Nearly 20 percent of the field at the U.S. Women’s Open is amateurs.
It’s no surprise to see the top amateurs in the game teeing it up at major championships, but a large chunk of the field at Pebble Beach hasn’t turned professional.
There are 28 amateurs who will try to conquer Pebble Beach. Of those, four colleges have two players each: Alabama, Stanford, Texas and UCLA. Eleven countries are represented among the amateur competitors.
Ingrid Lindblad, No. 1 in the World Amateur Golf Ranking, is not in the field, but second-ranked Saki Baba, who won the 2022 U.S. Women’s Amateur at Chambers Bay, is.
Here’s a look at the amateurs in the field at the 2023 U.S. Women’s Open.
Amari Avery
Avery, a junior at USC, will make her second U.S. Women’s Open start after a missed cut in 2021. She shot 72-71 at Rancho Santa Fe Golf Club in California to qualify.
Saki Baba
Baba, who won the 2022 U.S. Women’s Amateur, will make her second start in the U.S. Open. As a 17-year-old, she finished T-49 at Pine Needles last year.
Jess Baker
Baker, a 20-year-old senior at Central Florida, won the 2022 Women’s Amateur Championship to earn her way into the field. It’s her first U.S. Women’s Open start.
Zoe Campos
Campos, a junior at UCLA, will make her first start in a U.S. Women’s Open after shooting 71-73 at Valencia Country Club in California.
Krissy Carman
Carman, 28, won the 2022 U.S. Women’s Mid-Amateur at Fiddlesticks Country Club in Fort Myers, Florida. She was the first mom to win the Women’s Mid-Am since Ellen Port in 2011. This will be her first start in a U.S. Women’s Open.
Monet Chun
Chun earned her first U.S. Women’s Open start with her runner-up finish in the 2022 U.S. Women’s Amateur. Chun, 22, recently completed her junior season at Michigan,
Celeste Dao
Dao will make her third U.S. Women’s Open start at Pebble Beach after missing the cut in her appearances in 2018 and 2019. She shot 68-70 at Duxbury Yacht Club in Massachusetts to qualify.
Anna Davis
Davis, who won the 2022 Augusta National Women’s Amateur, shot 71-71 at Valencia Country Club in California to earn her way into the field. She missed the cut at Pine Needles last year.
Aine Donegan
Donegan will make her U.S. Women’s Open debut after shooting 3-over 145 at a 36-hole qualifier on June 5 in San Mateo, California. She transferred to LSU from Indiana before the 2022 season.
Sarah Edwards
Edwards will make her first start at the U.S. Women’s Open after shooting 69-68 at Druid Hills Golf Club in Atlanta. She recently finished her senior season at Alabama.
Sadie Englemann
The senior at Stanford will play in her first U.S. Women’s Open after shooting 72-69 at The Broadlands Golf Course in Broomfield, Colorado. She birdied her final two holes to get into a playoff.
Maddison Hinson-Tolchard
Hinson-Tolchard, a senior at Oklahoma State, shot 68-68 at Indian Creek Golf Club’s Creeks Course in Carrollton, Texas, to earn medalist honors and qualify for her first U.S. Open.
Ting-Hsuan Huang
The UCLA signee won the Asia Pacific Women’s Amateur last year, earning her way into the 2022 Augusta National Women’s Amateur. She’ll play in her first U.S. Women’s Open thanks to shooting 71-66 at Marin Country Club in Novato, California.
Lauren Kim
The 17-year-old shot 70-69 at Vancouver Golf Club in British Columbia, Canada, to earn her way into her second straight U.S. Women’s Open. Kim is an incoming freshman at Texas.
Chizuru Komiya
The 17-year-old will make her first U.S. Women’s Open start after being added to the field July 3. Komiya originally had been the odd woman out of a 3-for-2 playoff for the final spots from the Boso Country Club qualifier.
Sophie Linder
The incoming freshman at Ole Miss shot 71-75 at Bellerive Country Club in St. Louis, Missouri, to qualify for her first U.S. Women’s Open.
Emilia Migliaccio
Migliaccio shot 65-68 at Starmount Forest Country Club in Greensboro, North, Carolina, on May 31. She won the NCAA Championship with Wake Forest a week prior. And, she’ll be doing TV this week, too.
Julia Misemer
Misemer, a sophomore at Arizona, shot 66-70 at Gainey Ranch in Scottsdale, Arizona, to qualify for her first U.S. Women’s Open.
Benedetta Moresco
Moresco shot 69-69 at Druid Hills Golf Club in Atlanta, Georgia, and then survived a 2-for-1 playoff to earn her spot at Pebble Beach, her first U.S. Women’s Open start.
Minori Nagano
Nagano, who will be a senior at Oregon, shot 70-72 at the OGA Golf Course in Woodburn, Oregon, to qualify for her second U.S. Women’s Open.
Farah O'Keefe
The freshman at Texas shot 69-70 at Indian Creek Golf Club’s Creeks Course in Carrollton, Texas, to earn her first U.S. Women’s Open start at Pebble Beach.
Megan Propeck
Propeck won medalist honors at The Broadlands Golf Course in Broomfield, Colorado, to earn her first U.S. Women’s Open start.
Congrats to @megan_propeck who was the medalist at the U.S. Open Qualifier at CommonGround Golf Course in Aurora, Colo. She's headed to Pebble Beach! pic.twitter.com/imZpeRKRlU
— Virginia Women's Golf (@UVAWomensGolf) June 2, 2023
Grace Summerhays
Summerhays will be the second Summerhays to compete in a U.S. Open this summer, as her brother played at LACC three weeks ago. This will be her first U.S. Women’s Open start.
Yana Wilson
Wilson earned her way into the field last summer after winning the U.S. Girls’ Junior at The Club at Olde Stone in Kentucky. She’s committed to Oregon.
Jeneath Wong
Wong, who just finished her freshman season at Pepperdine, shot 74-70 at Rancho Santa Fe Golf Club in California to qualify for her first U.S. Women’s Open.
Kaili Xiao
Xiao, one of two 14-year-olds in the field, shot 70-67 at Marin Country Club in Novato, California, but is in the field as the first alternate from the site. She’ll also be in the U.S. Girls’ Junior field.
Kelly Xu
Xu, who recently finished her freshman season at Stanford, shot 69-72 at Peninsula Golf & Country Club in San Mateo, California, to earn her first U.S. Women’s Open start.
Angela Zhang
The second 14-year-old in the field, Zhang shot 70-73 at Shannopin Country Club in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, and survived a 4-for-2 playoff to earn her spot in the field.
