Ganne, Campbell Eliminated at U.S. Women's Amateur
UPDATE (August 6, 2020) -- Runs for the Met Area's Megha Ganne and Talia Campbell were cut short, Thursday, at the U.S. Women's Amateur Championship as both players fell in their Round of 64 match at Woodmont Country Club in Rockville, Md.
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New York City's Campbell was off in one of the day's earlier matches, facing Kaleigh Telfer of South Africa. Telfer, the No. 49 ranked women's player in the World Amateur Golf Ranking who plays at Auburn University, won seven of the first 11 holes before Campbell notched a win with par on the par-four 12th. After tying the next hole, Telfer claimed the 6-and-5 victory.
Ganne, meanwhile, battled with Lei Ye of China in a back-and-forth match. Both players won a pair of holes to stand tied through 10. Though Ye won Nos. 11-12, Ganne answered back with wins on the very next two holes to return the match to tied. After ties on the next two holes, Ye capitalized on a Ganne miscue, using par to win the 17th hole. A tie on the last led Ye to a 1-up victory.
However, even with Ganne's early elimination from this year's U.S. Women's Amateur, she's already earned an exemption into next year's U.S. Women's Amateur at Westchester Country Club thanks to her run to the semifinal round in 2019.
UPDATE (August 6, 2020) -- With two rounds of stroke play in at Woodmont Country Club in Rockville, Md., the bracket is set for the 2020 U.S. Women's Amateur, with the Met Area's Megha Ganne and Talia Campbell both advancing.
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After her run to the semifinal last year, Ganne easily advanced to match play behind scores of 71-76 (+3/147). The Holmdel, N.J., native and 16-year-old tied for 26th and garners the No. 27 seed. She faces China's Lei Ye at 2:40 p.m.
Campbell, meanwhile, will look to replicate her run in last year's U.S. Women's Mid-Am, where she advanced all the way to the final before falling to fellow New York City resident Ina Kim-Schaad. Campbell carded a pair of 74s, with her 4-over 148 placing her in a tie for 36th. She ended up with the No. 41 seed, facing South Africa's Kaleigh Telfer in the morning Round of 64.
Kelly Sim of Edgewater, N.J., was part of a 15-for-6 playoff after carding a 6-over 150 (73, 77) for her two rounds, but was eliminated on the second playoff hole after making bogey on the par-4 ninth.
The U.S. Women's Amateur began on Monday, but play was completely postponed on Tuesday due to Tropical Storm Isaias. Round two took place Wednesday with the top 64 moving on to match play.
UPDATE (August 4, 2020) -- With the conclusion of day one at the 2020 U.S. Women’s Amateur Championship in the books, several Met Area players are well-positioned to qualify for match play at Woodmont Country Club in Rockville, Md.
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Megha Ganne of Holmdel, N.J., fired a 1-under 71, putting her in a tie for seventh place after the first 18 holes. The 16-year-old picked up three birdies on the back nine to close strong as she aims to build upon her run to the semifinals last year.
Kelly Sim of Edgewater, N.J., finished the day at 1-over 73, putting her in a tie for 24th, while Talia Campbell of New York, N.Y., was just one shot higher and sits tied for 39th.
Ami Gianchandani of Watchung, N.J., is tied for 55th after posting a 3-over 74, as the 2019 Ivy League Player of the Year notched a pair of birdies on the day.
Sophia Bae of Norwood, N.J. posted an 8-over 80 on day one and is tied for 121st.
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Due to the forecasted arrival of Hurricane Isaias, the second round of the U.S. Women's Amateur has been postponed to Wednesday at Woodmont. The top 64 players will advance to match play.
ROCKVILLE, Md. (August 3, 2020) -- The 2020 U.S. Women’s Amateur Championship is underway at Woodmont Country Club, and the Metropolitan area is well represented.
Five golfers in the 132-player field will look to represent the Met area well in the event that takes place August 3-9.
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Sophia Bae of Norwood, N.J., will look for a strong week of play after a standout performance at the 2019 U.S. Girls’ Junior Championship. The Duke commit earned the No. 3 seed in stroke play last summer at SentryWorld in Wisconsin before making a run to the Round of 16. Bae is competing in her second USGA event.
Talia Campbell of New York, N.Y., will look to build off a trip to the championship round at the 2019 U.S. Women’s Mid-Am a summer ago. The former 26-year-old former Notre Dame standout will be competing in her third U.S. Women’s Amateur after qualifying for the Round of 64 in 2011 and missing the cut in 2013.
Megha Ganne of Holmdel, N.J., returns to the field after making a deep run a summer ago. The 16-year old made a trip to the semifinal in 2019 before falling in 19 holes to Albane Valenzuela of Switzerland. Ganne, a four time Drive, Chip & Putt National Finalist, also holds the Girls Junior PGA Championship record for lowest round after shooting a 62 last year. The New Jersey native secured the No. 48 seed a summer ago.
Ami Gianchandani of Watchung, N.J., makes her second USGA appearance. The 2019 Ivy League Player and Rookie of the Year for Yale, Gianchandani reached the No. 24 ranking in the Spring 2020 Arnold Palmer Cup Rankings. The Pingry School grad was recently named captain at Yale.
Northwestern rising junior Kelly Sim of Edgewater, N.J., joins the field as one of five Northwestern golfers. Sim, a graduate of the Academy of the Holy Angels, is coming off her first career collegiate win at the Bruin Wave Invitational. Sim was a three-time all-state player in high school.