How often does one come across a player who revives a dead career? The rarity of it will answer itself. Ina Kim-Schaad has one such story. At 42, she became a two-time winner of the US Women’s Mid-Amateur Championship. This win, in 2025, at the Monterey Peninsula Country Club in Pebble Beach, held much more significance for her.

This match, echoing her 2019 win of the same tournament, was the longest championship in the history of the event’s history. Kim-Schaad rolled in an 18-foot birdie putt on the 23rd hole and defeated Hanley Long . “I’m overwhelmed with emotion, honestly,” she said after the win. She loved the place, no doubt about that. This is where she married her husband, who was there, caddying for her this week. What made it even more special was his birthday coming week.

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