Illinois Women's Open - Footnotes

Footnotes

1-The inaugural 1995 Illinois Women's Open (IWO) was shortened to 36 holes due to cloud-to-ground lightning and torrential rain during the first round. None of the groups had completed nine holes, so the entire round was wiped out.

2-The original July 17–19, 1996 Illinois Women's Open was washed out when 16-inch rains flooded the Chicago area. The golf course, built partially on a flood plain, had over five feet of water on seven holes. The IWO was rescheduled for August 14, 15 and 17.

3-Sarah Johnston is now playing the LPGA Tour under her married name of Sarah Lynn Sargent.

4-Annika Wellander of Winnetka became the youngest IWO champion when she won three days past her 19th birthday. She held off a fierce back-nine charge from 20-year LPGA Tour veteran Allison Finney (also a Winnetka native) to win the title by one stroke. Both Welander and Finney's 54-hole scores broke course and tournament records.

5-In 1997 the golf course was blasted with a 110-degree heat index and tropical humidity for the final round. Amateur Kerry Postillion, the only player in the field who eschewed use of a roofed power cart, set an IWO record when with eight holes remaining, owned a whopping nine-shot lead over her nearest chaser. Her huge lead quickly disappeared when she began suffering from heat exhaustion; she and runner-up Diane Daugherty ended in a tie after 54 holes. However, Postillion won a three-hole, aggregate-score playoff with a one-over-par 12 to Daugherty's 13.

6-The 2007 Illinois Women's Open ended with a state-record 10-hole playoff. At the end of regulation amateur Nicole Schachner was tied with professional Jenna Pearson at 1-under 215 (Pearson missed a 15-foot eagle putt on the final hole of regulation for an outright one-stroke victory.) After the duo played a four-hole, aggregate-score playoff over holes 1–2–3–3 and were still tied, the format reverted to sudden-death on Mistwood's 528-yard par-5 third hole. The twosome played the hole five more times with the same result as the first two times through during the four-hole playoff – seven straight two-putt pars. Finally on the 10th hole of the playoff and sixth of sudden death, Schachner two putted from 13 feet and Pearson missed a 7-footer to extend the playoff. Also notable is both the first and second rounds began with shotgun starts for the first time in tournament history – necessitated by the presence of severe thunderstorms and cloud-to-ground lightning in the area.

7-For the first time, the IWO received more entries than spots in the field (96) and held its first qualifier, with 18 players going for 9 spots. Neff in round two shot 7-under 65 at Mistwood, a course women's record (men's record 64) and IWO record.