Kupcho, the Women’s NCAA runner-up who finished 21st last month at the U.S. Women’s Open, fell in her first match to University of Arizona golfer Krystal Quihuis, the 11th seed in the match play bracket, 2 and 1.

Kupcho, seeded 54th, was 1 up through 11 holes, but Quihuis won three straight — Nos. 12 and 13 with pars and No. 14 with a birdie. Kupcho, a three-time CWGA Player of the Year and a Wake Forest junior-to-be, took No. 15 with a par to go 1 down, but after a halve on 16, Quihuis ended the match with a par on 17 when Kupcho made bogey.

After being even-par through 10 holes, Kupcho went 4 over for the last seven holes. Quihuis, who recently won the Women’s Trans National title, finished 3 over par for 17 holes.

Kupcho was the only player with strong Colorado ties to make match play at San Diego CC.

Before Kupcho returns to collegiate action at Wake Forest, she’s scheduled to play Aug. 30-Sept. 1 in the CoBank Colorado Women’s Open, where she finished runner-up in 2014.

U.S. Women’s Amateur
At Par-72 San Diego CC
ADVANCED TO MATCH PLAY
46. Jennifer Kupcho of Westminster 75-74–149 (Lost in Round of 64)
FAILED TO ADVANCE TO MATCH PLAY
102. CSU golfer Katrina Prendergast 75-79–154
123. CU golfer Brittany Fan 78-79–157
130. Former Coloradan Elizabeth Wang 79-79–158
140. Mary Weinstein of Highlands Ranch 82-77–159
142. CSU golfer Ellen Secor 79-81–160

For all the scores from the U.S. Women’s Amateur, CLICK HERE.

The recent Canadian Women’s Amateur champion shot a 2-over-par 74 on Tuesday to conclude the stroke-play portion of the event with a 5-over-par 149 total. That left the three-time CWGA Player of the Year and Wake Forest junior in 46th place.

The top 64 players make match play — which starts on Wednesday — and the competitors one stroke higher than Kupcho (150) had to go to a playoff for the final match play positions.

Kupcho (pictured), who finished 21st in last month’s U.S. Women’s Open and second individually in the Women’s NCAA Championship in May, started her round with a double bogey on Tuesday, and made one birdie, one bogey and 15 pars the rest of the way.

No other player with strong Colorado connections finished in the top 100 in stroke play. Colorado State University golfer Katrina Prendergast was the next best out of the local contingent with a 154 total (75-79), good for 102nd place.

Shannon Aubert of France was the medalist at 9-under-par 135 after rounds of 69-66.

Here are the scores for all the competitors with major Colorado connections:

U.S. Women’s Amateur
At Par-72 San Diego CC
ADVANCES TO MATCH PLAY
46. Jennifer Kupcho of Westminster 75-74–149
FAILED TO ADVANCE TO MATCH PLAY
102. CSU golfer Katrina Prendergast 75-79–154
123. CU golfer Brittany Fan 78-79–157
130. Former Coloradan Elizabeth Wang 79-79–158
140. Mary Weinstein of Highlands Ranch 82-77–159
142. CSU golfer Ellen Secor 79-81–160

For all the scores from the U.S. Women’s Amateur, CLICK HERE.
 

The Wake Forest junior-to-be, a three-time CWGA Player of the Year, had a good start but a rough stretch later in the first round of the 36-hole stroke-play portion of the U.S. Women’s Amateur at San Diego Country Club. She shot a 3-over-par 75 on Monday and trails co-leaders Haley Moore of Escondido, Calif., and Kristen Gillman of Austin, Texas by eight.

Kupcho (pictured), individual runner-up in the Women’s NCAA Championship and a 21st-place finisher in the U.S. Women’s Open, birdied two of her first three holes, but couldn’t add any more. She played her final dozen holes in 5 over par, making a double bogey on the par-4 15th. That left the 20-year-old in 61st place after round 1.

The top 64 players after Tuesday’s second round will advance to match play, which begins on Wednesday.

Meanwhile, Colorado State University golfer Katrina Prendergast also posted a 75 after double bogeying her first hole on Monday. She finished the day with four birdies, five bogeys and the double.

The other players with strong Colorado ties will have some ground to make up in Tuesday’s second round in order to make match play. University of Colorado golfer Brittany Fan shot a 78, CSU golfer Ellen Secor a 79 and Mary Weinstein of Highlands Ranch an 82.

Here are the scores for all the competitors with major Colorado connections:

U.S. Women’s Amateur
At Par-72 San Diego CC
61. Jennifer Kupcho of Westminster 75
61. CSU golfer Katrina Prendergast 75
111. CU golfer Brittany Fan 78
120. Former Coloradan Elizabeth Wang 79
120. CSU golfer Ellen Secor 79
139. Mary Weinstein of Highlands Ranch 82

For all the scores from the U.S. Women’s Amateur, CLICK HERE.