Duke women’s golfer Katie Li set to compete in U.S. Women’s Open on Thursday

Duke’s Katie Li, who made the All-ACC team as a freshman last year, will aim to make the cut at one of the biggest tournaments in women’s golf this weekend.

The U.S. Women’s Open, one of five major championships in women’s professional golf, gets underway at Lancaster Country Club in Pennsylvania on Thursday.

Considering the Blue Devils have seven national championships on their resume, there are usually Duke alums aplenty at the biggest fields of the year. This time around, however, a player currently on Duke’s roster will try to take down the 156-woman field.

Katie Li, who just finished her freshman season with the Blue Devils, will tee it up for Thursday’s opening round, kicking off the four-day event. Li made the All-ACC team in her debut Duke season after she finished the year with a scoring average of 72.67. She also won the Florida State Match Up after back-to-back rounds of 6-under 66 to open the tournament, becoming the 16th Blue Devil to win a tournament as a freshman.

Li tees off on the 10th hole at 7:07 a.m. on Thursday morning playing alongside Elizabeth Szokol and Yuka Nii.

Duke fans can follow her on the leaderboard here with coverage scheduled to begin on Peacock at noon Eastern time before transferring to the USA Network at 2 p.m.