Kathleen Scavo and 12-year-old Lucy Li
Qualifying is complete for the
inaugural U.S. Women's Amateur Four-Ball,
being
held
at the Pacific Dunes course in Bandon Dunes May
9-13.
There are plenty of amazing
player
stories, which we will get to as the tournament
draws closer. And, as has become the norm in
USGA
Women's golf, some VERY young players have
shown
that age is just a number.
But before you marvel at Lucy Li (age 12, of
2014
U.S. Women's Open fame) and her partner 17-
year
old Kathleen Scavo's combined age, think of this.
At
a total of 29 years their total isn't nearly as
young as
that of 13-year-olds (that's right, both players
are
13) Briana Chacon of Whittier, Calif. and Hannah
Zeman of Ontario, Calif. The pair posted 70 to
qualify last September at Mission Hills in Rancho
Mirage, California.
Below is a running total of all qualifying sites
and their respective results.
March 30, 2015 | Spring Creek Golf Club |
Gordonsville, Va.
In the last qualifying location in the United
States,
Carrie Myers and Carol
Robertson secured the last possible team slot
into
the inaugural event,
shooting 78 and beating out Cindy Thompson and
Andrea Miller in a playoff.
March 26, 2015 | Pasatiempo Golf Club |
Santa Cruz, Calif.
Four teams qualified at Alister MacKenzie's
Pasatiempo Golf Club, with a 65
shot by Lucy Li and Kathleen Scavo earning
medalist
honors. Li, the famous
12-year-old golfer from Redwood City, Calif.,
will be
playing in her fourth
USGA event, having played in the previous two
U.S.
Women's Public Links and
the 2014 U.S. Women's Open.
Ty Akabane and Kailie Vongsaga, and Gigi Stoll
and
Danielle Lee took second
place with 68s, followed the last qualifiers, Lila
Barton and Marissa Mar at 69.
March 23, 2015 | The Country Club of
Orlando |
Orlando, Fla.
Two rounds of 68s were shot in Orlando in
Florida's
last qualifying location as
the groups of Kendall Griffin and Athena Yang,
and
Dani Mullin and Ellen
Oswald are headed to Bandon Dunes.
March 16, 2015 | Pinewild Country Club |
Pinehurst, N.C.
Rachel Carpenter and Angela Stewart shot 70
and won the Pinewild qualifier
by two shots, securing the only spot available
for the inaugural event out of
this location. Lori Adams and Kimberly Briele
were first alternates at 72.
January 7, 2015 | La Costa Resort & Spa |
Carlsbad, Calif.
Brooke Seay and Carolyn Zhao led a group of
seven teams that qualified at the first
location
played in the new year as the San Diego
residents shot 68 to take medalist honors by
two
shots. Mina Hardin and Caryn Wilson also
qualified at 72.
December 17, 2014 | Sewailo Golf Club |
Tucson, Ariz.
Las Vegas residents Ronda Henderson and Janet
Weber shot 70 at Sewailo to lead a
pack of
four qualifiers. Sue Billek Nyhus and Annette
Gaiotti, as well as Mari Miezwa and
Thuhashini
Selvaratnam shot 72 to punch their tickets to
Bandon Dunes.
October 28, 2014 | The Wanderers Club |
Wellington, Fla.
2013 U.S. Women's Senior Amateur semifinalist
Mary Jane Hiestand and 2014 U.S.
Women's
Mid-Amateur semifinalist Tara Joy-Connelly shot
one of the lower rounds of qualifying
thus
far
— a 67 — at The Wanderers Club and medaled
by seven shots.
October 14, 2014 | Chenal Country Club |
Little Rock, Ark.
Carrie Hall and Julie Oxendine medaled at 72,
three shots better than anyone else at
Chenal
Country Club.
October 13, 2014 | Bent Creek Country Club
| Lititz, Pa.
Amber Marsh Elliott and Katie Miller went low at
Bent Creek, shooting 66 to medal by
four
shots. Their 66 is tied for the lowest qualifying
round with two other teams.
October 7, 2014 | Greystone Golf Club |
Dickson, Tenn.
|
Martha
Leach
|
Martha Leach and Madison Gerstle
were the lone qualifiers at Greystone with
a
73,
winning the tournament by four shots. Leach, of
Hebron, Ky., was runner-up at the
2011
U.S.
Women's Mid-Amateur and reached the
quarterfinals in 2013.
October 6, 2014 | Spring Valley Golf Club |
Elizabeth, Colo.
|
Maria
Fassi
|
Maria Fassi and Maria Balcazar of
Mexico shot 69 to tie for medalist honors at
Spring
Valley. Fassi, the 2015 Mexican Women's
Amateur winner, and Balcazar tied with
Jennifer
Kupcho and Gillian Vance, who will both be
headed to Bandon Dunes in May.
October 2, 2014 | Spring Valley Country
Club | Sharon, Mass.
Angel Macleod and Cheryl Popp shot 73 and will
be heading to Bandon Dunes along
with
Christine Gagner and Mary Gale, who shot 77.
October 1, 2014 | The Oaks Course |
Covington, Ga.
Mallory Hetzel and Lea Venable shot one of three
66s thus far in qualifying to edge
another
great round — 67 — shot by Megan Carter and
Lauren Lightfritz.
September 30, 2014 | Somerset Hills
Country Club | Bernardsville, N.J.
Four teams qualified for the inaugural U.S.
Women's Four-Ball at Somerset Hills C.C. in
New
Jersey, including medalists Madelein Herr and
Brynn Walker at 71.
September 23, 2014 | St. Clair Country Club
| St. Louis, Mo.
Catherine Dolan and Kelly Hutchison shot 67 and
medaled by five shots in Missouri's
only
qualifier.
September 22, 2014 | Deerpath Golf Course
| Lake Forest, Ill.
Two teams shot 72 and will be heading to the
Oregon Coast in May. Sarah Boockford
and
Kate
Johnson, as well as Margaret Gilley and
Elizabeth Gilley Payne.
September 22, 2014 | Stoneridge Golf Club |
Stillwater, Minn.
Jenny Graeser and Katie Gustafson medaled with
72 to qualify at Minneosta's lone site.
September 17, 2014 | Hillcrest Country Club
| Indianapolis, Ind.
Michelle Smith and Nina Whalen got through to
Bandon Dunes with a 74 in
Indianapolis. The
duo were the only pair to break 80.
September 17, 2014 | Old Waverly Golf Club
| West Point, Miss.
Lea Green and Linda Jeffrey, with 71, advanced
to the inaugural U.S. Women's
Amateur at
Old Waverly.
September 15, 2014 | Mission Hills Country
Club | Rancho Mirage, Calif.
|
Eden
Anderson
|
Four teams qualified at this California
location, including co-medalits Eden
Anderson and Shannon Wolfe, and Alyaa
Abdulghany and Ellen Takada. Both teams
shot 68
to edge Katherine Muzi and Patricia Wong at 69.
September 3, 2014 | Country Club of New
Cannon | New Cannon, Conn.
Camilla and Susana Vik shot 67 to medal by six
shots at the Country Club of New
Cannon.
August 29, 2014 | Silver Lake Country Club |
Silver Lake, Ohio
Two teams shared medalist honors in Ohio as
Janie Klare and Lynn Thompson, as well
as
Gail Hackett and Shirley Vaughn sit 69 to edge
Julie Carmichael and Tobi Herron by a
stroke.
August 28, 2014 | Gold Mountain Golf Club |
Bremerton, Wash.
Kelly Gardner and Kim Titus were another team
to go low in qualifying, shooting 66 at
Gold
Mountain Golf Club to medal by four shots over
Christina Proteau and Shawn Farmer.
August 27, 2014 | The Members Club at
Wildewood | Elgin, S.C.
|
Meghan
Stasi
|
Meghan Stasi and Dawn Woodard were
eight better than the rest of the field
in
South Carolina. Stasi is a USGA winner, having
won the 2006, 2007, 2010 and 2012
U.S.
Women's Mid-Amateur.
August 26, 2014 | The Lakes at Castle Hills |
Lewisville, Tex.
Debra Mielke and Amanda Pettit shot 70 and
medaled in Texas while Sarah Davison
and
Lacy Shelton got in by playoff at 71.
August 26, 2014 | Walden on Lake Conroe |
Montgomery, Tex.
Brooke McDougald and Courtney Dow are on to
Bandon Dunes after a 67 to medal two
over
Abby Portyrata and Lauren Greenlief.
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