Annabel Wilson qualifies for matchplay at US Women's Amateur
Rachel Kuehn hits her tee shot on the first hole during the first round of stroke play at the 2022 U.S. Women's Amateur at Chambers Bay in University Place, Wash. on Monday, Aug. 8, 2022. (Darren Carroll/USGA)
Lurgan’s Annabel Wilson shot a second successive, level par 73 to qualify fo the knockout stages of the US Women’s Amateur at Chambers Bay.
The UCLA star tied for 26th and will face New Zealand’s Fiona Xu in today’s first round.
The USGA writes:
There must be something about the number 10 that agrees with Latanna Stone. Ten years ago Stone, of Riverview, Fla., qualified to play in the U.S. Women’s Amateur as a 10-year-old. Today she set another milestone, posting a 36-hole total of 10-under-par 136 after a sparkling second round of 8-under 65. Stone earned co-medalist honors with Alice Ziyi Zhao of the People’s Republic of China and Laney Frye of Nicholasville, Ky., who will occupy the top three seeds in match play, beginning on Wednesday.
Stone built on her solid opening round of 71 yesterday to card eight birdies and set the championship record for the lowest single round in relation to par. It also is a new women’s competitive course record at Chambers Bay, beating the 67 set on Monday by Zhao.
“Just like yesterday, everything was working well,” said Stone. “I was hitting the ball great and putted really well. Putting kind of saved me a little bit today. But it’s just fairways and greens and keeping it simple.
“I'm really pumped for match play. I think I can play really aggressive – even more aggressive than I did in stroke play. Yeah, I’m excited.”
Not to be outdone, Zhao also finished 36 holes at 10 under par, which is the lowest score in relation to par in championship history. Zhao, who at 13 is the second-youngest player in the field, followed up her opening-round 67 with a 4-under 69.
“I had a couple of mistakes, but otherwise I played pretty solid today,” said Zhao. “I think I missed two short birdie putts. I really like match play, so hopefully I can put together another couple good rounds.”
The long-hitting Frye was the last to join the party at 10 under par. Playing in the group behind Zhao, Frye had a 15-foot birdie putt on the par-5 18th hole that would have put her at 11 under par. It slid by, resulting in the three-way tie at the top.
“The conditions were mild today,” said Frye. “I think I got the better end of the draw going early/late. Not a ton of wind. It was kind of in a different direction, so that took a little adjustment. But the course is perfect. It’s getting firmer and faster, all you can ask for.”
Three strokes back from the co-leaders at 7-under 139 are Kelsey Bennett, of Australia, along with two teammates on this year’s victorious USA Curtis Cup Team, Megha Ganne of Holmdel, N.J., and Amari Avery of Riverside, Calif.
Stone, Ganne and Avery were among eight players in the field who competed in the 2022 Curtis Cup Match at Merion, and seven of them advanced to match play. Also in that group from the victorious USA Team are Rachel Kuehn of Asheville, N.C.; defending champion Jensen Castle of Columbia, S.C.; and Rachel Heck of Memphis, Tenn. Annabel Wilson, who played on the Great Britain & Ireland Team, also advanced to the match-play bracket.
There was an 8-for-4 playoff to determine the final match-play spots that began on the par-4 10th hole. Jieni Li, Jennifer Rosenberg and Camryn Carreon all made par to qualify. Alice Hodge was eliminated with a double bogey, and Victoria Zheng, Julia Misemer, Emma Abramson and Anika Dy made bogey to move on to the second playoff hole. Playing the par-3 17th, all but Abramson made par and the playoff was suspended due to darkness. It will resume on Wednesday at 7:30 a.m. PT with Zheng, Misemer and Dy playing the par-5 18th hole to determine the final match-play qualifier.
What’s Next
It’s on to match play. The Round of 64 begins at 9 a.m. PT on Wednesday and will be broadcast on Golf Channel from 3-6 p.m. PT (6-9 p.m. ET).
Notable
At 13 years, 6 months, Zhou is the youngest medalist/co-medalist in U.S. Women’s Amateur history.
Since 2010, only two medalists or co-medalists in stroke play have advanced to the quarterfinals. The last medalist to win the championship was Amanda Blumenherst, in 2008.
The only mid-amateur (age 25 and older) to make match play is 26-year-old Aliea Clark, of New York, N.Y. The runner-up in last year’s U.S. Women’s Mid-Amateur, Clark is halfway through a two-year graduate program at NYU, where she played a semester on the golf team after playing three years as an undergraduate at UCLA. Clark shot 75-72—147.
Ami Gianchandani had a roller-coaster day on her way to earning the XX seed. The Yale senior began her round on the 10th hole and shot a 6-over 42 on her opening nine holes. After making the turn, she made eagle on the par-5 first hole to jump-start a comeback and shoot a bogey-free 32 on her inward nine.
Three players shot bogey-free rounds in stroke play: Angela (Yilin) Liu and Lauren Gomez on Monday, and Latanna Stone on Tuesday.
After turning heads with a 1-over 74 yesterday, seven-time USGA champion Ellen Port, the oldest player in the field, struggled in the second round to miss match play. She will now set her sights on a championship she has won four times – the U.S. Women’s Mid-Amateur, to be held Sept. 17-22 at Fiddlesticks Country Club in Fort Myers, Fla.
Eun Jeong Seong’s mark of being the only player to win the U.S. Girls’ Junior and U.S. Women’s Amateur in the same year is safe until at least 2023. The reigning Girls’ Junior champion, Yana Wilson of Henderson, Nev., missed the cut. Runner-up Gianna Clemente bounced back from the disappointing loss to Wilson two weeks ago at The Club at Olde Stone in Bowling Green, Ky., shooting 73-74—147.
Quotable
“It's a pretty wicked place, to be honest. You can't get over the view. You just look out and you're amazed by it. But yeah, it's a cool place. I'm really enjoying playing around it.” – Maddison Hinson-Tolchard(140), on Chambers Bay
“I personally don't really care about seeding. I've been in several match play tournaments, and honestly you just don't know what you're going to get in match play. Obviously, you want to play well, but I'll just see where the cards lie. – Casey Weidenfeld (140) on whether she’s keeping a close eye on her seed for match play
“It was actually really funny because I saw it hit towards the hole and it was just a few feet right but I couldn't tell where it ended. So I'm looking up at everyone up above, and I'm like, guys, is it good? And then one person clapped, and I was like, okay, so it's at least on the green. Then all of a sudden they're like, ‘it went in.’ So I was like, yeah!” – Catherine Rao (140), on her hole-out eagle from 120 yards on the par-5 18th hole
“I hit it super thin. The thing runs all the way up the hill and it comes back and it looks pretty good, and I was like, no, and then it went in the hole. Everyone was clapping and I was just mortified, like I just shanked a 52-degree wedge into the hole. But whatever. I just took the ball and I was like, thank you, I'm out.” – Aliea Clark (147), on her eagle on the par-5 4th hole
UNIVERSITY PLACE, Wash. – Results from Tuesday's second round of stroke play at the 2022 U.S. Women's Amateur Championship, played at 6,561-yard, par-73 Chambers Bay
T1 Alice Ziyi Zhao, People's Republic of China - 67-69--136
T1 Laney Frye, Nicholasville, Ky. - 68-68--136
T1 Latanna Stone, Riverview, Fla. - 71-65--136
T4 Kelsey Bennett, Australia - 69-70--139
T4 Megha Ganne, Holmdel, N.J. - 71-68--139
T4 Amari Avery, Riverside, Calif. - 72-67--139
T7 Maddison Hinson-Tolchard, Australia - 69-71--140
T7 Taglao Jeeravivitaporn, Thailand - 70-70--140
T7 Catherine Rao, Camarillo, Calif. - 73-67--140
T7 Casey Weidenfeld, Pembroke Pines, Fla. - 68-72--140
T11 Melanie Green, Medina, N.Y. - 71-70--141
T11 Lauren Gomez, Murrieta, Calif. - 70-71--141
T11 Kaleiya Romero, San Jose, Calif. - 72-69--141
T14 Rachel Kuehn, Asheville, N.C. - 70-72--142
T14 Jensen Castle, Columbia, S.C. - 73-69--142
T16 Han Hsuan Yu, Chinese Taipei - 71-72--143
T16 Angela (Yilin) Liu, Irvine, Calif. - 68-75--143
T18 Jaclyn LaHa, Pleasanton, Calif. - 74-70--144
T18 Brooke Seay, San Diego, Calif. - 69-75--144
T18 Leigha Devine, Windsor, Colo. - 71-73--144
T21 Lilly Thomas, Bentonville, Ark. - 73-72--145
T21 Sara Im, Duluth, Ga. - 73-72--145
T21 Kynadie Adams, Nashville, Tenn. - 75-70--145
T21 Zoe Campos, Valencia, Calif. - 71-74--145
T21 Annabelle Pancake, Zionsville, Ind. - 73-72--145
T26 Angela Arora, Canada - 76-70--146
T26 Annabel Wilson, Republic of Ireland - 73-73--146
T26 Nika Ito, Japan - 74-72--146
T26 Fiona Xu, New Zealand - 76-70--146
T26 Kayla Smith, Burlington, N.C. - 71-75--146
T26 Leigh Chien, Irvine, Calif. - 73-73--146
T26 Taylor Ledwein, New Prague, Minn. - 73-73--146
T26 Jennifer Cleary, Wilmington, Del. - 72-74--146
T34 Lauren Zaretsky, Canada - 74-73--147
T34 Saki Baba, Japan - 73-74--147
T34 Sera Hasegawa, Japan - 72-75--147
T34 Tsubasa Kajitani, Japan - 72-75--147
T34 Abbey Daniel, Covington, La. - 77-70--147
T34 Gianna Clemente, Estero, Fla. - 73-74--147
T34 Lauren Lehigh, Loveland, Colo. - 77-70--147
T34 Mia Hammond, New Albany, Ohio - 72-75--147
T34 Aliea Clark, New York, N.Y. - 75-72--147
T34 Amanda Sambach, Pinehurst, N.C. - 73-74--147
T34 Brianna Navarrosa, San Diego, Calif. - 71-76--147
T34 Megan Yang, San Jose, Calif. - 75-72--147
T46 Bohyun Park, Republic of Korea - 76-72--148
T46 Katie Li, Basking Ridge, N.J. - 73-75--148
T46 Aneka Seumanutafa, Emmitsburg, Md. - 75-73--148
T46 Lynn Lim, Gallatin, Tenn. - 71-77--148
T46 Rachel Heck, Memphis, Tenn. - 73-75--148
T46 Ashley Kim, Redondo Beach, Calif. - 77-71--148
T46 Ami Gianchandani, Watchung, N.J. - 74-74--148
T53 Vanessa Borovilos, Canada - 74-75--149
T53 Monet Chun, Canada - 76-73--149
T53 Savannah Grewal, Canada - 74-75--149
T53 Yixian Guo, People's Republic of China - 77-72--149
T53 Bailey Shoemaker, Dade City, Fla. - 77-72--149
T53 Julia Gregg, Farmers Branch, Texas - 74-75--149
T53 Izzy Pellot, Orlando, Fla. - 76-73--149
T53 Anna Fang, San Diego, Calif. - 76-73--149
T61 Jieni Li, People's Republic of China - 76-74--150
T61 Jennifer Rosenberg, Laurel Hollow, N.Y. - 72-78--150
T61 Camryn Carreon, San Antonio, Texas - 74-76--150
Playoff
T61 Victoria Zheng, Canada - 74-76--150
T61 Julia Misemer, Overland Park, Kan. - 75-75--150
T61 Anika Dy, Traverse City, Mich. - 75-75--150
Missed the cut
T61 Emma Abramson, Sandwich, Mass. - 73-77--150
T61 Alice Hodge, Larchmont, N.Y. - 77-73--150
T69 Valentina Rossi, Argentina - 77-74--151
T69 Tomi Arejola, Philippines - 76-75--151
T69 Rianne Mikhaela Malixi, Philippines - 77-74--151
T69 Crystal Wang, Diamond Bar, Calif. - 80-71--151
T69 Hannah Levi, D'Iberville, Miss. - 75-76--151
T69 Kelly Sim, Edgewater, N.J. - 77-74--151
T69 Cassie Kim, Yakima, Wash. - 70-81--151
T76 Coco Pei, Canada - 74-78--152
T76 Nicole Abelar, Philippines - 72-80--152
T76 Morgan Miller, Austin, Texas - 76-76--152
T76 Helen Yeung, Clarksville, Md. - 75-77--152
T76 Megan Whittaker, Elkhorn, Neb. - 76-76--152
T76 Ty Akabane, Honolulu, Hawaii - 77-75--152
T76 Catherine Park, Irvine, Calif. - 75-77--152
T76 Megan Schofill, Monticello, Fla. - 75-77--152
T76 Elina Kuang, Murrieta, Calif. - 76-76--152
T76 Alexandra Gazzoli, Palm Coast, Fla. - 78-74--152
T76 Sabrina Iqbal, San Jose, Calif. - 74-78--152
T76 Molly Smith, Westford, Mass. - 77-75--152
T76 Brooke Biermann, Wildwood, Mo. - 76-76--152
T89 Justice Bosio, Australia - 76-77--153
T89 Hsin Tai Lin, Chinese Taipei - 75-78--153
T89 Britta Snyder, Ames, Iowa - 75-78--153
T89 Sophia Burnett, Bluffton, S.C. - 76-77--153
T89 Andie Smith, Bluffton, S.C. - 79-74--153
T89 Emilia Migliaccio, Cary, N.C. - 77-76--153
T89 Abbey Schutte, Goodyear, Ariz. - 79-74--153
T89 Zoe Slaughter, Houston, Texas - 73-80--153
T89 Avery Weed, Ocean Springs, Miss. - 80-73--153
T89 Sarah Lydic, Ocean View, Del. - 74-79--153
T89 Isabel Sy, San Gabriel, Calif. - 75-78--153
T89 Gracie McGovern, Scottsdale, Ariz. - 76-77--153
T89 Reagan Zibilski, Springfield, Mo. - 79-74--153
T89 Sarah Kahn, Windermere, Fla. - 77-76--153
T103 Brooke Rivers, Canada - 77-77--154
T103 Audrey Tan, Malaysia - 79-75--154
T103 Grace Lee, Bellevue, Wash. - 77-77--154
T103 Sophie Linder, Carthage, Tenn. - 79-75--154
T103 Danielle Suh, Herndon, Va. - 77-77--154
T103 Meagan Winans, Richardson, Texas - 76-78--154
T103 Ryan Flynn, Truckee, Calif. - 79-75--154
T103 Faith Kilgore, Wimberley, Texas - 77-77--154
T111 Euna Han, Canada - 75-80--155
T111 Jasmine Youn, Guatemala - 74-81--155
T111 Isabel Amezcua, Mexico - 74-81--155
T111 Allison Bray, Cape Girardeau, Mo. - 78-77--155
T111 Blakesly Brock, Chattanooga, Tenn. - 80-75--155
T111 Grace Curran, New Lenox, Ill. - 74-81--155
T111 Ina Kim-Schaad, New York, N.Y. - 74-81--155
T111 Kate Barber, Savannah, Ga. - 74-81--155
T111 Kaitlyn Lee, Scarsdale, N.Y. - 80-75--155
T120 Kendall Prince, Lake Oswego, Ore. - 78-78--156
T120 Claire Wright, Chowchilla, Calif. - 80-76--156
T120 Martha Leach, Hebron, Ky. - 78-78--156
T120 Kaitlyn Schroeder, Jacksonville, Fla. - 75-81--156
T120 Thienna Huynh, Lilburn, Ga. - 73-83--156
T120 Tatum Walsh, Midlothian, Va. - 77-79--156
T120 Kate Nakaoka, Mililani, Hawaii - 81-75--156
T120 Shannyn Vogler, Moline, Ill. - 78-78--156
T120 Caroline Patterson, Palm Beach Gardens, Fla. - 77-79--156
T120 Ellie Roth, Plano, Texas - 76-80--156
T120 Adithi Anand, Redmond, Wash. - 78-78--156
T131 Tillie Claggett, Canada - 79-78--157
T131 Ching-Tzu Chen, Chinese Taipei - 77-80--157
T131 Emily Dunlap, Greenville, S.C. - 77-80--157
T134 Jennifer Gu, Canada - 76-82--158
T134 Tiffany Kong, Canada - 81-77--158
T134 Amber Park, Allen, Texas - 78-80--158
T134 Charlotte Hillary, Englewood, Colo. - 77-81--158
T134 Ellen Port, St. Louis, Mo. - 74-84--158
T139 Sofia Benavides, Mexico - 78-81--159
T139 Tunrada Piddon, Thailand - 82-77--159
T139 Carly Carter, Eagle, Idaho - 77-82--159
T139 Michelle Woo, Fremont, Calif. - 82-77--159
T139 Yana Wilson, Henderson, Nev. - 80-79--159
T139 Alison Takamiya, Honolulu, Hawaii - 82-77--159
145 Brooklyn Millard, Aurora, Ohio - 80-80--160
146 Ailis Tribolet, Chandler, Ariz. - 82-79--161
T147 Hunter Nugent, Canada - 83-79--162
T147 Mason Lewis, Granbury, Texas - 79-83--162
T149 Lara Tennant, Portland, Ore. - 81-82--163
T149 Leia Chung, Wahiawa, Hawaii - 78-85--163
T151 Alessandra Nagayo, Canada - 79-85--164
T151 Emma Tang, Chino Hills, Calif. - 83-81--164
T151 Alise Knudson, Dallas, Texas - 84-80--164
T151 Cara Heisterkamp, Westlake, Ohio - 82-82--164
155 Faith Belmear, Owasso, Okla. - 82-85--167
156 Adie Maki, Canton, Mich. - 89-87--176
UNIVERSITY PLACE, Wash. – Pairings for Wednesday's Round-of-64 matches at the 2022 U.S. Women's Amateur Championship, played at 6,561-yard, par-73 Chambers Bay
9 a.m. - Latanna Stone, Riverview, Fla. (136) vs. TBD
9:10 a.m. - Fiona Xu, New Zealand (146) vs. Annabel Wilson, Republic of Ireland (146)
9:20 a.m. - Angela (Yilin) Liu, Irvine, Calif. (143) vs. Katie Li, Basking Ridge, N.J. (148)
9:30 a.m. - Han Hsuan Yu, Chinese Taipei (143) vs. Bohyun Park, Republic of Korea (148)
9:40 a.m. - Catherine Rao, Camarillo, Calif. (140) vs. Izzy Pellot, Orlando, Fla. (149)
9:50 a.m. - Sara Im, Duluth, Ga. (145) vs. Sera Hasegawa, Japan (147)
10 a.m. - Maddison Hinson-Tolchard, Australia (140) vs. Yixian Guo, People's Republic of China (149)
10:10 a.m. - Annabelle Pancake, Zionsville, Ind. (145) vs. Abbey Daniel, Covington, La. (147)
10:20 a.m. - Kelsey Bennett, Australia (139) vs. Jieni Li, People's Republic of China (150)
10:30 a.m. - Nika Ito, Japan (146) vs. Gianna Clemente, Estero, Fla. (147)
10:40 a.m. - Melanie Green, Medina, N.Y. (141) vs. Rachel Heck, Memphis, Tenn. (148)
10:50 a.m. - Jaclyn LaHa, Pleasanton, Calif. (144) vs. Brianna Navarrosa, San Diego, Calif. (147)
11 a.m. - Megha Ganne, Holmdel, N.J. (139) vs. Julia Gregg, Farmers Branch, Texas (149)
11:10 a.m. - Taylor Ledwein, New Prague, Minn. (146) vs. Lauren Zaretsky, Canada (147)
11:20 a.m. - Lauren Gomez, Murrieta, Calif. (141) vs. Monet Chun, Canada (149)
11:30 a.m. - Zoe Campos, Valencia, Calif. (145) vs. Amanda Sambach, Pinehurst, N.C. (147)
11:40 a.m. - Alice Ziyi Zhao, People's Republic of China (136) vs. Camryn Carreon, San Antonio, Texas (150)
11:50 a.m. - Jennifer Cleary, Wilmington, Del. (146) vs. Saki Baba, Japan (147)
Noon - Jensen Castle, Columbia, S.C. (142) vs. Aneka Seumanutafa, Emmitsburg, Md. (148)
12:10 p.m. - Leigha Devine, Windsor, Colo. (144) vs. Lynn Lim, Gallatin, Tenn. (148)
12:20 p.m. - Taglao Jeeravivitaporn, Thailand (140) vs. Anna Fang, San Diego, Calif. (149)
12:30 p.m. - Kayla Smith, Burlington, N.C. (146) vs. Lauren Lehigh, Loveland, Colo. (147)
12:40 p.m. - Casey Weidenfeld, Pembroke Pines, Fla. (140) vs. Savannah Grewal, Canada (149)
12:50 p.m. - Lilly Thomas, Bentonville, Ark. (145) vs. Mia Hammond, New Albany, Ohio (147)
1 p.m. - Laney Frye, Nicholasville, Ky. (136) vs. Jennifer Rosenberg, Laurel Hollow, N.Y. (150)
1:10 p.m. - Leigh Chien, Irvine, Calif. (146) vs. Aliea Clark, New York, N.Y. (147)
1:20 p.m. - Rachel Kuehn, Asheville, N.C. (142) vs. Ashley Kim, Redondo Beach, Calif. (148)
1:30 p.m. - Brooke Seay, San Diego, Calif. (144) vs. Ami Gianchandani, Watchung, N.J. (148)
1:40 p.m. - Amari Avery, Riverside, Calif. (139) vs. Vanessa Borovilos, Canada (149)
1:50 p.m. - Angela Arora, Canada (146) vs. Megan Yang, San Jose, Calif. (147)
2 p.m. - Kaleiya Romero, San Jose, Calif. (141) vs. Bailey Shoemaker, Dade City, Fla. (149)
2:10 p.m. - Kynadie Adams, Nashville, Tenn. (145) vs. Tsubasa Kajitani, Japan (147)
