Paul Simson wins 2nd USGA Senior Amateur title, beating Curtis Skinner

Published November 20, 2014

Paul Simson won the USGA Senior Amateur for the second time in three years, beating Curtis Skinner 4 and 3 on Thursday at Mountain Ridge Country Club.

The 61-year-old Simson, from Raleigh, N.C., is the 14th player to win the tournament twice. He won in 2010 at Lake Nona in Orlando, Fla., and is a three-time British Senior Amateur champion.

"It's an indescribable feeling to win the first one, and to win the second one, I would call it more of a thrill than an honor," Simson said. "I was just so overcome the first time."

The 55-year-old Skinner, from Lake Bluff, Ill., was making his first appearance in the event for players 55 and older.

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