Four New Jersey Golfers Advance to Match Play at 123rd U.S. Women’s Amateur Championship
Pictured: Samantha Galantini - photo by USGA/James Gilbert
LOS ANGELES, Calif. - Four female golfers hailing from the Garden State have advanced to the match play portion of the 123rd U.S. Women’s Amateur Championship at Bel-Air Country Club in California.
Pacing the New Jersey contingent, Samantha Galantini (West Orange, N.J.) and Megha Ganne (Holmdel, N.J.) both posted top-25 finishes in the stroke play portion of the championship. After an opening round 74 (+4), Katie Li (Basking Ridge, N.J.) bounced back in the second round, shooting a 1-under par 69 to make the cut by one stroke. Megan Meng (Pennington, N.J.) survived a 10-for-9 playoff on Wednesday morning to advance to the match play.
Ganne posted one of the lowest rounds of the second day at Bel-Air, manufacturing a 3-under par 67 to climb up the leaderboard.
Madeleine Zang, medalist at the 2023 New Jersey Women’s Amateur Championship closed out her first appearance in the U.S. Amateur, shooting back to back rounds of 75.
New Jersey Player Tee Times (ET)
3:10 p.m. ET Katie Li vs. Kyra Ly
3:20 p.m. ET Megan Meng vs. Hailey Borja
4:10 p.m. ET Samantha Galantini vs. Anne Chen
4:50 p.m. ET Megha Ganne vs. Kelly Xu
Television Coverage
Golf Channel will broadcast the Round of 64 on Wednesday from 6-9 p.m. ET.
U.S. Women's Amateur Schedule
Aug. 9 (Wednesday): Round of 64, match play
Aug. 10 (Thursday): Rounds of 32 and 16, match play
Aug. 11 (Friday): Quarterfinal round, match play
Aug. 12 (Saturday): Semifinal round, match play
Aug. 13 (Sunday): 36-hole championship final, match play
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