Heck, 16, to play the weekend at Evian Championship
9/14/2018 | by AmateurGolf.com Staff
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Rachel Heck is the only amateur who will play the weekend at the Evian Championship
For Heck, this week helps maintain her perfect record in major starts. Heck played the U.S. Women’s Open in 2017 and finished T-33. She names the final round of that event, when she played alongside Lexi Thompson with her dad Robert on the bag, as one of her favorite golf memories.
Heck gained entry into the Evian when she was named the AJGA’s Rolex Girls Junior Player of the Year for 2017. She will play for Stanford beginning in the fall of 2020.
That makes Heck one of two amateurs in the Evian field with Stanford ties. Junior Albane Valenzuela also received a wild-card entry into the event, making this her fourth consecutive Evian start. Valenzuela is well-known for representing her native Switzerland in the 2016 Olympic Games.2 majors played. 2 cuts made.
— Tennessee Golf Association (@tngolf) September 14, 2018
Everyone join us in showing @rachelheck2020 some love for advancing to the weekend at the @EvianChamp!
The 16-year-old from Memphis is the 3-time defending Tennessee Junior Player of the Year. She finished T33 at last year’s @USGA U.S. Women’s Open pic.twitter.com/5rPUI1DUJO
Valenzuela had back-to-back rounds of 75 to miss the cut.
Alana Uriell, who posted rounds of 76-72, received her Evian invitation as a representative of the winning Arnold Palmer Cup team (that event was also played at Evian Resort). Uriell is a Carlsbad, Calif., native who recently graduated from the University of Arkansas.
Korea’s Hae-Ran Ryu was the final amateur. Her second-round 70, though impressive, was not enough to get her to the weekend after she opened with 78.
Results: Evian Championship
| Place | Player | Location | Pts | Scores |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| T44 | Memphis, TN | 600 | 70-73-72-71=286 | |
| MC | , Korea | 0 | 78-70=148 | |
| MC | Carlsbad, CA | 0 | 76-72=148 | |
| MC | , Switzerland | 0 | 75-75=150 |
About the Evian Championship
What was the 5th and final major of the LPGA season; in 2019 the tournament moved to the summer from their weather-plagued September date.
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