Renton, Wash. – The 28th Washington Women’s Amateur, 12th Women’s Mid-Amateur, 22nd Senior Women’s and 8th Super Senior Women’s amateur championships are being held this week at Fairwood Golf and Country Club in Renton, Wash.
The Women’s Amateur and Mid-Amateur championships will be contested over 54 holes of stroke play on June 15-17, while the Senior and Super Senior championships consist of 36 holes of stroke play on June 15-16.
Championship links:
Women's Amateur & Mid-Amateur
Senior & Super Senior Women's Amateur
The Washington Women’s Amateur is the state’s premier amateur championship for women, and traditionally draws the region’s best players. Some of the players to watch this year include:
- Lauryn Nguyen of Seattle: 2020 WA Golf Junior Girls’ Player of the Year; medalist at last month’s U.S. Junior Girls’ qualifier; reigning WJGA Girls’ State Champion
- Brittany Kwon of Bremerton: 4-time WIAA 3A Individual State High School champion, 3-time WA Golf Junior Girls’ Player of the Year (2016-18), sophomore on University of Washington women’s golf team
- Winnie Ng of Seattle: member of Malaysia national team; sophomore on University of Washington women’s golf team; has qualified for three LPGA Tour events
- Montgomery Ferreira of Tacoma: 2018 WIAA 4A Individual State High School champion; older sister Jordan won 2014 Washington Women’s Amateur
- Grace Lee of Bellevue: qualified for this year’s U.S. Girls’ Junior
The Women’s Mid-Amateur field includes:
- Victoria Fallgren of Spokane: 3-time champion of the Washington Women’s Mid-Amateur (2017, 2018, 2020), including being defending champion; 3-time WA Golf Women’s Mid-Amateur Player of the Year (2017, 2018, 2020), assistant coach for Gonzaga University women’s golf team
- Tina Papatolis of Issaquah: 2019 Washington Women’s Mid-Amateur champion, 2019 WA Golf Women’s Mid-Amateur Player of the Year
- Caroline Matelski of DuPont: 1994 Washington Women’s Amateur champion
In the Senior Women’s Amateur field:
- Leslie Folsom of Tukwila: Defending champion; 2018 Washington Senior Women’s Amateur champion, 2019 PNGA Senior Women’s Amateur champion, 3-time WA Golf Senior Women’s Player of the Year (2018, 2019, 2020), qualified for 2019 U.S. Senior Women’s Amateur and U.S. Senior Women’s Open
- Gretchen Klein of Hoquiam: 2017 Washington Senior Women’s Champion of Champions winner
- Kim Titus of Fox Island: 3-time Washington Women’s Four-Ball champion (2014, 2017, 2019), 2018 Washington Mixed Chapman champion
And among those in the Super Senior Women’s Amateur field:
- Kris Adams of Lake Tapps, defending champion
- Sue Ursino of Sammamish: 2018 Washington Super Senior Women’s Amateur champion, 3-time Washington Senior Women’s Amateur champion (2003-05)
- Linda Skwarski of Fall City: 2019 Washington Super Senior Women’s Amateur champion
- Karen Madison of Spokane Valley: 2016 Washington Super Senior Women’s Amateur champion, 2015 WA Golf Senior Women’s Player of the Year
