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As LPGA stars struggle mightily at 2024 U.S. Women’s Open, it’s the amateurs who shine

There are four amateurs near the top of the leaderboard after the first 18 holes.

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LANCASTER, Pa. – Asterisk Talley arrived at her first U.S. Women’s Open Championship a little later than most. The 15-year-old got her first look at Lancaster Country Club on Tuesday and, like everyone else, thought it was tough.

“When I was on the first hole, I was just like, these greens are stupid,” said Talley with a wide smile full of braces. “It’s just so hard. The pins they had on the practice rounds, I was like, if they put the pins here, I’m going to start crying.

“I was on the verge on a couple holes with the way I was playing. But I’m not mad with where the pins were today, the way I played the course, so I feel like I’m happy with how I did.”

Talley, whose first name means “little star” in Greek, lit up the microphone on Thursday afternoon after she posted an even-par 70 in the first round that included a triple-bogey. She held a share of the lead for some time and was well aware.

“I look at the leaderboard all the time,” said Talley, who won the U.S. Women’s Amateur Four-Ball earlier this month. “I feel like some people get scared to look at it, but I don’t really do that.”

2024 U.S. Women's Open — Adela Cernousek plays her shot from the second tee during the first round of the 2024 U.S. Women’s Open Presented by Ally at Lancaster Country Club on May 30, 2024 in Lancaster, Pennsylvania. (Photo: Sarah Stier/Getty Images)

While many of the game’s biggest stars struggled mightily in the opening round of the 79th U.S. Women’s Open, a number of amateurs shined. Recent NCAA champion Adela Cernousek of France is tied for second, a shot off the lead, after carding a 1-under 69 while reigning U.S. Women’s Amateur champion Megan Schofill shot 70 to take a share of fifth.

Yuka Saso shot 68 to lead at 2 under, a shot ahead of Cernousek as well as Andrea Lee and Wichanee Meechai. Those are the only four players in red numbers after 36 holes. There are four amateurs near the top of the leaderboard, including USC’s Catherine Park.

“I was very nervous on the first tee,” said Texas A&M’s Cernousek. “First round of a major, so very nervous.”

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In a way, the round must have felt like it started all over again on the par-3 12th after Cernousek’s group had to wait 45 minutes after World No. 1 Nelly Korda made a 10 on the challenging par 3.

“It’s just going to be about who does hard better,” Texas A&M coach Gerrod Chadwell told her.

Cernousek was in between clubs on that hole and opted to hit a 7-iron. She two-putted from the back fringe, and Chadwell said that really settled her for the day.

The top four amateurs on the leaderboard after round one of the U.S. Women's Open are a combined 1-under-par.

The top four in the Rolex Rankings in the field were a combined 21-over.

— Justin Ray (@JustinRayGolf) May 31, 2024

A long hitter who manages her emotions well, Chadwell said the Frenchwoman has matured greatly since she showed up to campus with lightweight graphite shafts. Chadwell, who is married to LPGA player Stacy Lewis, said they brought Cernousek over to the house often during the Christmas holidays that freshman year.

“We’d call her fish because that’s what freshmen are called (at A&M), but she literally was a fish out of water,” said Chadwell.

Cernousek lives about 50 yards from the Aggies’ practice facility, and she’s there every single day. On the road, she putts at night in the hotel room.

Earlier this spring at the Chevron Collegiate, Cernousek had the overnight lead at the Golf Club of Houston but struggled with three-putts in the final round and dropped down the leaderboard. When they got back to campus, everyone peeled out of the parking lot except an emotional Cernousek, who slammed down her golf bag and putted for an hour and a half.

Lewis happened to drop by the facility and told Cernousek that she did the same thing in college at Arkansas.

“This is what’s going to make you great,” Lewis told her.

U.S. Women’s Amateur champion Megan Schofill returns to Augusta National as one to watch

Schofill can join Rose Zhang as the only players to win both the ANWA and U.S. Women’s Amateur.

The Robert Cox trophy, one of the oldest and most beautiful trophies in all of golf, doesn’t travel well. Megan Schofill buckled it up in her car to take it home over Christmas break. She’ll take it back in May after she leaves Auburn so that her home club, Glen Arven Country Club in Thomasville, Georgia, can enjoy it for a few months before this year’s edition of the U.S. Women’s Amateur.

Auburn went all out to celebrate Schofill’s achievement, honoring her on the field during a football game, on the court during a basketball game and with a dinner at the university president’s house attended by 200 supporters. The athletic director, John Cohen, even had a painting made for the fifth-year senior who became the first Tiger to win the title at Bel-Air Country Club.

It took Schofill six appearances at the Women’s Amateur before she won it all. Next week, when the 22-year-old tees it up at the Augusta National Women’s Amateur, she’ll be a different player than she was last spring.

“I proved to myself that I’m capable of a lot more than I really knew,” said Schofill, who tied for 14th last year after carding a 4-under 32 on the front nine at Augusta National (her back nine).

Painting commissioned by Auburn athletic director John Cohen. (courtesy photo)

The Augusta National Women’s Amateur trophy was designed in collaboration with Tiffany & Co. The bowl, spun from sterling silver and a 24K yellow gold vermeil, features the namesake flowers of each hole at Augusta National. The wooden base is made from a Magnolia tree.

While the original trophy remains at Augusta National year-round, each winner receives a replica trophy, similar to what’s done for the Masters Tournament.

It, too, would look like nice buckled up in Schofill’s front seat.

At this year’s ANWA, Schofill’s boyfriend, C.J. Easley, will be her on bag April 3-6 for the fifth edition of event. Easley is a senior on the Ole Miss golf team, and the couple have been dating for four years. Schofill relied on Easley’s laid-back demeanor inside the ropes at the Women’s Am.

“The only thing I had to do was get up and hit the shot,” she said of that week in Bel-Air.

2023 U.S. Women's Amateur — Megan Schofill smiles alongside her caddie and boyfriend CJ Easley after hitting her tee shot on hole 16 during the final round of the 2023 U.S. Women’s Amateur at Bel-Air Country Club in Los Angeles, Calif. on Sunday, Aug. 13, 2023. (Photo: James Gilbert/USGA)

Easley has also attended a number of Schofill’s lessons back home with David Jackson, Schofill’s next-door neighbor and a former PGA Tour player. Schofill says Jackson, who now works in medical sales, is the sole reason she loves golf deep in her soul. They work often together when she’s home from school.

Schofill said she’s currently working on the same things she’ll probably be working on for the rest of her life. One of those areas is the sequence of her swing, as her hips often get in a hurry.

“I always try to think of a paint brush,” said Schofill. “Smooth like a paint brush, if you were painting something.”

Head coach Melissa Luellen said Schofill came to Auburn already a beautiful ball-striker but has worked to elevate other areas of her game. In her first team meeting freshman year, Luellen was going through the pin sheet and advising when to take one on.

“It was just like a foreign language to her,” recalled Luellen. “She was like, ‘I don’t think I can play that way. I like to go for pins.’ ”

Needless to say, Schofill no longer goes for every pin. She’s more patient, which is helpful at a place like Champions Retreat, where the first two rounds of the ANWA are played. Her short game has improved, too.

The next month will be a busy stretch for Schofill as her team heads to the Liz Murphey Collegiate Classic in Athens this week. She’ll then drive to Augusta with Easley on Sunday night. After the ANWA, Schofill heads to the SECs the next week in Florida and will then head directly to the Chevron Championship in Texas to compete in the first of four majors.

The trappings that come with a U.S. Women’s Amateur victory are life-changing, but none more important than the boost of self-belief.

“It kind of solidified a lot of things for me personally,” said Schofill, who looks to join Rose Zhang as the only players to win both prestigious titles.

Augusta awaits.

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2023 Golfweek Awards: Female Amateur of the Year

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For the second straight year, there wasn’t much conversation among Golfweek‘s staff when it was time to decide the Female Amateur of the Year.

There were plenty of remarkable performances and stellar athletes across the globe who shined bright during the 2023 calendar year. There were defending champions proving their worth, plenty of first-time winners and veterans standing out when the lights were brightest, but one female golfer stood out among them all.

In the end, it came down to four athletes, three who made honorable mention and the Golfweek Female Amateur of the Year. This year’s winner only built on her legacy and cemented herself as the greatest female amateur of all time. The 2023 Golfweek Award winner for Female Amateur of the Year goes to …

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Megan Schofill becomes first Auburn Tiger to win the U.S. Women’s Amateur

Schofill admitted she was in shock after her big victory.

[autotag]Megan Schofill[/autotag] won the 123^rd U.S. Women’s Amateur Championship on Sunday, defeating Latanna Stone 4&3 in the 36-hole championship match.

She is the first-ever Auburn woman to win the prestigious event.

“It’s definitely a dream come true, but I’d be lying if I wouldn’t say I’m still in shock,” Schofill said after the victory. “I feel like it still hasn’t set in yet. Latanna [Stone] played a great match. It was really fun to be able to walk the fairways with her and I felt like we both played really solid golf. I can’t put into words the emotions I’m feeling and it’s just such an honor to be able to say that I won this year.”

Auburn head coach [autotag]Melissa Luellen[/autotag] was in attendance and praised the fight she showed during the tournament.

“Just so excited for Megan. She truly played better golf than anyone else in the field this week. She swung the club so beautifully and when she lost a hole she fought right back. I am so honored that I was able to be here this week to witness it.”

Stone, who attends LSU, took an early lead but Schofill seized the momentum back with wins on holes seven and eight. Stone tied it back up with a birdie on No. 12.

Schofill took command of the match by winning holes 15-17 to take a 3-up lead after the first 18 holes.

“I felt like that was huge going into the second 18,” Schofill said. “I felt like the momentum was on my side.”

Stone wasn’t done yet though, she birdied the 24th hole to cut the lead back to 2-up. Schofill quickly extended her lead, winning the next two holes to move to 4-up, and went on to secure the 4&3 championship match victory with a win on the 33rd hole.

With the win, Schofill has clinched spots in the 2024 Chevron Championship, Women’s British Open, Evian Championship and Augusta National Women’s Amateur.

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Unflappable Megan Schofill wins 123rd U.S. Women’s Amateur at Bel-Air

Schofill was steady all day during the 36-hole final in Los Angeles.

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LOS ANGELES — Billy Schofill is superstitious by trade. So it’s no surprise to hear Megan Schofill, his daughter, also is.

That’s why since it wasn’t broken, there was no point in trying to fix it.

Schofill, 22 from Monticello, Florida, was succeeding in the U.S. Women’s Amateur at Bel-Air Country Club, so Billy didn’t want to risk it and possibly jinx his daughter. So he resorted to staying at home and stressing while watching his daughter compete for her biggest title in her career on TV.

Only Billy knows what his reaction was like when she won.

Schofill was unflappable Sunday in the canyons of Bel-Air, topping fellow Floridian Latanna Stone 4 and 3 to win the 123rd U.S. Women’s Amateur. Schofill, who’s set to begin her fifth year at Auburn this coming week, took the lead for good in the 36-hole final on the 15th hole of the morning session during a stretch of three consecutive holes she won to hold a 3 up lead heading into the break.

“I’m definitely still in shock,” Schofill said on the 15th green, where moments earlier Stone missed a par putt to halve the hole. “What an honor. This golf course was unreal. If you would have asked me coming into this week that I was going to be the champion, I would have said I got a long way to go, but you know, it just shows all the hard work has paid off and I really need to be proud of myself and just build on this.”

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Schofill and Stone, who’s set to begin her fifth year at LSU this fall, are good friends, so it wasn’t a surprise to see them chatting each other up during their walk Sunday up and down the hills of Bel-Air.

Not until the back nine did the conversations become quiet.

Schofill led 4 up with nine holes to play, and Stone had numerous opportunities to shrink the gap, but a cold putter in the afternoon session took away any chance to dig into the lead.

Stone missed short putts on the ninth hole and 11th hole. Opportunities were there for her to claw her way back closer, but nothing fell. Earlier in the week, Stone was 5 down thru seven before winning in 20 holes, so Schofill knew no lead was safe.

Megan Schofill, winner of the 123rd U.S. Women’s Amateur @AuburnWGolf #USWomensAm pic.twitter.com/yZ8TYaoCTv

— Cameron Jourdan (@Cam_Jourdan) August 14, 2023

“We never allowed ourselves to think about winning,” Schofill’s caddie and boyfriend, C.J. Easley, said. “It was just one shot at a time, one hole at a time. Even when we got four up with 10 to go, I just asked her to give me 10 more good holes. Give me nine more good holes. Latanna is a really good player, and she’s going to make a run. We just have to do one shot at a time.

“I don’t even have the words to describe it. It’s just super cool from my perspective to see her accomplish this. I was glad to be along for the ride.”

On Saturday night, Schofill admitted she was antsy. When her and Easley’s food didn’t arrive at 7:20 p.m. and instead came 20 minutes later, it set her off. Not as much as when Easley’s alarm went off at 4 a.m.

“I was like, ‘I’m not going back to sleep now,’” Schofill said.

A sunny day turned cloudy and cool as the players marched down the back nine. Schofill’s worst shot of the championship came on the par-5 14th, when her tee shot sailed right and landed on mulch covering the side of the canyon. She found the ball, but with an awkward stance could only manage to get it to the rough. She ended up losing the hole.

On the next hole, the clinching one, she wasn’t going to let the tee shot go right, but she smashed a drive up the left side. Then she capitalized, hitting her iron to about 5 feet. Stone left her second short and in the rough. After Stone’s pitch shot ran past the hole, Schofill barely missed her birdie chance, but Stone was unable to knock in the par and conceded the match.

“The disappointments you have in the game make you want to feel those big moments that much more,” Auburn women’s golf coach Melissa Luellen said. “She’s had a couple of SEC Championships where she has been runner-up twice. For someone that has worked so hard and so talented, she hadn’t won that big tournament yet.

“This is huge. This is a game changer for someone who wins the U.S. Women’s Amateur.”

Luellen was at Bel-Air earlier in the week and told her players if they advanced to the championship match, she would be back. After a late flight from Atlanta to Los Angeles on Saturday, she was back to support Schofill for every hole Sunday.

However, being as superstitious as she is, Schofill said if she had a poor start, Luellen would have to leave. Instead, Luellen watched her team leader become the first Auburn Tiger to win a U.S. Women’s Amateur.

Schofill was emotional during the trophy ceremony, thanking her parents and Easley for their support. Earlier in the week, she said how well Easley and her worked together and how the comfortable partnership pushed her.

“I just felt like with him on the bag, I really don’t think without him any of this would have happened this week,” Schofill said.

It all came to fruition on the 15th green, when she hoisted the Robert Cox Trophy toward the overcast skies as tears streamed from her face. Schofill was the 123rd U.S. Women’s Amateur champion, and she finally had that elusive big title.

She’s the princess of Bel-Air.

Latanna Stone, Megan Schofill advance to U.S. Women’s Amateur championship match

The championship match is set.

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LOS ANGELES — Latanna Stone and Megan Schofill are good friends.

The two have competed against each other for four years in the Southeastern Conference, Stone playing for LSU and Schofill for Auburn. The Tigers, though from different litters, will battle for supremacy Sunday in the canyons of Bel-Air.

Stone and Schofill will play for the Robert Cox Trophy on Sunday, as the duo advanced to the championship match of the 2023 U.S. Women’s Amateur on Saturday at Bel-Air Country Club. What has been a stellar week in LA comes to a close with 36 holes Sunday, but one of the fifth-year golfers hailing from Florida will be a United States Golf Association champion by day’s end.

U.S. Women’s Amateur: Photos

It is the sixth U.S. Women’s Amateur appearance for both players.

Here’s what you need to know from the semifinals of the 2023 U.S. Women’s Amateur.

Megan Schofill making special run at U.S. Women’s Amateur with boyfriend on bag

The first time C.J. Easley caddied for Megan Schofill, it didn’t go so well.

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LOS ANGELES — The first time C.J. Easley caddied for Megan Schofill, it didn’t go so well.

Safe to say the second time is working out better.

Schofill, a fifth-year at Auburn, is one of the semifinalists at the 2023 U.S. Women’s Amateur at Bel-Air Country Club. The highest-seeded player remaining in the field, Schofill took down the highest-ranked player in the World Amateur Golf Ranking, Anna Davis, to move into Saturday’s semifinal.

And having Easley, who’s set to begin his fifth year at Ole Miss this fall, on the bag has made the moment that much more memorable for Schofill.

“I didn’t putt very well in the first tournament he caddied for me,” Schofill said. “I think I was 3 over after three rounds.

“This week, he has done a phenomenal job.”

U.S. Women’s Amateur: Photos

A caddie can be an under-appreciated aspect of how well a golfer plays. In the case of Schofill, she has someone who helps keep her relaxed when tensions are high and makes strolling the rolling hills of Bel-Air a bit easier.

“I feel like it’s really hard to get a caddie you absolutely love,” Schofill said. “For me, if I have a bad hole we can talk about something else. We don’t have to harp on the bad shots. He does a great job of staying calm, which is super helpful because I can be an anxious person and he’s even keel in all aspects of his life.”

Schofill will take on Michigan fifth-year Hailey Borja at 1:50 p.m. ET (10:50 a.m. local) in the second semifinal, the winner advancing to take on the winner between Rachel Heck, a senior at Stanford, and Latanna Stone, a fifth-year at LSU.

Borja has her mom on the bag this week. Heck has her dad. The homely connections are paying off in Los Angeles.

Schofill said Easley’s best moment this week came when she completely misread a putt, but he stepped in and corrected the aim point, and she drilled it. There have also been some silly moments, like bumping into each other on the green and Schofill blaming him on her poor shots.

But there’s no one else she’s rather have by her side as she tees off starting the biggest match of her life Saturday morning.

“It has been great to have him on the bag and have my best friend with me this week,” Schofill said.

Megan Schofill named First-Team All-American by WGCA

She is the 12th First-Team All-American golfer in program history.

Auburn senior [autotag]Megan Schofill[/autotag] has been named a First-Team All-American, the Women’s Golf Coaches Association announced on Friday.

“What an absolute honor for Megan to be selected for first team,” Auburn head coach [autotag]Melissa Luellen[/autotag] said. “A true list of the vest best in college golf with all bright futures beyond college in the professional ranks. Megan works very hard and is very coachable. She asks questions all the time to learn as much about the game as possible- a winning combination.”

Schofill is the 27th All-American and the 12th First-team All-American golfer in Auburn history.

She broke the program record for most career rounds under par during the season (43) and continues to hold the program’s lowest career scoring average (72.14). Her par-4 scoring average of 4.026 this season is the lowest in Auburn history and her par-3 scoring average of 3.045 is the second lowest in program history.

Schofill also finished second at the 2023 SEC Championship and her 205 (-11) at the Illini Women’s Invitational at Medinah in the fall tied her for the second all-time lowest 54-hole score in Auburn history. Her second round 65 (-7) at the event tied the second-lowest 18-hole score in program history.

The WGCA uses head-to-head competition, comparison with common opponents, scoring average, place finishes in regular season events and tournament wins and strength of schedule as criteria to create their annual All-American teams.

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ANNIKA Award: Final fall watch list for 2022-23 women’s college golf season

Check out who’s in the running for women’s college golfer of the year.

As the fall season winds to a close, it’s time to recognize players who set themselves apart as frontrunners in women’s college golf over the past two and a half months.

Rose Zhang, who won the award as a freshman at Stanford last season, is off to an excellent start this year, but plenty of others are making their case early, like Andrea Lignell at Ole Miss, among many others.

The ANNIKA Award honors the player of the year in college women’s golf, as selected by college golfers, coaches and members of the college golf media. The players are listed alphabetically. Players on the ANNIKA Award Watch List were selected by a panel of Golfweek and Golf Channel reporters.

Golfweek/Sagarin Rankings: Women’s team | Women’s individual

Wake Forest, South Carolina make a move, but Virginia remains out front after second round of ANNIKA Intercollegiate

Virginia is looking to clinch the victory come Wednesday.

LAKE ELMO, Minn. – Lauren Walsh stepped to the tee knowing she had a special round going.

The senior for Wake Forest knew the closing stretch at Royal Golf Club outside of Minneapolis provided multiple birdie opportunities. A short par 4. Two par 5s. After birdieing five of her past six holes, Walsh had an opportunity to go even lower.

“I made bogey on 15, which was plenty frustrating,” Walsh said while cracking a smile, “and then I missed a short birdie putt on 16. so I was determined to birdie one of the last two.”

And she did just that, bringing a loud cheer from her three teammates sitting greenside.

Walsh fired a 6-under 66, tied for low round of the day, to help propel herself and Wake Forest up the leaderboard during Tuesday’s second round of the ANNIKA Intercollegiate. The Demon Deacons, third in Golfweek‘s preseason women’s college team rankings, moved up four spots to second on the team leaderboard after a 9-under performance but still trail Virginia heading to Wednesday’s final round. Walsh sits tied for second place at 5 under for the tournament, and Emilia Migliaccio shot 4 under on the day and moved up to 2 under overall.

ANNIKA Intercollegiate: Score

“Today gives us a lot of confidence moving forward,” Walsh said “We’ve all worked hard on our games over the summer at home. To come back together and see some good scores is always good.”

The 2022-23 Wake Forest women’s golf team at the 2022 ANNIKA Intercollegiate. (Photo: Taylor Britton, ANNIKA Foundation)

Wake Forest at one point was in a three-way tie for first with Virginia and South Carolina, which won last season’s tournament. But the Demon Deacons teed off before the Cavaliers and Gamecocks, and there was plenty of leaderboard shuffling before the conclusion of the second round.

Royal Golf Club played almost two strokes easier during the second round Tuesday compared to the first round. The five most difficult holes come on the front nine through two rounds, according to Golfstat. Meanwhile, of the six holes playing under par, four come on the back nine, with three of the four being Nos. 15, 17 and 18.

Virginia finished strong, as it leads following the second straight round at 9 under, six strokes ahead of Wake Forest. Sophomore Amanda Sambach, who shot 7-under 65 in the first round, is at 11 under for the tournament after a second-round 4-under 68 that included birdies on three of her final four holes. She leads by six strokes in the individual competition.

“The team stayed really patient on the front,” Virginia coach Ria Scott said. “There’s a stretch of really challenging holes. They did a great job of sticking to what they were doing and waiting for the opportunities on the back.”

South Carolina fell back after holding the lead alone about halfway through the second round. Mathilde Claisse and Hannah Darling both moved into the top five on the leaderboard, as the duo are tied for second with Walsh. Claisse was 5 under on the day, and Darling tied Walsh for low round of the day at 6-under 66. The Gamecocks are at 2 under, one behind Wake Forest and seven behind Virginia.

Duke had a strong back nine and sits at even par, tied with Michigan for fourth. Phoebe Brinker had four birdies, including three straight, on the back nine and she’s tied for seventh on the leaderboard at 3 under. Freshman Andie Smith birdied six holes on her back nine and shot 3 under for the day.

Florida’s Maisie Filler also finished strong, making birdie on her final three holes to finish 5 under in the second round. Filler is at 3 under for the tournament, in a tie for seventh. Michigan’s Monet Chun and Texas’ Bohyun Park are tied for fifth at 4 under. Auburn’s Megan Schofill is tied for ninth with Migliaccio at 2 under, rounding out the top 10.

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