Kyrinis, Gole, and Port Advanced as Match Play Began at U.S. Senior Women’s AmateurFor those just catching up: the first two rounds of the U.S. Senior Women’s Amateur at The Omni Homestead’s Cascades Course were stroke play, trimming the 132-player field down to 64. From there, the championship shifted into match play — where experience and nerves often mattered as much as pure shot-making. But the match tightened late, with Port needing a par on the final hole to secure a narrow 1-up victory. Kathy Hartwiger, the 2022 U.S. Women’s Mid-Amateur champion and recent British Senior Women’s Amateur winner, built a 3-up lead through seven holes before falling to Tracy Eakin of Ireland, 1 up. With six former champions advancing and several matches going to extra holes — including two that stretched to 20 — the championship showed again why match play can swing quickly.