Both Wood, from Highlands Ranch, and Kupcho, from Westminster, shot 6-over-par 78s Friday at CordeValle in San Martin, Calif., and missed the 36-hole cut at arguably the most prestigious women’s golf tournament in the world.
Wood, the 2014 CWGA Stroke Play champion, was on pace to make the cut after a first-round 73, but back-to-back double bogeys on her fourth and fifth holes Friday put her behind the 8-ball and she finished at 7-over-par 151. That was good for 92nd place. The top 60 and ties — all those at 148 or better — survived the cut and earned spots into the weekend field.
Wood carded three birdies, five bogeys and two doubles in round 2.
Kupcho, the CWGA Player of the Year in 2014 and ’15, had a similar second round. The Wake Forest sophomore-to-be recorded three birdies, seven bogeys and a double. Overall, that left her with a 155 total, in 130th place in the 156-player field.
While the two Colorado residents exited after two days, former University of Denver golfer Sue Kim made the cut on Friday. She shot a 1-under-par 71 to check in at 3-over 147, good for a share of 48th place.
Kim played her final seven holes in 3 under par on Friday.
Sung Hyun Park leads the U.S. Women’s Open at the halfway point as rounds of 70-66 left her at 8-under-par 136.
(July 10 Update: Kim posted scores of 76-77 on the weekend for a 12-over-par 300 total, which left her with a 65th-place finish.)
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]]>Wood, who along with Jennifer Kupcho of Westminster have won CWGA Stroke Play titles and are former Hale Irwin Elite Players, opened with a 1-over-par 73 Thursday in her first round ever at the U.S. Women’s Open. That left her in 52nd place — nine strokes behind leader Mirim Lee — but just one shot back of the top amateurs after round 1. Wood stands in fifth place among the amateurs.
The University of Oklahoma sophomore-to-be (pictured in a USGA photo) made two birdies and three bogeys in Thursday’s round.
Kupcho, meanwhile, posted a 5-over-par 77 in round 1 and shares 118th place out of the 156-player field. Kupcho, the CWGA Player of the Year in 2014 and ’15, had an up-and-down round, finishing with three birdies, eight pars, six bogeys and a double bogey. Uncharacteristically, she was 2 over par on the par-5s, making a double bogey, a bogey, a par and a birdie.
In Friday’s second round of the 72-hole tournament, Wood will tee off at 8:16 a.m. (MT), while Kupcho will go at 1:30 p.m. (MT).
Former University of Denver golfer Sue Kim, who opened with a 76 on Thursday and is tied for 106th place, will tee off at 10:12 a.m. (MT) on Friday.
FS1 will televise the U.S. Women’s Open on Friday beginning at 1 p.m. (MT).
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]]>In all, 69 golfers (60 of whom are amateurs) will compete at the site for two spots in the Women’s Open, arguably the most prestigious tournament in women’s golf, which this year will be contested July 7-10 at CordeValle in San Martin, Calif.
Among the top entrants is two-time CWGA Player of the Year Jennifer Kupcho (above) of Westminster, who is ranked No. 43 in the world among women’s amateur golfers. Kupcho, a freshman at Wake Forest, just qualified as an individual for the NCAA Championship Finals. In her last three college tournaments, she’s been runner-up twice (including in the ACC Championships) and sixth in an NCAA Regional at Stanford. Overall, she’s posted six top-10 finishes in 10 tournaments so far as a freshman.
Kupcho and other in-state residents are attempting to become the first Coloradans to qualify for the U.S. Women’s Open in their home state since 2012.
Also scheduled to compete at Heritage at Westmoor is Maria Fassi of Mexico, who qualified last year in Colorado for the 2015 U.S. Women’s Open. Fassi, now 18, has also qualified in the Centennial State for the 2013 U.S. Girls’ Junior and the 2015 U.S. Women’s Amateur Four-Ball. She’s 55th in the Women’s World Amateur rankings.
Others in the top 100 in those rankings who are entered Monday are University of Colorado golfer Esther Lee (34th) and Mariah Stackhouse (95th), who helped Stanford clinch the NCAA women’s team title last year.
Heritage at Westmoor is one of 25 qualifying sites for the U.S. Women’s Open, including 21 in the U.S. All told, the USGA accepted 1,855 entries for the 2016 Women’s Open.
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