CHAMPAIGN, Ill. – The University of Illinois women’s golf team will be well represented when the 122nd U.S. Women’s Amateur Championship tees off this week with graduate student Crystal Wang, junior Isabel Sy and sophomore Alise Knudson in the field at Chambers Bay in University Place, Wash., when the event opens play on Monday (Aug. 8).
Illinois is one of seven programs with the most active collegiate players in the field with their three representatives.
The Illini trio will be part of a field of over 150 golfers that will play 36 holes of stroke play over Monday and Tuesday on the 6,541-yard, par 73 course, with the top 64 players advancing to match play beginning on Wednesday.
Knudson gets things started for the Illini, teeing off at 10:17 a.m. CT with Americans Megan Yang and Laney Frye. Sy then kicks off her tournament at 2:11 p.m. CT and is paired with American Sara Im and Australia’s Maddison Hinson-Tolchard. Wang is in the final group of the day with USA’s Sophie Linder and Canada’s Tiffany Kong and is set to tee off at 4:12 p.m. CT. All three Illini groups will start on hole 10.
The television coverage for the Women’s Amateur will begin with match play on Wednesday on the Golf Channel. Live scoring for the event can be found at USGA.com.
Sy was the first Illini to qualify for the prestigious tournament with a third-place finish at the Southern California Golf Association qualifier on June 27, before Wang finished in a tie for second at the Miami Valley Golf Association qualifier with a two-under 70 at the Walnut Grove Country Club on July 7. Knudson then finished in a tie for third at the Golf Association of Michigan qualifier at the Saginaw Country Club on July 8, qualifying following a playoff for the final sport after turning in an even-par 71.
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