U.S. Women's Open Qualifiers Part 1

Maria Jose Uribe

• 2007 U.S. Amateur Champion at age of 17
• 2008 U.S. Open tied for 10th and took Low Amateur Honors
• Bounced between LET and LPGA her entire career
• 2023 played 16 LPGA events, made 7 cuts with best finish of T-27

Casandra Alexander 

• 5 Sunshine Ladies Tour wins
• Has one major start, a MC at the 2022 Open Championship

Pia Babnik

• 2019 R&A Amateur Champion
• In 2021 at 17 years old won 2 events on LET
• Finished 3rd in the 2022 Chevron Championship, best major finish to date

Adela Cernousek (a)

• Currently plays college golf at Texas A&M
• 2024 NCAA Individual Champion, first in school history shooting 68-68-68-72
• Program record single season scoring average of 69.94, only women's golfer to ever average under 71
• Named to 2024 International Palmer Cup Team

Elina Sinz (a)

• First 3 years at Auburn University, just finished senior year at University of Alabama 
• Played all events senior year average 73.33
• 1 career collegiate win

Caroline Masson

• 35 years old has played both LET and LPGA for most of professional career
  • 1 win on each tour respectively
• 2 top 10’s in majors
  • T-3 in 2017 British
  • T-6 in 2016 Chevron

Maude Leblanc

• Has bounced between LPGA and Symetra Tour most of career at age of 35
• 2012 as rookie led LPGA tour in driving distance
• 2016 made 3 of 5 cuts in the majors that year with best finish of t-26 at U.S. Open

‍Nanna Koerstz Madsen

• 1 LPGA win, 1 LET win, 3 Symetra Tour wins
• 2 top 5 finishes in majors in career
  • T-3 in 2021 Chevron 
  • T-5 in 2021 British

Yan Liu

• 2022 finished 9th on Epson money list to gain LPGA Status
• 2023 LPGA made 14 cuts and finished 82nd on the money list
• 5 of 8 cuts made this year on LPGA 

Keeley Marx (a)

• Currently plays at Iowa State
  • Finished 13th at the Bryan Regional, did not qualify as team or individual for NCAA’s
• 1 of 5 Australians in the field
• Has been as high as 105 in WAGR, but has slipped to 881

Caroline Smith (a)

• Averaged 73.91 at Indiana University this year as a redshirt junior
• Currently ranked 924th in WAGR

Amelie Zalsmann (a)

• Amelie will graduate in 2027…. From high school 
• Currently ranked 15th in the AJGA rankings some text
  • 4 AJGA wins since 2023 along with a second and a third place finish

Pimpisa “Sandwich” Sisutham (a)

• Just finished sophomore year at University of Central Florida
• 1 collegiate win this year
• 70.8 average on the year

Sydnee Michaels

• 2 Epson tour wins in 2011 to gain LPGA Status 
• Best major finish of T-11 in 2016 US Open

Maisie Filler (a)

• Just finished senior year at the University of Florida
• 2024 first team all SEC selection 
• Won 3 straight stroke play events this year

Samantha Brown (a)

• Will start her freshman year at Purdue University this coming fall
• Has only played in 2 events that qualify for WAGR points

Rachel Rohanna

• Serves as Assistant Golf Coach at Waynesburg University since 2021
• Played lpga tour in 2016 and 2017
• Finished top 10 in Epson money list in 2015 to gain LPGA status
• 2 time first team all big ten at Ohio State University

Marissa Steen

• Serves as assistant Golf Coach at University of Cincinnati since 2022
• Played relatively full season on LPGA tour in 2015, 2017, 2019, 2021 and 2023
• 2014 won Epson Tour player of the year honors to gain full LPGA for the next year
• Has never retained full status on LPGA after having it for a full season it seems
• T-10 in 2021 Open Championship

Kim Kaufman

• 32 years old from South Dakota
• 3 Epson Tour wins to date
• Played full time on lpga from 2014 to 2019, hasn’t regained full status since then
• Two majors finishes of T29

Alana Uriell

• Called a penalty on herself of signing incorrect scorecard at 2022 at final stage of LPGA Q-Series and was DQ’d
• Has been on Epson Tour this year with 4 made cuts in 7 events with a best finish of T-12
• Alana won the first event she ever played as a professional, at the 2019 on the Epson Tour
• Played LPGA Tour 2019 through 2022, hasn’t been back since the incorrect scorecard signing

Savannah Vilaubi

• 30 years old

• Played 13 LPGA events in 2022 with 4 made cuts
• Has 1 Epson tour win and 5 Cactus tour wins 
• Played 4 years at USC Riverside

Arpichaya Yubol

• 22 years old
• Yubol turned professional in 2017 at the age of 15. In 2018, she won five titles in a row on the Thai LPGA Tour and won season-long Order of Merit at aged 16
• Has 3 Major appearances, has MC’d in all of them

Kristen Gillman

• 2 time winner of the US Amateur in 2014 and 2018
• T-6 in 2019 Chevron Championship 
• Strong rookie year on LPGA in 2019, but slowly faded and in 2023 played full Epson tour schedule
• Best finish so far this season on LPGA is a t-13

Gabi Ruffels

• One of the favorites
• Missed signing up for Q Series in 2022, dominated Epson in 2023
• Won 2019 US Amateur and then lost in the finals of 2020 to Rose Zhang

Asterisk Talley (a)

• Will graduate high school in 2027 
• Currently ranked 4th in the AJGA Rankings
• Has 4 AJGA wins since beginning of 2023
• Finished 8th at this years ANWA
• Currently 86th in WAGR

Steph Kyriacou

• 23 years old from Australia
• 2 LET wins to date
• First LET win was as an amateur, so she gained 2 year exemption but was not able to collect the money
• T-7 finish at 2022 british open

Elizabeth Szokol

• 28 years old
• Won the team event in Midland, Michigan for first LPGA tour win along with Cheyenne Knight in 2023
• 1 Epson tour win in 2018
• 2021 Open Championship finished t-21 her best so far
• 8 of 10 cuts made this year so far with a best finish of T-30 at the season opener Tournament of Champions

Kaitlyn Papp Budde

• 25 years old
• 2-time first-team All-American at University of Texas
• Was in contention as an amateur at the 2020 US Women’s Open, finished 9th
• Rookie year of 2022, she finished poorly mostly due to pain in hip. Had surgery and missed Q-series because of it
• Returned to Epson tour in the middle of 2023, then regained LPGA status through q school for 2024 season
• Finished T27 at q-series, this year has only had 2 starts but with both made cuts and a best finish of T13 at the end of April

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