Know their names: These top players will drive amateur golf in 2020

The following names are likely to appear in amateur golf headlines in 2020. Their path to the top of amateur golf is worth following.

The women’s college golf class of 2023

Lei Ye reacts after winning a match during the 2019 U.S. Girls’ Junior. (Photo: USGA/Steven Gibbons)

The race for top freshman will be every bit as hard this spring as the race for player of the year – at least in women’s golf. Some of the most promising female amateurs are college freshmen this season. Expect to see every one of these women near the top of leaderboards in 2020.

The frontrunners from the college golf class of 2023 include South Carolina’s Pauline Roussin-Bouchard, Arizona’s Vivian Hou, Arizona State’s Linn Grant, Stanford’s Lei Ye, Texas’s Sophie Guo, Oklahoma State’s Isabella Fierro and Wake Forest’s Rachel Kuehn.