What Happened
The match play bracket at the 92nd Women’s Amateur Championship is set. Meiyi Yan and Nataliya Guseva shared medalist honors at 4-under 140. Yan put together rounds of 69-71, while Guseva fired a second-round 69 on the Creek Course after a first-round 71.
Elle Nachmann, the first-round leader, carded a second-round 73 to take the No. 3 seed. Morgan Baxendale put together a great second round at 3-under 69. After back-to-back bogeys on the 10th and 11th, the Vanderbilt graduate carded three-straight birdies.
Baxendale finished stroke-play seed in a tie for fourth at 2-under 142 with Abigail Herrmann and Katelyn Huber. Eight players finished the day in a tie for 63rd, with two players earning their place in match play through a playoff.
Notable
Seventy-one players teed it up on the Creek Course, while 72 players teed it up on Links Course.
Fifteen players finished the day under par.
13-year-old, Kayla Bryant, is the youngest player to advance to match play, earning the No. 47 seed.
Round of 64 matches will begin on Friday morning, with the Round of 32 matches beginning in the afternoon.
The Creek Course (par 72) played to a 78.7 average score, while the Links Course (par 72) played to a 78.6 average score.
There was an eight-person playoff for the final two spots in the Round of 64.
Sisters, Brooke and Taylor Oberparleiter, were the two players to advance through the playoff, both birdieing the first playoff hole (No. 1).
Quotable
“I think with match play you have to play a little bit more aggressive at points, especially if you are down in the match. You have to think through it and be more strategic during match play.” – Herrmann heading into match play
“I just really wanted to go out and have fun. I didn’t get to look at the golf course and have a practice round so I really wanted to just play at pins and go at pins where I could and where I couldn’t just make pars.” – Huber on her second-round 71
“The course plays pretty short. But there is definitely some holes and tee shots that you have to think about. You have to keep your focus throughout 18 holes, no matter what, so that’s important.” – Alyssa Lamoureux on the Creek Course
“I got off to a really good start, and kept my momentum going on the back nine. Bogeyed 10 and 11 but came back with three birdies in a row. Just fed off of yesterday. Looking forward to the next couple days, should be fun.” – Baxendale on her second-round 69
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