Canadians playing in USGA Womens Amateur Championship (Golf) Aug 6-12

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The USGA Womens Amateur Championship is being held next week in Cleveland. It will be 2 rounds of stroke play with the top 64 going to match play. ( http://www.usga.org/ChampEventSite.aspx?id=17179869348 )

The Golf Channel has 5 days of coverage of the match play portion of the event:
Date Time (ET) Network Program
Aug. 8 (Wed.) 3 p.m.-5 p.m. Golf Channel First round match play
Aug. 9 (Thu.) 3 p.m.-5 p.m. Golf Channel Third round match play
Aug. 10 (Fri.) 3 p.m.-5 p.m. Golf Channel Quarterfinal matches
Aug. 11 (Sat.) 3 p.m.-5 p.m. Golf Channel Semifinal matches
Aug. 12 (Sun.) 3 p.m.-5 p.m. Golf Channel Championship match

There is an excellent field this year with 15 of the top 25 world ranked amateurs playing. There was a record 1,123 entries.

Among them are a number of Canada's top amateur golfers. Here are some of the Canadians to watch for:

Jennifer Kirby (exempt)
Nicole Zhang (qualified in Colorado):
Anna Young (qualified in Colorado)
Brittany Marchand (qualified in Michigan):
Natalie Gleadall (qualified in Michigan):
Corey Crossan (qualified in Michigan):
Brogan McKinnon (qualified in Massachusetts)
Christine Wong (qualified in California)
Brooke Henderson (qualified in Pennsylvania)

Alternates: Jenna Hague, Alina Rogers, A Ram Choi

Jennifer Kirby (Paris, Ontario) is currently ranked 35 in the world and Brooke Henderson (Smiths Falls, Ontario) is ranked 40.

Brooke Henderson is currently leading Brogan McKinnon (Mississauga, Ontario) by one stroke after day 2 at the Royale Cup Canadian Girls Junior Championship ( http://golfcanada.bluegolf.com/blueg...eaderboard.htm ) in Calgary (68-67/69-67 and distancing the rest of the field). Brooke also will be playing in the Canadian Women's Open later in the month, having earned an exemption by winning on the Canadian Womens Tour in June, the youngest person to win a professional tour event. Lydia Ko of New Zealand had been the youngest, winning the New South Wales Open in January (she is ranked number 1 in the world and will be playing in the US Womens Amateur next week).

In the Royale Cup Canadian Womens Amateur Championship last week ( http://golfcanada.bluegolf.com/blueg...eaderboard.htm ), Brooke Henderson was the top Canadian (5th place) with Brogan McKinnon and Natalie Gleadall (Stratford, Ontario) just behind in 6th place.

Canadian National Women's Order of Merit: http://golfcanada.bluegolf.com/blueg...soom/index.htm
World Amateur Golf Ranking: http://www.randa.org/en/WAGR/Ranking...s-Ranking.aspx

Exempt Players:
EXEMPT PLAYERS: As of July 6, there are 36 players exempt into the 2012 Women’s Amateur. For a full list of exemption categories, please visit https://champs.usga.org/EntryForms/womens_am_2012.pdf.

Amy Anderson (2012 USA Curtis Cup Team; returned a 72-hole score at the 2011 Women’s Open)
Celine Boutier (top 25 of Women’s World Amateur Golf Ranking; 2012 International Ladies European champion)
Holly Clyburn (2012 GB&I Curtis Cup Team)
Casey Danielson (2011 Women’s Amateur quarterfinalist)
Brianna Elliott (top 25 of Women’s World Amateur Golf Ranking)
Austin Ernst (2012 USA Curtis Cup Team; 2011 Women’s Amateur semifinalist; top 25 of Women’s World Amateur Golf Ranking)
Jaye Marie Green (top 25 of Women’s World Amateur Golf Ranking)
Mina Hardin (2011 Senior Women’s Amateur runner-up; 2010 Senior Women’s Amateur champion)
Whitney Hillier (top 25 of Women’s World Amateur Golf Ranking)
Chirapat Jao-Javanil (2012 NCAA Division I women’s golf champion; top 25 of Women’s World Amateur Golf Ranking)
Ariya Jutanugarn (2011 Girls’ Junior champion; top 25 of Women’s World Amateur Golf Ranking; 2012 Canadian Women's Aamteur champion)
Moriya Jutanugarn (2011 Women’s Amateur runner-up; returned a 72-hole score at the 2011 Women’s Open; top 25 of Women’s World Amateur Golf Ranking)
Hyo-Joo Kim (top 25 of Women’s World Amateur Golf Ranking)
Jennifer Kirby (2010 Women’s Amateur semifinalist)
Lydia Ko (top 25 of Women’s World Amateur Golf Ranking; returned 72-hole score at 2012 U.S. Women's Open)
Bronte Law (2012 GB&I Curtis Cup Team)
Martha Leach (2011 Women’s Mid-Amateur runner-up)
Alison Lee (returned 72-hole score at 2012 U.S. Women's Open; 2012 U.S. Girls' Junior runner-up)
Erynne Lee (2011 Women’s Amateur quarterfinalist)
Minjee Lee (top 25 of Women’s World Amateur Golf Ranking; 2012 U.S. Girls' Junior champion)
Grace Lennon (top 25 of Women’s World Amateur Golf Ranking)
Tiffany Lua (2010, 2012 USA Curtis Cup Teams)
Lisa McCloskey (2012 USA Curtis Cup Team; top 25 of Women’s World Amateur Golf Ranking)
Stephanie Meadow (2012 GB&I Curtis Cup Team; top 25 of Women’s World Amateur Golf Ranking; 2012 Ladies British Open Amateur champion)
Marijosse Navarro (2012 Mexican Women’s Amateur champion)
Su-Hyun Oh (top 25 of Women’s World Amateur Golf Ranking)
Erica Popson (2012 USA Curtis Cup Team)
Ellen Port (2011 Women’s Mid-Amateur champion)
Ashlan Ramsey (2012 Women’s Amateur Public Links runner-up)
Paula Reto (top 25 of Women’s World Amateur Golf Ranking)
Demi Frances Runas (2011 Women’s Amateur quarterfinalist)
Meghan Stasi (2010 Women’s Mid-Amateur champion)
Emma Talley (returned 72-hole score at 2012 U.S. Women's Open)
Lauren Taylor (2011 Ladies British Open Amateur champion)
Emily Tubert (2012 USA Curtis Cup Team)
Sally Watson (2010 GB&I Curtis Cup Team)

Full list of Qualifiers: http://www.usga.org/ChampEventQualif...id=21474845476

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The Stroke Play portion of the tournament is complete. The top 64 players after today will continue onto match play, starting tomorrow (and on Golf Channel from 3pm to 5pm each day this week).

The following Canadians will be moving on to match play, seeded based on their stroke play positions:

Brogan McKinnon (73-68) - Tied for 6th (-3): playing Diane Fernandez (Paraguay) at 12:50pm
Natalie Gleadall (70-71) - Tied for 6th (-3): playing Grace Na (US) at 10:10am
Nicole Zhang (73-71) - Tied for 17th (E): playing Jaclyn Jensen (US) at 10:00am
Brooke Henderson (69-75) - Tied for 17th (E): playing Karen Chung (US) at 12:40pm
Jenna Hague (71-74) - Tied for 25th (+1): playing Jaye Marie Green (US) at 11:00am
Jennifer Kirby (73-75) - Tied for 44th (+4): playing Lauren Diaz-Yi (US) at 11:20am

Missed the cut:
Brittany Marchand (77-78)
Christine Wong (77-79)
Anna Young (81-75)
Corey Crossan (80-82)

Full list of Round-of-64 matches: http://www.usga.org/ChampEventScore....&type=pairing3