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Emma Zhao, pictured, and Grace Ni competed at the US Girls' Junior Championship.
Photo by: Beverly Schaefer
Tigers Compete in USGA Girls' Junior, Canadian Amateur Events
July 25, 2019 | Women's Golf
Rising sophomore Emma Zhao and incoming freshman Grace Ni competed at the USGA Girls' Junior Championship in Stevens Point, Wis., with each made the match-play stage.
The tournament, which began July 22, included 156 players with 64 making the match-play round, a cut line that ended up being +6 after two rounds of stroke play. Zhao cleared that at +4, tying for 44th, and Ni finished at +2, tied for 27th.Â
That moved each player to the match-play round, where Ni battled Julia Gregg, an incoming freshman at Arkansas, to a 3-and-1 defeat, and Zhao extended Jasmine Ly, an incoming freshman at Northern Illinois, to a 19th hole before Ly took the match.
Results are available here.
The summer of major tournaments for Tiger players continued with incoming freshman Tiffany Kong competing in the Canadian Women's Amateur Championship. The tournament wrapped up July 26 with Kong tying for 18th at +4. Results are available here.
The tournament, which began July 22, included 156 players with 64 making the match-play round, a cut line that ended up being +6 after two rounds of stroke play. Zhao cleared that at +4, tying for 44th, and Ni finished at +2, tied for 27th.Â
That moved each player to the match-play round, where Ni battled Julia Gregg, an incoming freshman at Arkansas, to a 3-and-1 defeat, and Zhao extended Jasmine Ly, an incoming freshman at Northern Illinois, to a 19th hole before Ly took the match.
Results are available here.
The summer of major tournaments for Tiger players continued with incoming freshman Tiffany Kong competing in the Canadian Women's Amateur Championship. The tournament wrapped up July 26 with Kong tying for 18th at +4. Results are available here.
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