2025 U.S. Senior Women’s Amateur: Meet the Quarterfinalists

Sarah Gallagher, 52, of Canton, Ga. 

• WAGR: 1899 

• Competing in her third U.S. Senior Women’s Amateur and 12th USGA championship 

• 2023 U.S. Senior Women’s Amateur Champion 

• The 2018 U.S. Women’s Mid-Amateur was her first USGA championship in 25 years 

• Made match play at the 2019 U.S. Women’s Mid-Amateur at Forest Highlands in Flagstaff, Ariz., and advanced to the Round of 32 at the 2021 U.S. Women’s Mid-Amateur at Berkeley Hall Club in Bluffton, S.C.  

• Competed in the 2024 U.S. Senior Women’s Open at Fox Chapel, finishing T31 

• Won the inaugural Georgia Women’s Mid-Amateur in 2023 (72-73) at Country Club of Columbus 

• Is a sixth-grade social studies teacher at Elkins Pointe Middle School 

• Has two teenage kids, a son (who plays golf) and a daughter 

Road to the Quarterfinals:   
Shot 72-81-153 in stroke play to earn the No. 14  seed 
R64: Def. Sheryl Scott, 6 and 5 
R32: Def. Alice De Roquemaurel, 3 and 2 
R16: Def. Lara Tennant, 2 up 

Nadene Gole, 56, of Australia 

• WAGR: 151 

• Defeated 2023 champion Shelly Stouffer, 3 and 2 to claim the 2024 Senior Women’s Amateur championship at Broadmoor Golf Club in Seattle, Wash.  

• Became the fifth Australian female to win a USGA title 

• No. 151 in Women’s World Amateur Golf Ranking, the highest ranked female senior amateur in the world   

• Secured victories at the 2025 English and Scottish Senior Women’s Open Championships. 

• Won the 2024 R&A Women’s Senior Amateur Championship  

Road to the Quarterfinals:
Shot 74-75-149 in stroke play to earn No. 4 seed 
R64: Def. Amy Ellertson, 3 and 2 
R32: Def. Jennifer Delgadillo, 5 and 3 
R16: Def. Ellen Port, 2 up 

Stefani Markovich, 50, of Canada 

• WAGR: NR 

• Among one of the youngest players in the field having turned 50 this past April 

• Making her first USGA appearance in a decade since competing in the 2015 U.S. Women’s Mid-Amateur at Squire Creek Country Club in Choudrant, La. 

• Earned medalist honors at the Pennsylvania qualifying site hosted at Edgewood Country Club 

• Won the Ontario Women’s Mid-Amateur Championship in 2013 

• Captured the Ontario Junior Girls Match Play title in 1993 

Road to the Quarterfinals:   
Shot 86-73 in stroke play to earn the No. 49 seed 
R64: Def. Sylvie Van Molle, 3 and 2 
R32: Def. Estuko Kurihara 
R16: Def. Lisa McGill, 21 holes 

Suzi Spotleson, 58, of Scottsdale, Ariz. 

• WAGR: 545 

• Competing in eighth U.S. Senior Women’s Amateur and 23rd USGA championship 

• Won the 2025 Arizona Women’s Senior Match Play Championship 

• Top 10 finishes at both 2025 Arizona Women’s Mid-Amateur and AGA Senior Women’s Amateur Championships 

• Advanced to quarterfinals of 2025 CGA Women’s Senior Match Play Championship 

• Finished fourth at 2025 First Coast Senior Women’s Amateur 

• 2024 North & South Senior Women’s and First Coast Senior Women’s Amateur Champion 

• Former College World Series softball player with Northwestern 

• Claimed both the Ohio State Senior and Ohio State Mid-Amateur championships in 2021 

Road to the Quarterfinals:
Shot 74-77-151 in stroke play to earn the No. 11 seed 
R64: Def. Leigh Klasse, 5 and 4 
R32: Def. Adrienne MacLean, 1 up 
R16: Def. Kim Shek, 6 and 4 

Shelly Stouffer, 55, of Canada 

• WAGR: 540 

• Claimed the 2022 U.S. Senior Women’s Amateur title at Anchorage Golf Course in Alaska, with a 4 and 3 victory over Sue Wooster 

• Runner-up in the 2024 U.S. Senior Women’s Amateur  

• Captured the 2025 Canadian Women’s Senior Championship, Irish Senior Women’s Open, and British Columbia Senior Women’s titles 

• Won the mid-am and mid-master division titles at the 2024 Canadian Women’s Mid-Amateur and Senior Championship 

• Turned professional at age 26 and played in several majors, including the 2001 U.S. Women’s Open at Pine Needles Lodge and Golf Club 

• 2024 Pacific Northwest Golf Hall of Fame inductee 

Road to the Quarterfinals:
Shot 74-75-149 in stroke play to earn the No. 4 seed 
R64: Def. Tracy Welch, 2 and 1 
R32: Def. Karin Luxon, 6 and 4 
R16: Def. Marie Arnoux, 1 up 

Kristyl Sunderman, 52, of McDonough, Ga. 

• WAGR: 2411 

• Playing in her second U.S. Senior Women’s Amateur and 13th USGA championship 

• Made the Round of 64 during last year, falling short 3 and 2 to Kim Shek 

• Competed in the 2024 U.S. Senior Women’s Open 

• Finished tied for fifth at the AGA Senior Women’s Amateur Championship 

• Nine-time San Diego Junior Golf Player of the Year 

Road to the Quarterfinals:
Shot 77-79-158 in stroke play to earn the No. 31 seed
R64: Def. Isabella Calogero, 4 and 3
R32: Def. Brenda Corrie Kuehn, 20 holes
R:16 Def. Linda Jeffery, 20 holes

Dawn Woodard, 51, of Greenville, S.C.  

• WAGR: 375 

• Competing in her second U.S. Senior Women’s Amateur 

• Quarterfinalist in last year’s championship falling short to eventual champion Nadene Gole 

• Won the 2025 AGA Senior Women’s Open title 

• Advanced to the quarterfinals of the 2009 U.S. Women’s Mid-Amateur 

• 8-time South Carolina Stroke Play Champion, tied for most-ever 

• 6-time South Carolina Match Play Champion   

• Won the 2011 and 2012 Carolinas Women’s Match Play Championship 

• 2007 Tennessee State Amateur Champion 

Road to the Quarterfinals:
Shot 74-76 in stroke play to earn the No. 9 seed 
R64: Def. Julie Streng, 4 and 2 
R32: Def.  Erin O’Hara, 6 and 5 
R16: Def. Martha Linscott, 2 up 
 
Sue Wooster, 63, of Australia 

• WAGR: 438 

• Owns three runner-up finishes in the U.S. Senior Women’s Amateur 

• Named the 2018 Australian Golf Digest Player of the Year 

• Over a two-year stretch from 2018 to 2019, she captured senior amateur titles in Canada, Europe, Australia and New Zealand, along with the Canadian Women’s Mid-Amateur 

• In 2025, she has claimed titles at the Italian Senior International Ladies Championship, the Western Australia Senior Amateur, and the NSW Senior Amateur Championship

• Finished fourth at the 2025 R&A Women’s Senior Amateur Championship  

Road to the Quarterfinals:
Shot 76-79-155 in stroke play to earn the No. 26 seed 
R64: Def. Claudia Ramirez, 3 and 1 
R32: Def. Adele Peterson, 3 and 2 
R16: Def. Gemma Dooley, 1 up 

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