Jensen Castle is the queen of United States amateur golf. The Kentucky women's golfer defeated Arizona's Yu-Chiang (Vivian) Hou to win the 2021 U.S. Women's Amateur.
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Altamont’s Swedick fires 76 in first round of Symetra Tour’s Twin Bridges Championship | The Daily Gazette
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GUILDERLAND The sensational summer of Altamont native Kennedy Swedick took another special step Friday in the opening round of the Symetra Tour’s Twin Bridges Championship Friday at Pinehaven Country Club.
Swedick, the 14-year-old Albany Academy student who plays well beyond her years, bounced back from a pair of double bogeys on the front nine to shoot even-par on the back nine, including three birdies on the last four holes, for a solid 5-over-par 76.
Meanwhile, 25-year-old Maddie McCrary, an Oklahoma State graduate who has 15 starts on the LPGA Tour as well as two top-10s and $37,349 in career earnings on the Symetra Tour, took the opening-round lead with a 5-under-par 66 that included six birdies and just one bogey. Canadian Maude-Aimee LeBlanc, who has 23 career top-10s, was second with a 67 that included five birdies, while Binny Lee was third
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CHEVY CHASE, Md. (AP) Rose Zhang won the U.S. Girls’ Junior on Saturday at Columbia Country Club, beating local favorite Bailey Davis 6 and 4 in the 36-hole final to become the eighth player to win both the junior and U.S. Women’s Amateur.
The 18-year-old Zhang won the amateur 11 months ago at Woodmont Country Club, only eight miles away in Rockville. She’s the only of the eight to win the amateur before the junior.
“To be able to win in such a grueling week, it’s truly amazing,” said Zhang, the top-ranked amateur in the world. “In USGA events, you really need your ‘A’ game in terms of your patience, your grit and your golf game.”
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