After two rounds of stroke play, the U.S. Girls’ Junior transitions into four grueling days of match play to decide a champion.
Reigning U.S. Women’s Amateur champion Rose Zhang claimed medalist honors at 9 under thanks to a course-record 8-under 62 during Tuesday’s second round at Columbia Country Club in Chevy Chase, Maryland. Incoming USC freshman Xin (Cindy) Kou finished second at 6 under after a 2-under 68 and was the only other player under par.
Thirty-six holes weren’t enough, leading to a 9-for-4 playoff for the final match play spots. The first playoff hole was the par-3 16th, a hole that’s said to have inspired Bobby Jones for No. 12 at Augusta National Golf Club. Yoko Tai and Chloe Johnson qualified first with birdies, sending Regina Plascencia, Avery Zweig, Alexandra Gazzoli and Lauren Nguyen into a 4-for-2 playoff after each made par. Zweig and Nguyen made birdie to advance.
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The Round of 64 will be contested on Wednesday, with the Rounds of 32 and 16 on Thursday, the quarterfinals and semifinals on Friday and the 36-hole final match on Saturday.
Check out all the matches in the Round of 64 below:
8:00 a.m. – 1 Rose Zhang vs. 64 Lauryn Nguyen
8:09 a.m. – 32 Rianne Mikhaela Malixi vs. 33 Kynadie Adams
8:18 a.m. – 16 Amari Avery vs. 49 Addison Klonowski
8:27 a.m. – 17 Lion Higo vs. 48 Isabella Van der Biest
8:36 a.m. – 8 Yunxuan Zhang vs. 57 Lauren Sammon
8:45 a.m. – 25 Karoline Tuttle vs. 40 Jennifer Cai
8:54 a.m. – 9 Anna Davis vs. 56 Kelly Xu
9:03 a.m. – 24 Yana Wilson vs. 41 Sky Sudberry
9:12 a.m. – 4 Kiera Bartholomew vs. 61 Yoko Tai
9:21 a.m. – 29 Natalie Cao vs. 36 Kary Hollenbaugh
9:30 a.m. – 13 Kiara Romero vs. 52 Mia Nixon
9:39 a.m. – 20 Catherine Rao vs. 45 Kaitlyn Schroeder
9:48 a.m. – 5 Reagan Zibilski vs. 60 Caris Kim
9:57 a.m. – 28 Alexa Pano vs. 37 Sophie Linder
10:06 a.m. – 12 Laney Frye vs. 53 Alice Hodge
10:15 a.m. – 21 Grace Kilcrease vs. 44 Paula Miranda
10:24 a.m. – 2 Xin Kou vs. 63 Avery Zweig
10:33 a.m. – 31 Jacqueline Putrino vs. 34 Sydney Roberts
10:42 a.m. – 15 Savannah Barber vs. 50 Borina Sutikto
10:51 a.m. – 18 Bailey Shoemaker vs. 47 Erin Lee
11:00 a.m. – 7 Jordan Fischer vs. 58 Katie Li
11:09 a.m. – 26 Kennedy Swedick vs. 39 Lacey Uchida
11:18 a.m. – 10 Maria Jose Marin Negrete vs. 55 Jade Gu
11:27 a.m. – 23 Caroline Canales vs. 42 Leigh Chien
11:36 a.m. – 3 Bailey Davis vs. 62 Chloe Johnson
11:45 a.m. – 30 Chloe Lam vs. 35 Faith Choi
11:54 a.m. – 14 Camille Boyd vs. 51 Molly Hardwick
12:03 p.m. – 19 Gracie McGovern vs. 46 Emily McKee
12:12 p.m. – 6 Karen Tsuru vs. 59 Caroline Hwang
12:21 p.m. – 27 Isabella McCauley vs. 38 Esther Lee
12:30 p.m. – 11 Zoe Antoinette Campos vs. 54 Antonia Matte
12:39 p.m. – 22 Kylie Chong Vs. 43 Kylee Choi
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