118th U.S. Women's Amateur Championship
 

The LPGA is taking a one week break this week before resuming their schedule in Indianapolis.

I would like to take this time to preview a very important USGA event that is taking place this week.

118th U.S. Women's Amateur Championship.

Here is my preview and lots more:

TONY'S LPGA REPORT

Here are the leaders after round one of stroke play:

1 Alexa Pano, Lake Worth, Fla. - 35-31--66
2 Bohyun Park, Republic of Korea - 36-31--67
Hyun Selin, Republic of Korea - 35-32--67
Suzuka Yamaguchi, Japan - 34-33--67
Patty Tavatanakit, Thailand - 33-34--67
Ziyi Wang, People's Republic of China - 33-34--67
Bianca Pagdanganan, Philippines - 35-32--67
Olivia Mehaffey, Northern Ireland - 34-33--67

For more scores:

118th U.S. Women's Amateur Championship Preview

The stroke play portion of the event has ended. It is now on to match play.

Here are the stroke play final results:

1 Lucy Li, Redwood Shores, Calif. - 68-65--133
Hyun Selin, Republic of Korea - 67-66--133
3 Olivia Mehaffey, Northern Ireland - 67-68--135
4 Jaclyn Lee, Canada - 68-68--136
Alexa Pano, Lake Worth, Fla. - 66-70--136
Suzuka Yamaguchi, Japan - 67-69--136

For a full list of the 64 players who move on to match play:

118th U.S. Women's Amateur Championship Preview

The first round of matchplay is completed:

For full results:

118th U.S. Women's Amateur Championship Preview

They started with 156 players.
They are down to eight.

Here are the latest results and the 8 quarterfinalists:

118th U.S. Women's Amateur Championship Preview

They are down to four players:

For the latest results (scroll to bottom of page):

118th U.S. Women's Amateur Championship Preview

Just Opinion
 

I believe that Lady Golfers do not get the attention they deserve. In a lot of cases the men are given the attention and the ladies either less or ignored. 21 years ago the community I lived in only had a County Amateur for men and the ladies had to have their own tournaments but not a County Amateur. When my wife, who was a devoted golfer passed away I got with some of the lady golfers, formed a County Ladies Amateur and they have raised thousands of dollars for Cancer. It continues to run each year with a 3 day tournament and is structured for women golfers and not just a copy of a men's tournament. I am not sure if we have a lady county or multi county amateur but should. A number of College Scholarships come from these and the women have their own structured tournament.:bigbow:

I am still so disappointed that Michelle Wie is not playing with the men as they promised when she started her career. Maybe then there would be no need for an LPGA. Let's go Michelle

You are so right, they do not get the media attention they deserve. Keep up the good work!

They are now down to two.

For latest results: (see bottom of blog)

118th U.S. Women's Amateur Championship Preview

It's all over. Kristin Gillman defeats Jiwon Jeong 7 and 6