2022 U.S. Women's Amateur qualifying roundup
7/21/2022 | by AmateurGolf.com Staff
see also: View results for U.S. Women's Amateur Qualifying, Wellesley Country Club

Qualifying is complete at 25 sites in the U.S. and Canada; see who made it to Chambers Bay in Washington state
1497 entries were received for the championship, which was just off the record set in 2021. Among the entries is Jensen Castle, who completed an improbable run as a 63rd seed who survived a 12-for-2 playoff just to reach match play.
Highlights from qualifying include:

Credit: Washington Golf
Qualifiers: Cassie Kim (Yakima, Wash.) 69, Carly Carter (Eagle, Idaho) 70, Grace Lee (Bellevue, Wash.) 71, Jennifer Gu (Canada) 71, Adithi Anand (Issaquah, Wash.) 71
7️⃣ are moving on to the #USWomensAm! Congrats to Britta Snyder, Meagan Winans, Audrey Tan, and Yixian Guo. 👏
— Texas Golf Association (@TexasGolfAssoc) July 19, 2022
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A six-for-three showdown for the final spots highlighted the play at the Creeks Course of Indian Creek Golf Club in Carrollton, Texas. Ellie Roth, Faith Belmear, and Mason Lewis earned spots from the playoff at one-over par. Rising Baylor junior Britta Snyder, who finished runner-up at the NCAA Women's Central Regional in May, medaled with a two-under par 70. She posted six birdies to earn the top spot on the leaderboard.
Qualifiers: Britta Snyder (Ames, Iowa) 70, Megan Winans (Richardson, Texas) 71, Audrey Tan (Malaysia) 71, Yixian Guo (China) 71, Ellie Roth (Plano, Texas) 73, Faith Belmear (Owasso, Okla.) 73, Mason Lewis (Granbury, Texas) 73
July 18
It's a summer of qualifier medaling for rising Pepperdine sophomore Lauren Gomez. She took control early at the qualifier hosted at the Country Club of Rancho in San Diego, Calif., by birdieing her first four holes. Gomez closed out her stellar five-under par 67 with a birdie and eagle on the 14th and 15th, respectively. Anna Feng won a one-for-four playoff for the last of seven spots at even par.Headed to Chambers Bay 👀@WavesGolf’s Lauren Gomez shot five-under 67 to take home medalist honors at today’s #USWomensAm qualifier at the CC of Rancho Bernardo!
— SCGA (@thescga) July 18, 2022
Full results: https://t.co/IZnpulBKi5 pic.twitter.com/vwQ8p4umkm
Qualifiers: Lauren Gomez (Murrieta, Calif.) 67, Eline Kuang (Murrieta, Calif.) 70, Alice Zhao (Irvine, Calif.) 70, Sofia Benavides (Mexico) 70, Sera Hasegawa (Japan) 71, Nina Novilla (Buckeye, Ariz.) 71, Anna Fang (San Diego, Calif.) 72
Even par got it done at Waialae Country Club in Honolulu. Alison Takamiya medaled with three birdies and three bogeys. The 19-year-old's last birdie came on the par 4 17th to break away from a tie for second. One-over par earned the final two spots from the 27-player field.
Qualifiers: Alison Takamiya (Honolulu) 72, Kate Nakaoka (Mililani, Hawaii) 73, Allysha Mae Mateo (Mililani, Hawaii) 73
Only one player finished under par at Mission Inn Resort & Club- El Campeon in Howey-in-the-Hills, Fla. ChingTzu Chen shot a bogey-free two-under par round 70 to medal. Tunrada Piddon and Sarah Kahn won out of a two-for-three playoff at three-over par to round out the four qualifiers.
Qualifiers: ChingTzu Chen (Chinese Taipei) 70, Izzy Pellot (Orlando, Fla.) 70, Tunrada Piddon (Thailand) 75, Sarah Kahn (Windermere, Fla.) 75
July 13
Four players qualified out of Kenwood Golf & Country Club in Bethesda, Md. as Sarah Lydic shard co-medalist honors with Hsin Tai Lin at one-over par. Lydic birdied in a row on the second through the fourth to fueling her co-medalist effort. Tai Lin posted two birdies and three bogeys for her 71. Tiffany Kong survived a three-for-one playoff for the last spot at three-over par.
Qualifiers: Sarah Lydic (Ocean View, Del.) 71, Hsin Tai Lin (Chinese Taipei) 71, Helen Young (Clarksville, Md.) 72, Tiffany Kong (Canada) 73
July 12
Two Tennesseans are headed to the @usga U.S. Women’s Amateur at @ChambersBayGolf through qualifying at Old Fort today. Congratulations @lynnrlim and @kynadieadams!
— TGF Junior Golf (@tgfjuniorgolf) July 12, 2022
Both young ladies will also be competing in the U.S. Girls’ Junior at @OldeStoneBG next week 🇺🇸 pic.twitter.com/1U6SgefRZo
Nika Ito followed up qualifying for the U.S. Women's Open by winning her qualifier at Old Fort Golf Club in Murfreesboro, Tenn. Ito went bogey-free for medalist round of 67. Alexandra Gazzoli survived a four-for-one playoff following her three-under par round for the last of five qualifying spots.
Qualifiers: Nika Ito 67, Kynadie Adams 68, Lynn Lim 68, Lilly Thomas 68, Alexandra Gazzoli 69
July 11
Molly Smith earned medalist honors at Nashawtuc Country Club in Concord, Mass. as the only player to shoot under par. Her three-under round of 69 beat a four-way tie for runner-up by three strokes. Impressively, those four players rounded out the final four qualifying spots available.
Qualifiers: Molly Smith (Westford, Mass.) 69, Emma Abramson (Sandwich, Mass.) 72, Ina KimSchaad (New York City) 72, Coco Pei (Canada) 72, Kaitlyn Lee (Scarsdale, N.Y.) 72
Twenty-five players battled for two spots at Salisbury CC in Midlothian, Va. JiaCheng Emma Tang, a verbal commit to Navy, earned medalist honors with a bogey-free 67.
Qualifiers: JiaCheng Emma Tang (Chino Hills, Calif.) 67, Tatum Walsh (Midlothian, Va.) 70
July 8
Only a stroke separated medaling or going into a playoff for the five qualifying spots at Saginaw Country Club in Saginaw, Mich. Brooklyn Millard and Adie Maki co-medaled at one-under par, and five players went into a playoff for three spots to round out the qualifiers.
Qualifiers: Brooklyn Millard 70, Adie Maki 70, Alise Knudson 71, Anika Dy 71, Ashley Kim 71
July 7

Credit: Miami Valley Golf Association
Qualifiers: Mia Hammond 67, Crystal Wang 70, Vania Simont 70, Aneka Seumanutafa 71, Annabelle Pancake 71

Credit: Carolinas Golf Association
Qualifiers: Ty Akabane (Honolulu) 67, Isabel Amezcu (Raleigh, N.C.) 68, Alice Hodge (Mooresville, N.C.) 69, Abbey Daniel (Covington, La.) 69, Emily Dunlap (Greensville, S.C.) 70, Kayla Smith (Burlington, N.C.) 70, Amanda Sambach (Pinehurst, N.C.) 71
Seven players advanced out of La Rinconada Country Club in Los Gatos, Ca., with 2021 Dick McGuire Invitational winner Kaleiya Romero and Ryan Flynn emerging out of a two-for-three playoff at one-over par for the final two spots. 2022 The Bruzzy Challenge winner Sabrina Iqbal birdied three of the last six holes for her two-under round of 68 to co-medal with Megan Yang. Yang went four-under on the par 4s to punch her ticket to the U.S. Women's Amateur.Moving On: Former NCGA Women's Player of the Year Sabrina Iqbal and Megan Yang shared medalist honors (68) at Thursday's 2022 US Women's Amateur qualifer at La Rinconada https://t.co/SC3HDm3BgY pic.twitter.com/eFChUjJriH
— NCGA (@ncga1901) July 8, 2022
Qualifiers: Sabrina Iqbal (San Jose, Ca.) 68, Megan Yang (San Jose, Ca.) 68, Michelle Woo (Fremont, Ca.) 69, Jaclyn Laha (Pleasanton, Ca.) 70, Angela Arora (Canada) 70, Kaleiya Romero (San Jose, Ca.) 71, Ryan Flynn (Truckee, Ca.) 71
🎟 SIX TICKETS PUNCHED 🎟
— Arizona Golf Association (@AZGolfAssn) July 8, 2022
Abbey Schutte (-3) was the round’s low scorer 🥇 with Maddison Hinson-Tolchard (-1) just behind her 👊 pic.twitter.com/C81vzo2QR3
A one-for-seven playoff broke out at Gainey Ranch in Scottsdale, Az. with Ailis Tribolet winning on the fifth extra hole for the sixth and final spot. Abbey Schutte medaled at three-under par, going bogey free on the back nine for her round of 69.
Qualifiers: Abbey Schutte 69, Maddison Hinson-Tolchard 71, Euna Han 72, Jasmine Youn 72, Gracei Mcgovern 72, Ailis Tribolet 73
July 6
The 2022 Australian Women's Amateur winner keeps it rolling with another victory. Fiona Xu medaled at Gus Wortham Park Golf Course with a bogey-free five-under 66 to take the first of six spots available in Houston. Five players carded 69s to finish T4, going to extra holes for three spots.
Qualifiers: Fiona Xu (New Zealand) 66, Hunter Nugent (Canada) 68, Camryn Carreon (San Antonio) 68, Tillie Claggett (Canada) 69, Faith Kilgore (Wimberley, Tx.) 69, Zoe Slaughter (Houston) 69
West Pines Golf Club in Douglasville, Ga., hosted 59 players for five spots. Five players finished under par. Kelsey Bennett and Casey Weidenfeld co-medaled, each carding five birdies and a bogey for their four-under rounds of 67.
Qualifiers: Kelsey Bennett (Australia) 67, Casey Weidenfeld (Pembroke Pines, Fl.) 67, Sophie Linder (Carthage, Tenn.) 69, Avery Weed (Ocean Springs, Miss.) 70, Hannah Levi (D'iberville, Miss.) 70
July 5
Katie Li survived a four-for-one playoff at Lake Forest Country Club in Hudson, Ohio for the fourth and final qualifying spot out of the 45 player field. Li overcame a double bogey on the ninth for a two-under 70, posting a clean card the rest of her round. Melanie Green medaled at 68, going two under on the par 3s for her four-under par round. Green qualified for the U.S. Women's Open earlier this year.
Qualifiers: Melanie Green 68, Brooke Rivers 69, Rianne Mikhaela Malixi 69, Katie Li 70
Four ladies punched their ticket to the U.S. Women’s Amateur Championship at Chamber’s Bay in August 8-14.
— Northern Ohio Golf Association (@NorthernOhioGA) July 5, 2022
🥇Melanie Green 68 (-4)
T🥈Rianne Mikhaela Malixi 69 (-3)
T🥈Brooke Rivers 69 (-3)
T🥉Katie Li 70 (-2) pic.twitter.com/x75teBUKN0

Qualifiers: Grace Curran (New Lenox, Il.) 68, Taylor Ledwein (New Prague, Mn.) 69, Julia Misemer (Overland Park, Ks) 69, Julia Gregg (Farmers Branch, Tx.) 69, Vanessa Borovilos (Canada) 69
June 30
Brooke Biermann posted six birdies in her medalist winning five-under par 68 at the par 73 Kishwaukee Country Club in DeKalb, Il. She leads six players qualifying for the U.S. Women's Amateur.
Qualifiers: Brooke Biermann (Wildwood, Miss.) 68, Kelly Sim (Fairview, N.J.) 69, Taglao Jeeravivitaporn (Ames, Iowa) 70, Jieni Li (Evanston, Il.) 71, Shannyn Vogler (Moline, Il.) 74, Laney Frye (Nicholasville, Ky.) 74

Qualifiers: Charlotte Hillary (England) 68, Leigha Devine (Windsor) 69, Claire Wright (Chowchilla) 70, Lauren Lehigh (Loveland) 70
June 28
University of Arkansas commit Reagan Zibilski (Springfield, Mo.) led a group of four players advancing from Eagle Bend GC in Lawrence, Kansas.
Next stop 👉 US WOMEN’S AMATEUR
— Central Links Golf (@centlinksgolf) June 29, 2022
👏Congrats to Reagan Zibilski, Allison Bray, Megan Whittaker, and HanHsuan Yu for qualifying for the US Women’s Amateur yesterday @EagleBendKS! pic.twitter.com/35bARlsUyA
Qualifiers: Reagan Zibilski (Springfield, Mo.) 68, Allison Bray (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 69, Megan Whittaker (Elkhorn, Neb.) 70, Han Hsuan Yu (Chinese Taipei) 70
The lone qualifier held in Canada was played at Maple Downs Golf & Country Club in Ontario, and three players overcame tough scoring conditions to punch their tickets to Chambers Bay, led by Texas Tech commit Lauren Zaretsky.
Congratulations to Team 🇨🇦 member Lauren Zaretsky as well as Victoria Zheng and Alessandra Nagayo for qualifying for the 121st @USGA Women’s Amateur 🇺🇸⛳️ pic.twitter.com/nxRjjSVy8l
— Golf Canada (@GolfCanada) June 29, 2022
Qualifiers: Lauren Zaretsky (Canada) 75, Victoria Zheng (Canada) 76, Alessandra Nagayo (Canada) 77
University of Alabama commit Kaitlyn Schroeder (Jacksonville, Fla.) shot a 5-under 67 at Bent Pine GC in Vero Beach, Fla. to earn medalist honors by two shots.
Qualifiers: Kaitlyn Schroeder (Jacksonville, Fla.) 67, Sophia Burnett (Bluffton, S.C.) 69, Kate Barber (Savannah, Ga.) 70, Caroline Patterson (Jupiter, Fla.) 70
June 27

Catherine Park, Brianna Narvarrosa (SCGA photo)
Qualifiers: Brianna Navarrosa (San Diego, Calif.) 67, Catherine Park (Irvine, Calif.) 67, Isabel Sy (San Gabriel, Calif.) 68, Zoe Campos (Valencia, Calif.) 69, Leigh Chien (Irvine, Calif.) 69, Angela Liu (Irvine, Calif.) 69, Catherine Rao (Camarillo, Calif.) 69
June 22
In the first of the 25 U.S. Women's Amateur qualifiers, University of Virginia rising junior Jennifer Cleary (Wilmington, Del.) shot a 2-under 70 to lead a group of six qualifiers at Crestmont Country Club in West Orange, New Jersey. Three internationals -- Justice Bosio of Australia, Nicole Abelar of the Philippines, and Tomi Arejola of the Philippines -- advanced to the championship. Jennifer Rosenberg (Laurel Hollow, N.Y.) took the final qualifying spot in a 4-for-1 playoff.
Qualifiers: Jennifer Cleary (Wilmington, Del.) 70, Justice Bosio (Australia) 71, Ami Gianchandani (Watchung, N.J.) 71, Nicole Abelar (Philippines) 72, Tomi Arejola (Philippines) 73, Jennifer Rosenberg (Laurel Hollow, N.Y.) 75
About the U.S. Women's Amateur Qualifying

36-hole stroke U.S. Women's Amateur stroke play qualifier open to female amateurs with a handicap of 2.4 and below. The number of qualifying spots will be based on the size of the field. 06/19/2025 – Salisbury, NC (Country Club of Salisbury) 06/19/20...
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