in between, Courville won holes four and five with birdies. Beginning at hole nine, the two traded the next four holes with Green getting the jump by winning the ninth with a par.

Down the stretch, Courville missed critical putts; one from 12 feet for a halve on hole 14 and a 4-footer that would have won hole 16. The U. S. Mid-Amateur is one of 13 national championships conducted annually by the United States Golf Association, 10 of which are strictly for amateurs.

St. Louis, Mo. - Result of Thursday's 18-hole championship final at the 1999 U.S. Mid-Amateur Championship at the par 35-36-71, 7,047-yard Old Warson Country Club:

Danny Green, Jackson, Tenn. (148) def. Jerry Courville, Milford, Conn. (143), 2 and 1.

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