After a slightly smaller showing last year due to the COVID-19 pandemic, a full field of 156 of the best female amateur golfers in the world is bound for New York.
The 121st U.S. Women’s Amateur will be held at Westchester Country Club’s West Course in Rye, New York, Aug. 2-8. The West Course will play 6,488 yards as a par 72, with 36 holes of stroke play before a cut to the low 64 scores for match play. The champion will be decided by a 36-hole final match Sunday, Aug. 8.
This year’s championship will feature a pair of locals, Ina Kim-Schaad from Rhinebeck, New York and Kelly Sim from Edgewater, New Jersey, hitting the first tee shots of the first round on Nos. 1 and 10, respectively. The field also features the group of two-time defending U.S. Senior Women’s Amateur champion Lara Tennant, 2021 U.S. Four-Ball champion Alexa Saldana and Bailey Davis, the recent runner-up at the 2021 U.S. Girls’ Junior.
That said, these three groups stood out among the rest. From the players to watch to tee times and TV info, below you’ll find everything you need to know for next week’s U.S. Women’s Amateur.
Groups to watch
Rose Zhang, Lei Ye and Erica Shepherd
After claiming the U.S. Girls’ Junior earlier this month Zhang is back to defend her U.S. Women’s Amateur title, and she’s got momentum on her side. That said, the world No. 1 and incoming Stanford freshman isn’t the only star player in the group.
Ye, now her college teammate, is coming off a season where she finished as a Golfweek Third Team All-American and member of the All-Pac-12 First Team. The 2019 U.S. Girls’ Junior champion also has a little USGA match play success on her side. And then there’s Shepherd, the 2017 U.S. Girls’ Junior champ and 2019 U.S. Women’s Amateur Four-Ball winner (along with Duke teammate Megan Furtney). How’s that for fun?
Megha Ganne, Tsubasa Kajitani and Rachel Heck
This group also features a pair of future Stanford teammates with current Cardinal Heck and Ganne, a commit. In her freshman year, Heck won six events and finished the season on a five win streak ending with the individual national title at the NCAA Championship. She also made the cut at the 2021 U.S. Women’s Open, as did Ganne, the 17-year-old who earned low-amateur honors and played in the final group on Sunday with Lexi Thompson and champion Yuka Saso. And don’t forget about Kajitani, the 2021 Augusta National Women’s Amateur champion and No. 9 amateur in the world.
Emilia Migliaccio, Brooke Matthews, Kennedy Swann
Migliaccio, a recent Wake Forest graduate who was a two-time All American and five-time winner for the Demon Deacons, has largely put down the clubs recently to work with Golf Channel on her future media career. Swann is still smiling from helping lead her Ole Miss Rebels to the team NCAA Championship earlier this summer. Matthews won the first event of the last college season and continued to play her way to First Team All-SEC honors.
Tee times
Monday (Aug 2), Hole No. 1 / Tuesday (Aug 3), Hole No. 10
7 a.m. / Noon – Ina Kim-Schaad, Rhinebeck, N.Y.; Latanna Stone, Riverview, Fla.; Alyson Bean, Murrieta, Calif.
7:11 a.m. / 12:11 p.m. – Emily Hawkins, Lexington, N.C.; Baylee Hammericksen, Medford, Ore.; Emma Schimpf, Charleston, S.C.
7:21 a.m. / 12:21 p.m. – Tess Blair, South Jordan, Utah; Grace Curran, New Lenox, Ill.; Mika Jin, Fremont, Calif.
7:32 a.m. / 12:32 p.m. – Rose Zhang, Irvine, Calif.; Lei Ye, People’s Republic of China; Erica Shepherd, Greenwood, Ind.
7:42 a.m. / 12:42 p.m. – Aline Krauter, Germany; Alyaa Abdulghany, Malaysia; Alessia Nobilio, Italy
7:53 a.m. / 12:53 p.m. – Megan Schofill, Monticello, Fla.; Joanne Free, Scotland; Gurleen Kaur, Houston, Texas
8:03 a.m. / 1:03 p.m. – Molly Smith, Westford, Mass.; Kyle Fraser, Fort Worth, Texas; YanJun (Victoria) Liu, People’s Republic of China
8:14 a.m. / 1:14 p.m. – Clare Connolly, Chevy Chase, Md.; Grace Kim, Australia; Anna Morgan, Spartanburg, S.C.
8:24 a.m. / 1:24 p.m. – Taitum Beck, Waterford, Wis.; Allysha Mae Mateo, Mililani, Hawaii; Bridget Ma, Windermere, Fla.
8:35 a.m. / 1:35 p.m. – Faith Kilgore, Wimberley, Texas; Kathryn Carson, Mooresville, N.C.; Jiayi Wang, People’s Republic of China
8:45 a.m. / 1:45 p.m. – Megha Ganne, Holmdel, N.J.; Tsubasa Kajitani, Japan; Rachel Heck, Memphis, Tenn.
8:56 a.m. / 1:56 p.m. – Kaleigh Telfer, South Africa; Jasmine Koo, Cerritos, Calif.; Maisie Filler, Palm Beach Gardens, Fla.
9:06 a.m. / 2:06 p.m. – Riley Hamilton, Reidsville, N.C.; Tomi Arejola, Philippines; Caroline Craig, Sautee Nacoochee, Ga.
Monday (Aug 2), Hole No. 10 / Tuesday (Aug 3), Hole No. 1
7 a.m. / Noon – Kelly Sim, Edgewater, N.J.; Alexandra Swayne, Virgin Islands US; Katelyn Vo, San Jose, Calif.
7:11 a.m. / 12:11 p.m. – Savannah Barber, Fort Worth, Texas; Ellie Slama, Salem, Ore.; Rachel Kuehn, Asheville, N.C.
7:21 a.m. / 12:21 p.m. – Claire Choi, Honolulu, Hawaii; Auston Kim, St. Augustine, Fla.; Tsai-Ching Tseng, Chinese Taipei
7:32 a.m. / 12:32 p.m. – Vanessa Zhang, Canada; Hailey Borja, Lake Forest, Calif.; Cassie Kim, Yakima, Wash.
7:42 a.m. / 12:42 p.m. – Bowen Lan, People’s Republic of China; Michelle Liu, Canada; Jenny Bae, Suwanee, Ga.
7:53 a.m. / 12:53 p.m. – Ting-Hsuan Huang, Chinese Taipei; Hannah Holzmann, San Antonio, Texas; Kennedy Pedigo, Fort Worth, Texas
8:03 a.m. / 1:03 p.m. – Ryleigh Knaub, Winter Springs, Fla.; Sophie Stevens, Highland, Mich.; Hanna Harrison, Dallas, Texas
8:14 a.m. / 1:14 p.m. – Carolina Andrade, Colombia; Yilin (Angela) Liu, Irvine, Calif.; Sophie Linder, Carthage, Tenn.
8:24 a.m. / 1:24 p.m. – Emily Mahar, Australia; Emma Spitz, Austria; Grace Summerhays, Scottsdale, Ariz.
8:35 a.m. / 1:35 p.m. – Tyler Akabane, Honolulu, Hawaii; Jackie Rogowicz, Yardley, Pa.; Valeria Mendizabal, Guatemala
8:45 a.m. / 1:45 p.m. – Shelby Brauckmuller, Auburndale, Fla.; Maddison Hinson-Tolchard, Australia; Laney Frye, Nicholasville, Ky.
8:56 a.m. / 1:56 p.m. – Jasmine Ly, Canada; Brooke Seay, San Diego, Calif.; Katie Cranston, Canada
9:06 a.m. / 2:06 p.m. – Valentina Rossi, Argentina; Jensen Castle, West Columbia, S.C.; Samantha Yao, Berwyn, Pa.
Monday (Aug 2), Hole No. 1 / Tuesday (Aug 3), Hole No. 10
Noon / 7 a.m. – Jordan Karrh, Frisco, Texas; Rianne Mikhaela Malixi, Philippines; Elle Nachmann, Boca Raton, Fla.
12:11 p.m. / 7:11 a.m. – Katherine Schuster, Outer Banks, N.C.; Myah McDonald, Kaneohe, Hawaii; Cailyn Henderson, Carmel, Ind.
12:21 p.m. / 7:21 a.m. – Angelina Tolentino, Mount Laurel, N.J.; Taylor Zeng, Windermere, Fla.; Hanako Kawasaki, Vietnam
12:32 p.m. / 7:32 a.m. – Morgan Baxendale, Windermere, Fla.; Cory Lopez, Mexico; Ho Yu An, Los Angeles, Calif.
12:42 p.m. / 7:42 a.m. – Lauren Hartlage, Elizabethtown, Ky.; Kayla Holden, Coral Springs, Fla.; Yunxuan Zhang, People’s Republic of China
12:53 p.m. / 7:53 a.m. – TBD; Hailey Schalk, Erie, Colo.; Tracy Lee, Republic of Korea
1:03 p.m. / 8:03 a.m. – Emilia Migliaccio, Cary, N.C.; Brooke Matthews, Rogers, Ark.; Kennedy Swann, Austin, Texas
1:14 p.m. / 8:14 a.m. – Lara Tennant, Portland, Ore.; Alexa Saldana, Mexico; Bailey Davis, White Plains, Md.
1:24 p.m. / 8:24 a.m. – Jackie Lucena, Chico, Calif.; Emily Odwin, Barbados; Cathy Zhang, San Ramon, Calif.
1:35 p.m. / 8:35 a.m. – Hailey Jones, Dallas, Texas; Sophie (Yixian) Guo, People’s Republic of China; Marissa Wenzler, Dayton, Ohio
1:45 p.m. / 8:45 a.m. – Emerson Blair, West Point, Miss.; Darcy Habgood, Australia; Vanessa Ho, San Diego, Calif.
1:56 p.m. / 8:56 a.m. – Elise Parel, Kingwood, Texas; Blair Stockett, Jackson, Miss.; Kailie Vongsaga, Diamond Bar, Calif.
2:06 p.m. / 9:06 a.m. – Celeste Dao, Canada; Karen Tsuru, Carlsbad, Calif.; Caroline Smith, Inverness, Ill.
Monday (Aug 2), Hole No. 10 / Tuesday (Aug 3), Hole No. 1
Noon / 7 a.m. – Emma McMyler, San Antonio, Texas; Caroline Canales, Calabasas, Calif.; Lauren Miller, Niceville, Fla.
12:11 p.m. / 7:11 a.m. – Linda Wang, Plainview, N.Y.; Audrey Tan, Malaysia; Delaney Martin, Boerne, Texas
12:21 p.m. / 7:21 a.m. – Christina Carroll, Bear, Del.; Kacey Walker, Canada; Abigail Herrmann, Pensacola, Fla.
12:32 p.m. / 7:32 a.m. – Bibilani Liu, Cupertino, Calif.; Kynadie Adams, Nashville, Tenn.; Suthavee Chanachai, Thailand
12:42 p.m. / 7:42 a.m. – Han-Hsuan Yu, Chinese Taipei; Julia Gregg, Farmers Branch, Texas; Kamille Dimayuga, Buena Park, Calif.
12:53 p.m. / 7:53 a.m. – Lauren Freyvogel, Gibsonia, Pa.; Courtney Dow, Frisco, Texas; Malia Nam, Kailua, Hawaii
1:03 p.m. / 8:03 a.m. – Makensie Toole, Australia; Kerstin Fotu, Alpine, Utah; Mary Kathryn Talledo, Spartanburg, S.C.
1:14 p.m. / 8:14 a.m. – Cara Heisterkamp, Westlake, Ohio; Mikayla Dubnik, Murrayville, Ga.; Alexis Phadungmartvorakul, Bakersfield, Calif.
1:24 p.m. / 8:24 a.m. – Brittany Shin, Cape Coral, Fla.; Lauren Gomez, Murrieta, Calif.; Kan Bunnabodee, Thailand
1:35 p.m. / 8:35 a.m. – Valery Plata, Colombia; Riley Smyth, Cary, N.C.; Yu-Chiang Hou, Chinese Taipei
1:45 p.m. / 8:45 a.m. – Lauren Kim, Canada; Sydney Hackett, Ashburn, Va.; Kimberly Shen, Johns Creek, Ga.
1:56 p.m. / 8:56 a.m. – Mckenna Montgomery, Chesterfield, Mo.; Isabelle Simpson, England; Lauren Peter, Carmel, N.Y.
2:06 p.m. / 9:06 a.m. – Marley Moncada, Tucson, Ariz.; Huai-Chien Hsu, Chinese Taipei; Mychael O’Berry, Hoover, Ala.
How to watch
Wednesday, Aug. 4
Golf Channel: 2-5 p.m. EDT (Round of 64 matches)
Thursday, Aug. 5
Peacock: 2-5 p.m. EDT (Round of 16 matches)
Friday, Aug. 6
Peacock: 2-5 p.m. EDT (Quarterfinal matches)
Saturday, Aug. 7
Golf Channel: 2-5 p.m. EDT (Semifinal matches)
Sunday, Aug. 8
Golf Channel: 2-5 p.m. EDT (Championship match)
