Lurgan’s Annabel Wilson shot a second successive, level par 73 to qualify fo the knockout stages of the US Women’s Amateur at Chambers Bay.

The UCLA star tied for 26th and will face New Zealand’s Fiona Xu in today’s first round.

Scoring

The USGA writes: 

There must be something about the number 10 that agrees with Latanna Stone. Ten years ago Stone, of Riverview, Fla., qualified to play in the U.S. Women’s Amateur as a 10-year-old. Today she set another milestone, posting a 36-hole total of 10-under-par 136 after a sparkling second round of 8-under 65. Stone earned co-medalist honors with Alice Ziyi Zhao of the People’s Republic of China and Laney Frye of Nicholasville, Ky., who will occupy the top three seeds in match play, beginning on Wednesday.

Stone built on her solid opening round of 71 yesterday to card eight birdies and set the championship record for the lowest single round in relation to par. It also is a new women’s competitive course record at Chambers Bay, beating the 67 set on Monday by Zhao.

“Just like yesterday, everything was working well,” said Stone. “I was hitting the ball great and putted really well. Putting kind of saved me a little bit today. But it’s just fairways and greens and keeping it simple.

“I'm really pumped for match play. I think I can play really aggressive – even more aggressive than I did in stroke play. Yeah, I’m excited.”

Not to be outdone, Zhao also finished 36 holes at 10 under par, which is the lowest score in relation to par in championship history. Zhao, who at 13 is the second-youngest player in the field, followed up her opening-round 67 with a 4-under 69.

“I had a couple of mistakes, but otherwise I played pretty solid today,” said Zhao. “I think I missed two short birdie putts. I really like match play, so hopefully I can put together another couple good rounds.”

The long-hitting Frye was the last to join the party at 10 under par. Playing in the group behind Zhao, Frye had a 15-foot birdie putt on the par-5 18th hole that would have put her at 11 under par. It slid by, resulting in the three-way tie at the top.

“The conditions were mild today,” said Frye. “I think I got the better end of the draw going early/late. Not a ton of wind. It was kind of in a different direction, so that took a little adjustment. But the course is perfect. It’s getting firmer and faster, all you can ask for.” 

Three strokes back from the co-leaders at 7-under 139 are Kelsey Bennett, of Australia, along with two teammates on this year’s victorious USA Curtis Cup Team, Megha Ganne of Holmdel, N.J., and Amari Avery of Riverside, Calif.

Stone, Ganne and Avery were among eight players in the field who competed in the 2022 Curtis Cup Match at Merion, and seven of them advanced to match play. Also in that group from the victorious USA Team are Rachel Kuehn of Asheville, N.C.; defending champion Jensen Castle of Columbia, S.C.; and Rachel Heck of Memphis, Tenn. Annabel Wilson, who played on the Great Britain & Ireland Team, also advanced to the match-play bracket. 

There was an 8-for-4 playoff to determine the final match-play spots that began on the par-4 10th hole. Jieni Li, Jennifer Rosenberg and Camryn Carreon all made par to qualify. Alice Hodge was eliminated with a double bogey, and Victoria Zheng, Julia Misemer, Emma Abramson and Anika Dy made bogey to move on to the second playoff hole. Playing the par-3 17th, all but Abramson made par and the playoff was suspended due to darkness. It will resume on Wednesday at 7:30 a.m. PT with Zheng, Misemer and Dy playing the par-5 18th hole to determine the final match-play qualifier.

What’s Next

It’s on to match play. The Round of 64 begins at 9 a.m. PT on Wednesday and will be broadcast on Golf Channel from 3-6 p.m. PT (6-9 p.m. ET).

Notable

• At 13 years, 6 months, Zhou is the youngest medalist/co-medalist in U.S. Women’s Amateur history.

• Since 2010, only two medalists or co-medalists in stroke play have advanced to the quarterfinals. The last medalist to win the championship was Amanda Blumenherst, in 2008.

• The only mid-amateur (age 25 and older) to make match play is 26-year-old Aliea Clark, of New York, N.Y. The runner-up in last year’s U.S. Women’s Mid-Amateur, Clark is halfway through a two-year graduate program at NYU, where she played a semester on the golf team after playing three years as an undergraduate at UCLA. Clark shot 75-72—147.

• Ami Gianchandani had a roller-coaster day on her way to earning the XX seed. The Yale senior began her round on the 10th hole and shot a 6-over 42 on her opening nine holes. After making the turn, she made eagle on the par-5 first hole to jump-start a comeback and shoot a bogey-free 32 on her inward nine.

• Three players shot bogey-free rounds in stroke play: Angela (Yilin) Liu and Lauren Gomez on Monday, and Latanna Stone on Tuesday.

• After turning heads with a 1-over 74 yesterday, seven-time USGA champion Ellen Port, the oldest player in the field, struggled in the second round to miss match play. She will now set her sights on a championship she has won four times – the U.S. Women’s Mid-Amateur, to be held Sept. 17-22 at Fiddlesticks Country Club in Fort Myers, Fla.

• Eun Jeong Seong’s mark of being the only player to win the U.S. Girls’ Junior and U.S. Women’s Amateur in the same year is safe until at least 2023. The reigning Girls’ Junior champion, Yana Wilson of Henderson, Nev., missed the cut. Runner-up Gianna Clemente bounced back from the disappointing loss to Wilson two weeks ago at The Club at Olde Stone in Bowling Green, Ky., shooting 73-74—147.

Quotable

“It's a pretty wicked place, to be honest. You can't get over the view. You just look out and you're amazed by it. But yeah, it's a cool place. I'm really enjoying playing around it.” – Maddison Hinson-Tolchard(140), on Chambers Bay

“I personally don't really care about seeding. I've been in several match play tournaments, and honestly you just don't know what you're going to get in match play. Obviously, you want to play well, but I'll just see where the cards lie. – Casey Weidenfeld (140) on whether she’s keeping a close eye on her seed for match play

“It was actually really funny because I saw it hit towards the hole and it was just a few feet right but I couldn't tell where it ended. So I'm looking up at everyone up above, and I'm like, guys, is it good? And then one person clapped, and I was like, okay, so it's at least on the green. Then all of a sudden they're like, ‘it went in.’ So I was like, yeah!” – Catherine Rao (140), on her hole-out eagle from 120 yards on the par-5 18th hole

“I hit it super thin. The thing runs all the way up the hill and it comes back and it looks pretty good, and I was like, no, and then it went in the hole. Everyone was clapping and I was just mortified, like I just shanked a 52-degree wedge into the hole. But whatever. I just took the ball and I was like, thank you, I'm out.” – Aliea Clark (147), on her eagle on the par-5 4th hole

UNIVERSITY PLACE, Wash. – Results from Tuesday's second round of stroke play at the 2022 U.S. Women's Amateur Championship, played at 6,561-yard, par-73 Chambers Bay

T1  Alice Ziyi Zhao, People's Republic of China - 67-69--136
T1  Laney Frye, Nicholasville, Ky. - 68-68--136
T1  Latanna Stone, Riverview, Fla. - 71-65--136
T4  Kelsey Bennett, Australia - 69-70--139
T4  Megha Ganne, Holmdel, N.J. - 71-68--139
T4  Amari Avery, Riverside, Calif. - 72-67--139
T7  Maddison Hinson-Tolchard, Australia - 69-71--140
T7  Taglao Jeeravivitaporn, Thailand - 70-70--140
T7  Catherine Rao, Camarillo, Calif. - 73-67--140
T7  Casey Weidenfeld, Pembroke Pines, Fla. - 68-72--140
T11  Melanie Green, Medina, N.Y. - 71-70--141
T11  Lauren Gomez, Murrieta, Calif. - 70-71--141
T11  Kaleiya Romero, San Jose, Calif. - 72-69--141
T14  Rachel Kuehn, Asheville, N.C. - 70-72--142
T14  Jensen Castle, Columbia, S.C. - 73-69--142
T16  Han Hsuan Yu, Chinese Taipei - 71-72--143
T16  Angela (Yilin) Liu, Irvine, Calif. - 68-75--143
T18  Jaclyn LaHa, Pleasanton, Calif. - 74-70--144
T18  Brooke Seay, San Diego, Calif. - 69-75--144
T18  Leigha Devine, Windsor, Colo. - 71-73--144
T21  Lilly Thomas, Bentonville, Ark. - 73-72--145
T21  Sara Im, Duluth, Ga. - 73-72--145
T21  Kynadie Adams, Nashville, Tenn. - 75-70--145
T21  Zoe Campos, Valencia, Calif. - 71-74--145
T21  Annabelle Pancake, Zionsville, Ind. - 73-72--145
T26  Angela Arora, Canada - 76-70--146
T26  Annabel Wilson, Republic of Ireland - 73-73--146
T26  Nika Ito, Japan - 74-72--146
T26  Fiona Xu, New Zealand - 76-70--146
T26  Kayla Smith, Burlington, N.C. - 71-75--146
T26  Leigh Chien, Irvine, Calif. - 73-73--146
T26  Taylor Ledwein, New Prague, Minn. - 73-73--146
T26  Jennifer Cleary, Wilmington, Del. - 72-74--146
T34  Lauren Zaretsky, Canada - 74-73--147
T34  Saki Baba, Japan - 73-74--147
T34  Sera Hasegawa, Japan - 72-75--147
T34  Tsubasa Kajitani, Japan - 72-75--147
T34  Abbey Daniel, Covington, La. - 77-70--147
T34  Gianna Clemente, Estero, Fla. - 73-74--147
T34  Lauren Lehigh, Loveland, Colo. - 77-70--147
T34  Mia Hammond, New Albany, Ohio - 72-75--147
T34  Aliea Clark, New York, N.Y. - 75-72--147
T34  Amanda Sambach, Pinehurst, N.C. - 73-74--147
T34  Brianna Navarrosa, San Diego, Calif. - 71-76--147
T34  Megan Yang, San Jose, Calif. - 75-72--147
T46  Bohyun Park, Republic of Korea - 76-72--148
T46  Katie Li, Basking Ridge, N.J. - 73-75--148
T46  Aneka Seumanutafa, Emmitsburg, Md. - 75-73--148
T46  Lynn Lim, Gallatin, Tenn. - 71-77--148
T46  Rachel Heck, Memphis, Tenn. - 73-75--148
T46  Ashley Kim, Redondo Beach, Calif. - 77-71--148
T46  Ami Gianchandani, Watchung, N.J. - 74-74--148
T53  Vanessa Borovilos, Canada - 74-75--149
T53  Monet Chun, Canada - 76-73--149
T53  Savannah Grewal, Canada - 74-75--149
T53  Yixian Guo, People's Republic of China - 77-72--149
T53  Bailey Shoemaker, Dade City, Fla. - 77-72--149
T53  Julia Gregg, Farmers Branch, Texas - 74-75--149
T53  Izzy Pellot, Orlando, Fla. - 76-73--149
T53  Anna Fang, San Diego, Calif. - 76-73--149
T61  Jieni Li, People's Republic of China - 76-74--150
T61  Jennifer Rosenberg, Laurel Hollow, N.Y. - 72-78--150
T61  Camryn Carreon, San Antonio, Texas - 74-76--150

Playoff
T61  Victoria Zheng, Canada - 74-76--150
T61  Julia Misemer, Overland Park, Kan. - 75-75--150
T61  Anika Dy, Traverse City, Mich. - 75-75--150

Missed the cut
T61  Emma Abramson, Sandwich, Mass. - 73-77--150
T61  Alice Hodge, Larchmont, N.Y. - 77-73--150
T69  Valentina Rossi, Argentina - 77-74--151
T69  Tomi Arejola, Philippines - 76-75--151
T69  Rianne Mikhaela Malixi, Philippines - 77-74--151
T69  Crystal Wang, Diamond Bar, Calif. - 80-71--151
T69  Hannah Levi, D'Iberville, Miss. - 75-76--151
T69  Kelly Sim, Edgewater, N.J. - 77-74--151
T69  Cassie Kim, Yakima, Wash. - 70-81--151
T76  Coco Pei, Canada - 74-78--152
T76  Nicole Abelar, Philippines - 72-80--152
T76  Morgan Miller, Austin, Texas - 76-76--152
T76  Helen Yeung, Clarksville, Md. - 75-77--152
T76  Megan Whittaker, Elkhorn, Neb. - 76-76--152
T76  Ty Akabane, Honolulu, Hawaii - 77-75--152
T76  Catherine Park, Irvine, Calif. - 75-77--152
T76  Megan Schofill, Monticello, Fla. - 75-77--152
T76  Elina Kuang, Murrieta, Calif. - 76-76--152
T76  Alexandra Gazzoli, Palm Coast, Fla. - 78-74--152
T76  Sabrina Iqbal, San Jose, Calif. - 74-78--152
T76  Molly Smith, Westford, Mass. - 77-75--152
T76  Brooke Biermann, Wildwood, Mo. - 76-76--152
T89  Justice Bosio, Australia - 76-77--153
T89  Hsin Tai Lin, Chinese Taipei - 75-78--153
T89  Britta Snyder, Ames, Iowa - 75-78--153
T89  Sophia Burnett, Bluffton, S.C. - 76-77--153
T89  Andie Smith, Bluffton, S.C. - 79-74--153
T89  Emilia Migliaccio, Cary, N.C. - 77-76--153
T89  Abbey Schutte, Goodyear, Ariz. - 79-74--153
T89  Zoe Slaughter, Houston, Texas - 73-80--153
T89  Avery Weed, Ocean Springs, Miss. - 80-73--153
T89  Sarah Lydic, Ocean View, Del. - 74-79--153
T89  Isabel Sy, San Gabriel, Calif. - 75-78--153
T89  Gracie McGovern, Scottsdale, Ariz. - 76-77--153
T89  Reagan Zibilski, Springfield, Mo. - 79-74--153
T89  Sarah Kahn, Windermere, Fla. - 77-76--153
T103  Brooke Rivers, Canada - 77-77--154
T103  Audrey Tan, Malaysia - 79-75--154
T103  Grace Lee, Bellevue, Wash. - 77-77--154
T103  Sophie Linder, Carthage, Tenn. - 79-75--154
T103  Danielle Suh, Herndon, Va. - 77-77--154
T103  Meagan Winans, Richardson, Texas - 76-78--154
T103  Ryan Flynn, Truckee, Calif. - 79-75--154
T103  Faith Kilgore, Wimberley, Texas - 77-77--154
T111  Euna Han, Canada - 75-80--155
T111  Jasmine Youn, Guatemala - 74-81--155
T111  Isabel Amezcua, Mexico - 74-81--155
T111  Allison Bray, Cape Girardeau, Mo. - 78-77--155
T111  Blakesly Brock, Chattanooga, Tenn. - 80-75--155
T111  Grace Curran, New Lenox, Ill. - 74-81--155
T111  Ina Kim-Schaad, New York, N.Y. - 74-81--155
T111  Kate Barber, Savannah, Ga. - 74-81--155
T111  Kaitlyn Lee, Scarsdale, N.Y. - 80-75--155
T120  Kendall Prince, Lake Oswego, Ore. - 78-78--156
T120  Claire Wright, Chowchilla, Calif. - 80-76--156
T120  Martha Leach, Hebron, Ky. - 78-78--156
T120  Kaitlyn Schroeder, Jacksonville, Fla. - 75-81--156
T120  Thienna Huynh, Lilburn, Ga. - 73-83--156
T120  Tatum Walsh, Midlothian, Va. - 77-79--156
T120  Kate Nakaoka, Mililani, Hawaii - 81-75--156
T120  Shannyn Vogler, Moline, Ill. - 78-78--156
T120  Caroline Patterson, Palm Beach Gardens, Fla. - 77-79--156
T120  Ellie Roth, Plano, Texas - 76-80--156
T120  Adithi Anand, Redmond, Wash. - 78-78--156
T131  Tillie Claggett, Canada - 79-78--157
T131  Ching-Tzu Chen, Chinese Taipei - 77-80--157
T131  Emily Dunlap, Greenville, S.C. - 77-80--157
T134  Jennifer Gu, Canada - 76-82--158
T134  Tiffany Kong, Canada - 81-77--158
T134  Amber Park, Allen, Texas - 78-80--158
T134  Charlotte Hillary, Englewood, Colo. - 77-81--158
T134  Ellen Port, St. Louis, Mo. - 74-84--158
T139  Sofia Benavides, Mexico - 78-81--159
T139  Tunrada Piddon, Thailand - 82-77--159
T139  Carly Carter, Eagle, Idaho - 77-82--159
T139  Michelle Woo, Fremont, Calif. - 82-77--159
T139  Yana Wilson, Henderson, Nev. - 80-79--159
T139  Alison Takamiya, Honolulu, Hawaii - 82-77--159
145  Brooklyn Millard, Aurora, Ohio - 80-80--160
146  Ailis Tribolet, Chandler, Ariz. - 82-79--161
T147  Hunter Nugent, Canada - 83-79--162
T147  Mason Lewis, Granbury, Texas - 79-83--162
T149  Lara Tennant, Portland, Ore. - 81-82--163
T149  Leia Chung, Wahiawa, Hawaii - 78-85--163
T151  Alessandra Nagayo, Canada - 79-85--164
T151  Emma Tang, Chino Hills, Calif. - 83-81--164
T151  Alise Knudson, Dallas, Texas - 84-80--164
T151  Cara Heisterkamp, Westlake, Ohio - 82-82--164
155  Faith Belmear, Owasso, Okla. - 82-85--167
156  Adie Maki, Canton, Mich. - 89-87--176

UNIVERSITY PLACE, Wash. – Pairings for Wednesday's Round-of-64 matches at the 2022 U.S. Women's Amateur Championship, played at 6,561-yard, par-73 Chambers Bay

9 a.m. - Latanna Stone, Riverview, Fla. (136) vs. TBD
9:10 a.m. - Fiona Xu, New Zealand (146) vs. Annabel Wilson, Republic of Ireland (146)
9:20 a.m. - Angela (Yilin) Liu, Irvine, Calif. (143) vs. Katie Li, Basking Ridge, N.J. (148)
9:30 a.m. - Han Hsuan Yu, Chinese Taipei (143) vs. Bohyun Park, Republic of Korea (148)
9:40 a.m. - Catherine Rao, Camarillo, Calif. (140) vs. Izzy Pellot, Orlando, Fla. (149)
9:50 a.m. - Sara Im, Duluth, Ga. (145) vs. Sera Hasegawa, Japan (147)
10 a.m. - Maddison Hinson-Tolchard, Australia (140) vs. Yixian Guo, People's Republic of China (149)
10:10 a.m. - Annabelle Pancake, Zionsville, Ind. (145) vs. Abbey Daniel, Covington, La. (147)
10:20 a.m. - Kelsey Bennett, Australia (139) vs. Jieni Li, People's Republic of China (150)
10:30 a.m. - Nika Ito, Japan (146) vs. Gianna Clemente, Estero, Fla. (147)
10:40 a.m. - Melanie Green, Medina, N.Y. (141) vs. Rachel Heck, Memphis, Tenn. (148)
10:50 a.m. - Jaclyn LaHa, Pleasanton, Calif. (144) vs. Brianna Navarrosa, San Diego, Calif. (147)
11 a.m. - Megha Ganne, Holmdel, N.J. (139) vs. Julia Gregg, Farmers Branch, Texas (149)
11:10 a.m. - Taylor Ledwein, New Prague, Minn. (146) vs. Lauren Zaretsky, Canada (147)
11:20 a.m. - Lauren Gomez, Murrieta, Calif. (141) vs. Monet Chun, Canada (149)
11:30 a.m. - Zoe Campos, Valencia, Calif. (145) vs. Amanda Sambach, Pinehurst, N.C. (147)
11:40 a.m. - Alice Ziyi Zhao, People's Republic of China (136) vs. Camryn Carreon, San Antonio, Texas (150)
11:50 a.m. - Jennifer Cleary, Wilmington, Del. (146) vs. Saki Baba, Japan (147)
Noon - Jensen Castle, Columbia, S.C. (142) vs. Aneka Seumanutafa, Emmitsburg, Md. (148)
12:10 p.m. - Leigha Devine, Windsor, Colo. (144) vs. Lynn Lim, Gallatin, Tenn. (148)
12:20 p.m. - Taglao Jeeravivitaporn, Thailand (140) vs. Anna Fang, San Diego, Calif. (149)
12:30 p.m. - Kayla Smith, Burlington, N.C. (146) vs. Lauren Lehigh, Loveland, Colo. (147)
12:40 p.m. - Casey Weidenfeld, Pembroke Pines, Fla. (140) vs. Savannah Grewal, Canada (149)
12:50 p.m. - Lilly Thomas, Bentonville, Ark. (145) vs. Mia Hammond, New Albany, Ohio (147)
1 p.m. - Laney Frye, Nicholasville, Ky. (136) vs. Jennifer Rosenberg, Laurel Hollow, N.Y. (150)
1:10 p.m. - Leigh Chien, Irvine, Calif. (146) vs. Aliea Clark, New York, N.Y. (147)
1:20 p.m. - Rachel Kuehn, Asheville, N.C. (142) vs. Ashley Kim, Redondo Beach, Calif. (148)
1:30 p.m. - Brooke Seay, San Diego, Calif. (144) vs. Ami Gianchandani, Watchung, N.J. (148)
1:40 p.m. - Amari Avery, Riverside, Calif. (139) vs. Vanessa Borovilos, Canada (149)
1:50 p.m. - Angela Arora, Canada (146) vs. Megan Yang, San Jose, Calif. (147)
2 p.m. - Kaleiya Romero, San Jose, Calif. (141) vs. Bailey Shoemaker, Dade City, Fla. (149)
2:10 p.m. - Kynadie Adams, Nashville, Tenn. (145) vs. Tsubasa Kajitani, Japan (147)