The opening two days of the United States Women’s Amateur Championship being played this week at the lush San Diego Country Club certainly produced its share of surprises.
Given all the big names entered in the international field comprised of golfers from 29 U.S. states and 21 countries, a teenager from North County San Diego stole the show.
Haley Moore, 18, of Escondido, tied for the lead after the first day of competition on Monday by firing a 67 (34-33) on the undulating par-72 course. She tied with Kristen Gillman of Austin, Texas, each with scores of 5-under.
The pair finished one stroke ahead of Bailey Tardy of Peachtree Corners, Ga. (36-32 — 68) and two strokes ahead of France’s Shannon Aubert (31-38 —69) and Tucson’s Krystal Quihuis (34-35 — 69).
Aubert, who help lead Stanford to the 2015 NCAA women’s golf championship and represented France at the 2012 women’s world amateur team championship, shot a 67 to top the field in Tuesday’s rounds to take over the lead after two days of competition.
Aubert topped the leaderboard with a score of 135 (69-66), followed by New Zealand’s Julianne Alvarez at 139 (71-68). Fullerton’s Stephanie Lau (72-68) and Moore (67-73) each stood tied for third at 140.
Hermosa Beach’s Andrea Lee, a top-ranked golfer at Stanford University and 2016 U.S. Girls Junior champion, closed the gap to rank ninth at 142.
Lee entered the tournament ranked fourth in the world among women’s amateurs while Gillman and Moore were tied for seventh in the world rankings.
Chula Vista’s Hannah Kim, a graduate of Otay Ranch High School and a college star at Northwestern University, fought through some adversity to post a score of 152 (78-74) after two days. She shot a 72 on the first day and followed with a disappointing round of 80 on Tuesday.
She did not make the initial cut to 64.
Moore, a San Pasqual High School graduate and current star golfer at the University of Arizona, said she was “pretty thrilled” about her performance on the course the first day.
“I started off pretty steady, a couple birdies coming in, and after the front nine I was 3-under,” she explained. “I played pretty steady after a couple bogeys out there, but it happens, so feel good with how I played.
“I was rolling it pretty good. I mean, I was also hitting it pretty close to the hole, so I didn’t have that far. But I was pretty happy. I could have made a couple more out there. My longest birdie putt was probably about 11 feet.”
Moore admitted she was “a little” nervous about opening in a tournament of this magnitude but cited familiarity of the course as a reassuring point.
“I’ve played here about five times, actually, so I kind of knew the course a little bit,” she said.
Lau said the quick turnaround from the first to the second day was good for her game.
“I mean, starting off with three birdies is great, and then it was good,” Lau explained of her success on Tuesday. “I think it gave me some confidence, and then just played the rest of the day.”
The opening two days featured stroke play; the final five days of the week-long event will switch to match play.
The quarterfinals are scheduled Friday, followed by the semifinals on Saturday and a 36-hole match play championship round on Sunday.
There is free parking and free spectator admission to the event.
Locals only
Six golfers entered in the 156-deep player field were from the San Diego region. Besides Moore and Kim, the field of locals also included San Diego’s Jamie Binns, 20, Calista Reyes, 17, and Brooke Seay, 16, and Carlsbad’s Alana Uriell, 20.
Seay made the cut to Wednesday’s match play with a two-day total of 147 (75-72).
Binns shot a two-day score of 151 (76-75) to miss the playoff cut by one stroke. Uriel (77-75) tied Kim at 152 while Reyes shot 154 (77-77).
The average age of the competitors in this year’s field is 18.86. Alexa Pano, 12, of Lake Worth, Fla., is the youngest entrant while Meghan Stasi, 39, of Fort Lauderdale, Fla., is the oldest entrant.
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Locals meet their match at USGA women’s amateur
Following Friday’s quarterfinal round, the cut in this year’s U.S. Women’s Amateur Championship at the San Diego Country Club is down to the final four players.
The select group includes the Chia Yen Wu, 63rd seed from Chinese Taipei, UCLA Bruin Lilia Ka-Tu Vu, Stanford University standout Albane Valenzuela and Tennesse native Sophia Schubert.
Wu, who defeated Lauren Stephenson, of Lexington, S.C., in 30 holes of play on Friday, becomes the youngest player at 13 years, 4 months and 17 days to advance to the championship semifinals in the tournament’s 117-year history.
With the sun setting, Wu and Stephenson walked to the par-5 18th tee for the fourth time in the match, their 30th hole, which surpassed the two longest matches in USGA championship history – 28 holes in the 1930 U.S. Amateur and 1960 U.S. Junior Amateur – by two holes. Until Friday, one of the four longest matches in U.S. Women’s Amateur history was in the 1996 quarterfinals when Joellyn Erdmann defeated Grace Park on the 27th hole. Park went on to win the U.S. Women’s Amateur two years later.
“My caddie just told me, ‘I want to go eat dinner,’” said a smiling Wu, referring to Scotty Patel, a two-time club champion at San Diego Country Club who is on Wu’s bag this week as they approached the 18th tee. “He reads the lines pretty well, and he tells me, ‘You can make it,’ and gives me confidence.”
On the final hole, Wu’s chip shot for birdie rolled 20 feet past the hole. With a second opportunity to end the match, Wu drained her second 20-plus-footer to secure her spot in the semifinals.
Stephenson, 20, is a two-time U.S. Women’s Open competitor.
Stephenson’s putting woes started on the 17th hole, where her par putt lipped out, squaring the match. She then watched Wu make a five-footer that moved the match to the first of 12 extra holes. Stephenson had six attempts to close out the match post-regulation with her putter, and painfully watched as six well-placed putts all just missed.
“I made a couple iffy strokes, but they all usually had a pretty good chance of going in, and I think just with how it played out, it wasn’t my turn to win,” Stephenson said. “Just take it and learn from it, and I’ve gained a lot of confidence on the greens this week, whether they went in or not.”
A confidence-booster for Wu, who defeated 2014 U.S. Women’s Amateur champion Kristen Gillman in the Round of 16, came on the 26th hole (No. 18), where she drained a 75-footer uphill for birdie from the front edge of the fringe. With Stephenson already three feet away for birdie after stuffing her approach shot, it was more or less a must-make for Wu.
“Usually in match play, you’re kind of joking with yourself, you have to expect they’re going to make it, but with her, I would tell my dad, I’m not kidding, every chip she hits or putts, I have to expect that it’s going to go in because she’s right on it every time,” said Stephenson, who lost in the Round of 64 in both the 2013 and 2016 U.S. Women’s Amateurs. “It stinks to lose, but at the same time, you’re never going to experience something like that again, and we both played great all day, so you can’t really be too upset about it. That putt, I mean, that’s going to be on TV, and you’re going to see that forever. That was crazy.”
Wu, who earned the 63 seed in an 11-for-8 playoff that spanned Tuesday evening through Wednesday morning, will face Sophia Schubert in Saturday’s semifinals. Schubert defeated Isabella Fierro, 3 and 1, in the quarterfinals.
“I just kept playing my game, didn’t change anything, just kept hitting greens, making putts,” said Schubert, a rising senior at the University of Texas from Oak Ridge, Tenn. “I had two-putts, one-putts, and I think that kind of took a toll on her. I felt like she needed to be a little more aggressive, and it didn’t really work out.”
Vu, from Fountain Valley, defeated Redwood Shores 14-year-old wunderkind Lucy Li, 4 and 3, in Friday’s quarterfinals. Li had eliminated France’s Shannon Aubert, medalist in stroke play, in the Round of 16.
Vu never trailed in her match against Li; Vu used experience to her advantage in staying calm during a round in which she did not record a birdie.
“I’d probably get angry after every shot if it didn’t turn out the way I wanted,” said Vu of her younger self. “But right now, I accept it, and I’m like, OK, next shot, work from there. It’s too much energy to get angry. It just takes too much mental energy when I could like use that energy to think about the next shot.
“Throughout my high school career, I didn’t win one single invitational and that kind of brought me down because all of my friends were winning them, and I was getting like third or top five,” said Vu, who is playing in her second U.S. Women’s Amateur and first since 2010, even though she has tried to qualify every year since. “I was never the winner. I had no confidence, basically, in high school.”
That changed when she went to UCLA, and Vu credits her teammate Bronte Law with bringing out her competitive side. In 2016, Vu won the Southern California Golf Association Women’s Amateur, and in 2017 she won the Pac-12 Championship and finished runner-up two weeks ago to Jennifer Kupcho in the Canadian Women’s Amateur.
“I feel like a lot of other players get a lot of spotlight, but it doesn’t bother me because I don’t really like it,” said Vu, ranked No. 5 in the Women’s World Amateur Golf Ranking™.
In the semifinals, Vu will face Stanford University standout Albane Valenzuela, of Switzerland, the highest-ranked player in the field at No. 3 in the WAGR.
Valenzuela, who is of Mexican and French descent, defeated Robynn Ree, a rising junior from the University of Southern California from Redondo Beach, 4 and 3, to advance.
“Lilia is such a great player,” said Valenzuela of her semifinal opponent. “Obviously, everyone that makes it to the semis played really well the previous matches, so it’s going to be a tough one, and we’ll just see how it goes.”
All four semifinalists are exempt into the 2018 and 2019 U.S. Women’s Amateurs, which will be conducted at The Golf Club of Tennessee in Kingston Springs and Old Waverly Golf Club in West Point, Miss.
The U.S. Women’s Amateur finalists receive an exemption into the U.S. Women’s Open, and the champion traditionally receives an exemption into three additional major professional championships – the Women’s British Open, the ANA Inspiration and the Evian Championship.
The match-play rounds of the 2017 U.S. Women’s Amateur Championship will be broadcast on FS1 (Fox Sports 1). Coverage will air from 4-7 p.m. on Saturday and from 1-4 p.m. Sunday. Exclusive bonus coverage will be streamed live on usga.org on Sunday from 9:30-11:30 a.m.
Round of 16
Li never trailed in Thursday’s 1-up victory over Aubert to advance to Friday’s quarterfinals.
Aubert, who shot a 9-under 135 in stroke play, which tied for the second-best stroke-play score in U.S. Women’s Amateur history, bogeyed the first two holes against Li, but came back with a birdie on the fourth hole. Li, who was the medalist in the U.S. Girls’ Junior two weeks ago, answered on the par-3 fifth by draining a 40-foot putt for birdie to regain a 2-up lead.
“I just putted really well,” said Li, who became the youngest player in U.S. Women’s Amateur championship history at 10 years, 10 months and 4 days old in 2013. “I made a lot of really good putts today. That was good.”
Aubert, a rising senior at Stanford University who resides in Stuart, Fla., when she’s not in school or playing golf in Europe, made things interesting, stringing together three birdies starting on No. 15, where she stuffed a 200-yard approach shot to 2 feet, cutting Li’s lead to 3 up.
Then on the par-5 16th, after Li’s approach flew the green and her chip-in for birdie lipped out, Aubert drained a five-footer. With momentum on her side, Aubert, 21, watched as her approach on the 17th rolled to within a foot of the hole, which Li conceded prior to missing a chip-in for par.
Li held a 1-up lead heading to the 18th hole, which played as the most difficult in stroke play, producing only 21 birdies over two days, and neither Li nor Aubert had played it since Tuesday. With the hole location tucked behind a large, sloping bunker, Li, who in 2014 became the youngest qualifier in U.S. Women’s Open history at 11 years, 8 months and 19 days old, attempted to go for it on her approach, but ended up in the front-left bunker, and Aubert landed just off the back of the green.
Putting first, Aubert’s ball lipped out after hitting the flagstick, then Li’s shot from the bunker landed to within four feet, which she made to win the match.
“I’ve learned a lot about match play because I used to get really flustered or upset after I hit a couple bad shots or maybe started to let leads slip away,” said Li, who is heading to the quarterfinals for the first time in 10 USGA championship appearances. “I’m learning to be a lot more calm on the golf course, which has helped.”
En route to the Round of 16, Li defeated two 2016 USA Curtis Cup Team members: Mariel Galdiano, 4 and 3, and Bethany Wu, 6 and 5, in the first and second rounds, respectively.
Escondido’s Haley Moore, 18, was the last San Diegan to be eliminated from this year’s field after falling, 6 and 4, to Mexico’s Isabella Fierro in the Round of 16.
After being eliminated in the first round in the 2016 U.S. Women’s Amateur, Fierro routed Moore to remain in the running.
“Haley is a great player, and I knew she was really confident in her game and everything, but it’s match play, and the best players in the world are playing here,” said Fierro, 16, who is coached by Rafael Alarcon and won the 2017 South American Women’s Amateur and 2017 Women’s North & South Amateur championships. “Today, I was feeling really, really happy in the past days, and I’m really enjoying this. Having the coach on my bag, he is helping me with a lot of things. Actually, I hit great shots today, and I think I’ll take that with me tonight.”
All eight quarterfinalists are exempt into the 2018 U.S. Women’s Amateur.
Results:
Round of 64 Matches (first round of match play)
Upper Bracket:
Shannon Aubert, France (135) def. Samantha Hutchison, San Jose, Calif. (150), 6 and 4
Agathe Laisne, France (147) def. Erica Shepherd, Greenwood, Ind. (147), 2 and 1
Bethany Wu, Diamond Bar, Calif. (149) def. Kaylee Benton, Litchfield Park, Ariz. (143), 3 and 2
Lucy Li, Redwood Shores, Calif. (149) def. Mariel Galdiano, Pearl City, Hawaii (143), 4 and 3
Sarah Burnham, Maple Grove, Minn. (142) def. Tatiana Wijaya, Indonesia (150), 1 up
Lilia Kha-Tu Vu, Fountain Valley, Calif. (146) def. Brenna Lervick, Chanhassen, Minn. (148), 4 and 3
Sarah Rhee, Seattle, Wash. (149) def. Andrea Lee, Hermosa Beach, Calif. (142), 1 up
Ana Ruiz, Mexico (148) def. Yujeong Son, Republic of Korea (146), 1 up
Stephanie Lau, Fullerton, Calif. (140) def. Anne Taylor Hough, Spartanburg, S.C. (150), 3 and 2
Brooke Seay, San Diego, Calif. (147) def. Rachel Heck, Memphis, Tenn. (146), 20 holes
Albane Valenzuela, Switzerland (143) def. Wad Phaewchimplee, Thailand (149), 1 up
Cheyenne Knight, Aledo, Texas (145) def. Gurleen Kaur, Houston, Texas (148), 3 and 2
Tze Han Lin, Chinese Taipei (150) def. Bailey Tardy, Peachtree Corners, Ga. (141), 3 and 2
Robynn Ree, Redondo Beach, Calif. (147) def. Sabrina Iqbal, San Jose, Calif. (146), 5 and 4
Karen Miyamoto, Japan (143) def. Julie Houston, Allen, Texas (149), 4 and 3
Virginia Elena Carta, Italy (145) def. Pauline Roussin-Bouchard, France (148), 4 and 3
Lower Bracket:
Chia Yen Wu, Chinese Taipei (150) def. Julianne Alvarez, New Zealand (139), 5 and 4
Jiyoon Jang, Rancho Mirage, Calif. (147) def. Hailey Jones, Dallas, Texas (147), 2 and 1
Kristen Gillman, Austin, Texas (143) def. Hailee Cooper, Montgomery, Texas (149), 3 and 2
Brigitte Dunne, Camarillo, Calif. (149) def. Youngin Chun, Gainesville, Fla. (144), 20 holes
Elizabeth Bose, Norfolk, Va. (150) def. Lindsey McCurdy, Liberty Hill, Texas (142), 2 and 1
Gigi Stoll, Beaverton, Ore. (146) def. Michaela Morard, Huntsville, Ala. (148), 20 holes
Lauren Stephenson, Lexington, S.C. (142) def. Erin Fahey, Austin, Texas (149), 3 and 2
Jaravee Boonchant, Thailand (146) def. Maria Torres, Puerto Rico (148), 5 and 4
Haley Moore, Escondido, Calif. (140) def. Latanna Stone, Riverview, Fla. (150), 1 up
Janet Mao, Johns Creek, Ga. (147) def. Madison Caldwell, Milton, Ga. (146), 5 and 3
Isabella Fierro, Mexico (149) def. Alexa Pano, Lake Worth, Fla. (143), 4 and 3
Yuka Saso, Philippines (144) def. Conner Beth Ball, Madison, Miss. (149), 3 and 2
Rinko Mitsunaga, Roswell, Ga. (150) def. Alice Hewson, England (141), 20 holes
Zoe Campos, Valencia, Calif. (148) def. Lauren Hartlage, Elizabethtown, Ky. (146), 4 and 3
Krystal Quihuis, Tucson, Ariz. (143) def. Jennifer Kupcho, Westminster, Colo. (149), 2 and 1
Sophia Schubert, Oak Ridge, Tenn. (148) def. Naomi Ko, Canada (145), 4 and 3
Round of 32 Matches
Upper Bracket:
Shannon Aubert, France (135) def. Agathe Laisne, France (147), 2 and 1
Lucy Li, Redwood Shores, Calif. (149) def. Bethany Wu, Diamond Bar, Calif. (149), 6 and 5
Lilia Kha-Tu Vu, Fountain Valley, Calif. (146) def. Sarah Burnham, Maple Grove, Minn. (142), 1 up
Sarah Rhee, Seattle, Wash. (149) def. Ana Ruiz, Mexico (148), 2 and 1
Stephanie Lau, Fullerton, Calif. (140) def. Brooke Seay, San Diego, Calif. (147), 2 and 1
Albane Valenzuela, Switzerland (143) def. Cheyenne Knight, Aledo, Texas (145), 1 up
Robynn Ree, Redondo Beach, Calif. (147) def. Tze Han Lin, Chinese Taipei (150), 9 and 8
Karen Miyamoto, Japan (143) def. Virginia Elena Carta, Italy (145), 2 and 1
Lower Bracket:
Chia Yen Wu, Chinese Taipei (150) def. Jiyoon Jang, Rancho Mirage, Calif. (147), 19 holes
Kristen Gillman, Austin, Texas (143) def. Brigitte Dunne, Camarillo, Calif. (149), 5 and 4
Gigi Stoll, Beaverton, Ore. (146) def. Elizabeth Bose, Norfolk, Va. (150), 2 up
Lauren Stephenson, Lexington, S.C. (142) def. Jaravee Boonchant, Thailand (146), 4 and 3
Haley Moore, Escondido, Calif. (140) def. Janet Mao, Johns Creek, Ga. (147), 3 and 2
Isabella Fierro, Mexico (149) def. Yuka Saso, Philippines (144), 1 up
Zoe Campos, Valencia, Calif. (148) def. Rinko Mitsunaga, Roswell, Ga. (150), 2 and 1
Sophia Schubert, Oak Ridge, Tenn. (148) def. Krystal Quihuis, Tucson, Ariz. (143), 3 and 2
Round of 16 Matches
Upper Bracket:
Lucy Li, Redwood Shores, Calif. (149) def. Shannon Aubert, France (135), 1 up
Lilia Kha-Tu Vu, Fountain Valley, Calif. (146) def. Sarah Rhee, Seattle, Wash. (149), 6 and 5
Albane Valenzuela, Switzerland (143) def. Stephanie Lau, Fullerton, Calif. (140), 4 and 3
Robynn Ree, Redondo Beach, Calif. (147) def. Karen Miyamoto, Japan (143), 1 up
Lower Bracket:
Chia Yen Wu, Chinese Taipei (150) def. Kristen Gillman, Austin, Texas (143), 3 and 1
Lauren Stephenson, Lexington, S.C. (142) def. Gigi Stoll, Beaverton, Ore. (146), 5 and 4
Isabella Fierro, Mexico (149) def. Haley Moore, Escondido, Calif. (140), 6 and 4
Sophia Schubert, Oak Ridge, Tenn. (148) def. Zoe Campos, Valencia, Calif. (148), 7 and 6
Quarterfinal Matches
Upper Bracket:
Lilia Kha-Tu Vu, Fountain Valley, Calif. (146) def. Lucy Li, Redwood Shores, Calif. (149), 4 and 3
Albane Valenzuela, Switzerland (143) def. Robynn Ree, Redondo Beach, Calif. (147), 4 and 3
Lower Bracket:
Chia Yen Wu, Chinese Taipei (150) def. Lauren Stephenson, Lexington, S.C. (142), 30 holes
Sophia Schubert, Oak Ridge, Tenn. (148) def. Isabella Fierro, Mexico (149), 3 and 1
Shannon Aubert earns medalist honors in the 2017 U.S. Women’s Amateur Championship
Shannon Aubert, 21, of France, earned medalist honors by posting a near-record 36-hole total as stroke play concluded in the 117th U.S. Women’s Amateur Championship at the San Diego Country Club.
A rising senior at Stanford University, Aubert carded eight birdies and just two bogeys in shooting a 6-under 66 in Tuesday’s second round of stroke play. That gave the 2017 Florida Women’s Amateur champion a 36-hole total of 135, two off the scoring record achieved last year by 2016 USA Curtis Cup competitor Mariel Galdiano at Rolling Green Golf Club in Springfield, Pa.
After playing in challenging conditions on Monday afternoon, Aubert who started on No.10, took advantage of her morning start with four birdies over her first six holes. Her first bogey came on the par-5 16th, but she quickly answered with a birdie on the 324-yard 17th. She would add three more birdies over her last nine holes, before the California winds picked up in the afternoon.
“It’s definitely easier without the wind,” said Aubert, who helped her team reacxh thew NCAA women’s semifinals this past season. “One less factor on this tough course. The greens were a tiny bit faster, so I rolled a couple putts a little farther back than I had anticipated. But, it definitely is a little easier to play, so that’s why I think toward the back nine when the wind started picking up, that’s when I started making less birdies and had to make some putts for par.”
Aubert’s 66 tied for the third-lowest 18-hole score in championship history. After her round, Aubert was unaware of her feats, despite having 14 birdies over the past two days.
“I didn’t know that. That’s very, very cool,” Aubert said. “It’s nice to be part of something [like that].”
A member of the French national team, she will now be the No. 1 seed for match play, which begins Wednesday. Aubert also knows she can’t be satisfied with being medalist. All 64 players in match play begin with a fresh slate, and she needs to win six consecutive matches to hoist the Robert Cox Trophy on Sunday.
“I have today to cherish it, and then tomorrow realize it’s a brand-new championship,” said Aubert. “Whether you finish first, 30th, 64th, you’re in it, and it’s back to square one, and it’s just respecting the players and the golf.”
The cut for match play came at 6-over 150 with 11 playing off for the final eight spots in the 64-player draw. After two playoff holes, Tatiana Wijaya, Tze Han Lin, Elizabeth Bose and Rinko Mitsunaga advanced, while Lois Kaye Go and Maria Balcazar were eliminated. Five others – Anne Taylor Hough, Mia Landegren, Latanna Stone, Chia Yen Wu and Samantha Hutchison – will return to San Diego Country Club at 7 a.m. Wednesday to resume the playoff for the final four spots.
Julianne Alvarez, 21, of New Zealand, finished four strokes behind Aubert, while a pair of Southern Californians: Haley Moore, 18, of nearby Escondido, and Stephanie Lau, 20, of Fullerton, tied for third at 4-under 140.
Results from Tuesday’s second round of stroke play:
Shannon Aubert, France – 69-66–135
Julianne Alvarez, New Zealand – 71-68–139
Haley Moore, Escondido, Calif. – 67-73–140
Stephanie Lau, Fullerton, Calif. – 72-68–140
Bailey Tardy, Peachtree Corners, Ga. – 68-73–141
Alice Hewson, England – 71-70–141
Lindsey McCurdy, Liberty Hill, Texas – 70-72–142
Sarah Burnham, Maple Grove, Minn. – 73-69–142
Andrea Lee, Hermosa Beach, Calif. – 73-69–142
Lauren Stephenson, Lexington, S.C. – 74-68–142
Krystal Quihuis, Tucson, Ariz. – 69-74–143
Karen Miyamoto, Japan – 70-73–143
Albane Valenzuela, Switzerland – 70-73–143
Alexa Pano, Lake Worth, Fla. – 71-72–143
Kristen Gillman, Austin, Texas – 67-76–143
Kaylee Benton, Litchfield Park, Ariz. – 73-70–143
Mariel Galdiano, Pearl City, Hawaii – 74-69–143
Youngin Chun, Gainesville, Fla. – 72-72–144
Yuka Saso, Philippines – 73-71–144
Cheyenne Knight, Aledo, Texas – 71-74–145
Virginia Elena Carta, Italy – 76-69–145
Naomi (Eun Young) Ko, Canada – 71-74–145
Jaravee Boonchant, Thailand – 75-71–146
Yujeong Son, Republic of Korea – 72-74–146
Lilia Kha-Tu Vu, Fountain Valley, Calif. – 75-71–146
Gigi Stoll, Beaverton, Ore. – 75-71–146
Lauren Hartlage, Elizabethtown, Ky. – 72-74–146
Sabrina Iqbal, San Jose, Calif. – 72-74–146
Rachel Heck, Memphis, Tenn. – 74-72–146
Madison Caldwell, Milton, Ga. – 75-71–146
Hailey Jones, Dallas, Texas – 73-74–147
Erica Shepherd, Greenwood, Ind. – 72-75–147
Agathe Laisne, France – 72-75–147
Jiyoon Jang, Rancho Mirage, Calif. – 74-73–147
Janet Mao, Johns Creek, Ga. – 77-70–147
Brooke Seay, San Diego, Calif. – 75-72–147
Robynn Ree, Redondo Beach, Calif. – 74-73–147
Zoe Campos, Valencia, Calif. – 73-75–148
Michaela Morard, Huntsville, Ala. – 73-75–148
Brenna Lervick, Chanhassen, Minn. – 77-71–148
Ana Ruiz, Mexico – 71-77–148
Maria Torres, Puerto Rico – 73-75–148
Sophia Schubert, Oak Ridge, Tenn. – 74-74–148
Pauline Roussin-Bouchard, France – 73-75–148
Gurleen Kaur, Houston, Texas – 74-74–148
Conner Beth Ball, Madison, Miss. – 72-77–149
Brigitte Dunne, Camarillo, Calif. – 73-76–149
Lucy Li, Redwood Shores, Calif. – 71-78–149
Bethany Wu, Diamond Bar, Calif. – 71-78–149
Hailee Cooper, Montgomery, Texas – 75-74–149
Isabella Fierro, Mexico – 74-75–149
Wad Phaewchimplee, Thailand – 74-75–149
Julie Houston, Allen, Texas – 75-74–149
Jennifer Kupcho, Westminster, Colo. – 75-74–149
Erin Fahey, Austin, Texas – 74-75–149
Sarah Rhee, Seattle, Wash. – 72-77–149
*Tze Han Lin, Chinese Taipei – 76-74–150
*Elizabeth Bose, Norfolk, Va. – 73-77–150
*Rinko Mitsunaga, Roswell, Ga. – 73-77–150
*Tatiana Wijaya, Indonesia – 78-72–150
^Latanna Stone, Riverview, Fla. – 73-77–150
^Samantha Hutchison, San Jose, Calif. – 76-74–150
^Chia Yen Wu, Chinese Taipei – 73-77–150
^Anne Taylor Hough, Spartanburg, S.C. – 77-73–150
^Mia Landegren, Sweden – 74-76–150
Failed to qualify:
Maria Balcazar, Mexico – 75-75–150
Lois Kaye Go, Philippines – 73-77–150
Natalie Srinivasan, Spartanburg, S.C. – 75-76–151
Jessica Haigwood, Roswell, Ga. – 76-75–151
Annika Clark, Highlands, Texas – 74-77–151
Meghan Stasi, Ft. Lauderdale, Fla. – 74-77–151
Olivia Cason, Owensboro, Ky. – 73-78–151
Emma Albrecht, Ormond Beach, Fla. – 76-75–151
Lauren Greenlief, Oakton, Va. – 74-77–151
Caryn Khoo, New Zealand – 76-75–151
Ashley Zagers, Oldsmar, Fla. – 73-78–151
Jamie Binns, San Diego, Calif. – 76-75–151
Valerie Tanguay, Canada – 77-74–151
Bohyun Park, Republic of Korea – 76-75–151
Alana Uriell, Carlsbad, Calif. – 77-75–152
Kim Metraux, Switzerland – 77-75–152
Kornkamol Sukaree, Thailand – 70-82–152
Maggie Beth Byers, San Antonio, Texas – 73-79–152
Mia Kness, Venetia, Pa. – 75-77–152
Mathilde Claisse, France – 74-78–152
Kathrine Chan, Canada – 76-76–152
Wenbo Liu, People’s Republic of China – 78-74–152
Alyaa Abdulghany, Newport Beach, Calif. – 76-76–152
Jennifer Chang, Cary, N.C. – 77-75–152
Hannah Kim, Chula Vista, Calif. – 78-74–152
Tess Hackworthy, Madison, Wis. – 75-78–153
Jillian Hollis, Rocky River, Ohio – 76-77–153
Elle Nachmann, Boca Raton, Fla. – 75-78–153
Mika Liu, Beverly Hills, Calif. – 78-75–153
Pilar Echeverria, Guatemala – 74-79–153
Sofia Garcia, Paraguay – 76-77–153
Briana Chacon, Whittier, Calif. – 77-76–153
Kimberlie Miyamoto, Kahului, Hawaii – 80-73–153
Sarah Bae, Pinehurst, N.C. – 81-72–153
Ruqing Guan, People’s Republic of China – 82-71–153
Alix Lowe, Farmingdale, N.Y. – 76-77–153
Ina Kim, New York, N.Y. – 75-79–154
Alex White, Lompoc, Calif. – 79-75–154
Bryana Nguyen, Columbia, Md. – 76-78–154
Rose Zhang, Irvine, Calif. – 75-79–154
Jasmine Cabajar, Wailuku, Hawaii – 80-74–154
Katrina Prendergast, Sparks, Nev. – 75-79–154
Siyan Chen, People’s Republic of China – 75-79–154
Amy Lee, Brea, Calif. – 81-73–154
Calista Reyes, San Diego, Calif. – 77-77–154
Kayla Jones, Milton, Ga. – 78-76–154
Siqin Yu, People’s Republic of China – 82-72–154
Haylin Harris, Carmel, Ind. – 78-77–155
Angela Garvin, Feeding Hills, Mass. – 79-76–155
Kailie Vongsaga, Diamond Bar, Calif. – 78-77–155
Jingfan Deng, People’s Republic of China – 77-78–155
Hanna Alberto, Kingwood, Texas – 77-79–156
Grace St-Germain, Canada – 80-76–156
Sarah Spicer, Bahama, N.C. – 79-77–156
Puk Lyng Thomsen, Denmark – 77-79–156
Victoria Hwang, Orlando, Fla. – 81-75–156
Han Hsuan Yu, Chinese Taipei – 80-76–156
Shannon Johnson, Norton, Mass. – 79-78–157
Emmy Martin, Odessa, Fla. – 77-80–157
Brittany Fan, Pearl City, Hawaii – 78-79–157
Alyssa Lamoureux, Seminole, Fla. – 81-76–157
Grayson Gladden, Helena, Ala. – 82-75–157
Julia Gregg, Farmers Branch, Texas – 82-75–157
Sierra Kersten, Spokane, Wash. – 76-81–157
Julia Engstrom, Sweden – 82-76–158
Payton Schanen, Johns Creek, Ga. – 77-81–158
Lizzie Win, Toledo, Ohio – 79-79–158
Aya Johnson, Muskegon, Mich. – 76-82–158
Elizabeth Wang, San Marino, Calif. – 79-79–158
Jamie Freedman, Miami Beach, Fla. – 77-81–158
Stephanie Carras, Midland, Mich. – 77-81–158
Alexa Rivas, Miami, Fla. – 82-76–158
Mary Parsons, Canada – 81-77–158
Brynn Walker, St. Davids, Pa. – 77-81–158
Megha Ganne, Holmdel, N.J. – 78-81–159
Mary Weinstein, Highlands Ranch, Colo. – 82-77–159
Ramya Meenakshisundaram, Jacksonville, Fla. – 79-81–160
Ellen Secor, Portland, Ore. – 79-81–160
Addie Baggarly, Jonesborough, Tenn. – 84-76–160
Mary Janiga, Wellington, Fla. – 84-77–161
Yoonhee Kim, San Ramon, Calif. – 82-80–162
Kiley Walsh, Mt. Prospect, Ill. – 80-83–163
Madeline Sager, Valley Forge, Pa. – 83-80–163
Hannah O’Sullivan, Chandler, Ariz. – 83-81–164
Coco Chai, People’s Republic of China – 81-83–164
Yu Kyung Kim, Australia – 84-80–164
Leila Raines, Columbus, Ohio – 82-83–165
Emily Mahar, Australia – 85-80–165
Annie Kim, Republic of Korea – 82-84–166
Antonia Malate, Seaside, Calif. – 84-83–167
Alexis Florio, Cranston, R.I. – 86-84–170
A USGA press release was used in the compilation of this story.
