[caption id="attachment_4097910" align="alignright" width="2560"] Grace Lee[/caption] DuPont, Wash. - Grace Lee of Bellevue shot rounds of 71-71-74 to win the 32nd Washington Women’s Amateur Championship, while Tina Papatolis of Issaquah carded rounds of 76-70-74 to capture the 16th Washington Women’s…
[caption id="attachment_4090563" align="alignright" width="540"] The Home Course[/caption] DuPont, Wash. - The Home Course in DuPont, Wash., will host the 32nd Washington Women’s Amateur and 16th Women’s Mid-Amateur Championships this week. This year marks the third time The Home Course has…
Oak Harbor, Wash. – Lauryn Nguyen of Seattle, Wash. shot rounds of 73-71-71 to win the 31st Washington Women’s Amateur Championship, while Taya Battistella of Bellingham captured the 15th Women’s Mid-Amateur championship after firing rounds of 70-78-78. Both championships were…
Oak Harbor, Wash. – Whidbey Golf Club in Oak Harbor, Wash. is the site this week for the 31st Washington Women’s Amateur and the 15th Women’s Mid-Amateur Championships. The two championships will take place concurrently over 54 holes of stroke…
For the amateur player, the U.S. Amateur and U.S. Women’s Amateur are considered to be the most difficult of the USGA’s national championships to get in to. There are so many good young players, and so few spots available in…
Since 2013 Victoria has been the assistant coach for the women’s golf team at Gonzaga University in Spokane, Wash. Prior to that she played four years on the Gonzaga team, winning her very first collegiate tournament as a freshman, and…
[caption id="attachment_3461364" align="alignright" width="2560"] Wendy Ward’s name is inscribed in the USGA Hall of Champions at the USGA Museum. (USGA/Matt Rainey)[/caption] Part of the magic of the U.S. Senior Women’s Open is those who’ve already made history have a chance…
LIBERTY CORNER, N.J. (March 22, 2023) – In an effort to continuously enhance and evolve the competitor experience, the USGA today announced significant modifications to its amateur championship qualifying model for the first time in more than 20 years. These changes,…
Eric Johnson has been the director of agronomy at Chambers Bay in University Place, Wash. since 2012. As the head superintendent responsible for the care of the course, he has seen, and overseen, a lot, with the most high-profile being…
At this week’s U.S. Women’s Amateur, held at Chambers Bay in University Place, Wash., teen sensation Megha Ganne of Holmdel, N.J. was looking for some help. She needed a caddie with some local knowledge to get her around the dunescape…
