Two players who qualified in Colorado last year for the U.S. Women’s Amateur will aim for a return trip on Wednesday.
Coloradan Mary Weinstein, a University of Denver golfer, falls into that category, as does Colorado State University player Katrina Prendergast, who this spring teamed up with Ellen Secor to win the U.S. Women’s Amateur Four-Ball national title. Prendergast also competed in the 2016 U.S. Women’s Am.
In all, a field of 50 at Walnut Creek Golf Preserve in Westminster will vie for four spots in the U.S. Women’s Amateur, which is scheduled for Aug. 6-12 in Kingston Springs, Tenn.
Also in the field at Walnut Creek are each of the top eight finishers from last week’s CGA Women’s Stroke Play: Kristin Glesne (1); Erin Sargent (2), a 2015 U.S. Women’s Am qualifier; Kelsey Webster (3); Weinstein (4); Anna Kennedy (T5); Jaclyn Murray (T5); Jaylee Tait (T7), a 2014 U.S. Women’s Am qualifier; and Caroline Jordaan (T7).
Likewise scheduled to compete on Wednesday are present or recent past girls state high school champions Hailey Schalk, Amy Chitkoksoong and Lauren Lehigh.
University of Colorado golfer Kirsty Hodgkins, a standout from Australia, is also in the qualifying field.
NCAA individual champion Jennifer Kupcho from Westminster, who went to the match play round of 64 at the U.S. Women’s Amateur last year, is exempt from qualifying in 2018.
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