36th U.S. Women’s Mid-Amateur – Meet the Quarterfinalists

The U.S. Women's Mid-Am quarterfinals begins tomorrow morning and will be followed immediately by the two semifinal matches.

Here's a closer look at the eight players who remain.

Alexandra Austin, 30, of Burke, Va.

No. 2441 in World Amateur Golf Ranking®/WAGR®

Competing in her third U.S. Women’s Mid-Amateur 

Semifinalist in the 2016 U.S. Women’s Amateur Four-Ball with Lauren Greenlief 

Won the 2022 Virginia Women’s Stroke Play Championship 

Runner-up in the 2021 Virginia Women’s Amateur 

Played collegiately at Radford University 

Works as an insurance agent 

Road to the Quarterfinals 

Shot 73-70–143 in stroke play to earn the No. 9 seed 

R64: Def. Ana Ferreyra Heit, 19 holes

R32: Def. Courtney Stiles, 2 and 1 

R16: Def. Alyssa Roland, 1 up

Kelsey Chugg, 32, of Salt Lake City, Utah 

No. 2637 in World Amateur Golf Ranking®/WAGR® 

Competing in her sixth U.S. Women’s Mid-Amateur 

Won the 2017 U.S. Women’s Mid-Amateur at Champions Golf Club in Houston, Texas 

Five-time Utah Women’s State Amateur champion and Utah Women’s Player of the Year 

Owns a 16-4 match play record in the U.S. Women’s Mid-Amateur after reaching match play in all six starts 

Works as a director of golf programming in Salt Lake City 

Road to the Quarterfinals 

Shot 76-69–145 in stroke play to earn the No. 14 seed 

R64: Def. Kirsty Hodgkins, 3 and 2 

R32: Def. Aliea Clark, 2 and 1 

R16: Def. Katrin Wolfe, 1 up 

Kimberly Dinh, 31, of Midland, Mich. 

No. 2714 in World Amateur Golf Ranking®/WAGR® 

Competing in her third U.S. Women’s Mid-Amateur 

Has reached the Round of 16 in all three championship appearances and reached the quarterfinals for the second year in a row 

Two-time Michigan Women’s Mid-Amateur champion (2023, 2020) 

Competed in her first LPGA event in May at the Great Lakes Bay Invitational 

2022 Michigan Women’s Player of the Year 

Won the 2021 Michigan Women’s Amateur as the oldest player in the field 

Works as a senior research specialist 

Played collegiately at the University of Wisconsin 

Road to the Quarterfinals 

Shot 72-73–145 in stroke play to earn the No. 16 seed 

R64: Def. Truc Ly, 3 and 2 

R32: Def. Michelle Jarman, 6 and 5 

R16: Def. Aideen Walsh, 4 and 3 

Lauren Greenlief, 32, of Ashburn, Va. 

No. 1378 in World Amateur Golf Ranking®/WAGR® 

Competing in her eighth U.S. Women’s Mid-Amateur 

Has reached the quarterfinals four times in her last five starts 

Won the 2015 U.S. Women’s Mid-Amateur at Squire Creek C.C. in Choudrant, La. 

Won the Amateur Golf Alliance Women’s Amateur this May for the third time in four years 

Five-time Virginia State Golf Association Women’s Golfer of the Year 

Managing director and partner of a Boston-based consulting group 

Road to the Quarterfinals 

Shot 72-71–143 in stroke play to earn the No. 10 seed 

R64: Def. Kathy Hartwiger, 4 and 3 

R32: Def. Katie Miller, 3 and 2 

R16: Def. Blakesly Brock, 4 and 2 

Gretchen Johnson, 37, of Portland, Ore. 

No. 2058 in World Amateur Golf Ranking®/WAGR® 

Competing in her seventh U.S. Women’s Mid-Amateur 

Semifinalist in 2018 at Norwood Hills Country Club in St. Louis, Mo. 

Won the 2022 Ladies National Golf Association Mid-Amateur 

Played collegiately at NYU, where she earned a bachelor’s degree in marketing and international business 

Currently works in wealth management, and volunteers as a board member for Sport Oregon 

Road to the Quarterfinals 

Shot 73-71–144 in stroke play to earn the No. 12 seed 

R64: Def. Dana Clary, 4 and 3 

R32: Def. Meghan Stasi, 5 and 4 

R16: Def. Celine Manche, 1 up 

Judith Kyrinis, 59, of Canada 

No. 679 in World Amateur Golf Ranking®/WAGR® 

Competing in her 11th U.S. Women’s Mid-Amateur 

Semifinalist in 2000 at Big Canyon C.C. in Newport Beach, Calif. 

Won the 2017 U.S. Senior Women’s Amateur at Waverley Country Club in Portland, Ore.

Low amateur in the 2023 U.S. Senior Women’s Open at Waverley C.C. and finished tied for sixth, the lowest finish of any amateur in the championship’s history

Won the 2023 Canadian Women’s Mid-Amateur

Has competed in 25 USGA championship

Road to the Quarterfinals 

Shot 70-74–144 in stroke play to earn the No. 13 seed 

R64: Def. Erica Herr, 3 and 1

R32: Def. Joliana Hodges, 5 and 4

R16: Def. Isabella Dilisio, 1 up 

Jackie Rogowicz, 26, of Yardley, Pa. 

No. 542 in World Amateur Golf Ranking®/WAGR® 

Competing in her second U.S. Women’s Mid-Amateur 

Only lost a total of four holes in her first three matches combined 

Won the 2022 Pennsylvania Women’s Amateur at Lancaster Country Club, the site of next year’s U.S. Women’s Open, by seven strokes 

Works as an investment analyst for an asset management company 

Played collegiately at Penn State University 

Plays out of Yardley Country Club, 60 miles from Stonewall, and is the last Pennsylvanian standing in the field 

Road to the Quarterfinals 

Shot 71-68–139 in stroke play to earn the No. 2 seed 

R64: Def. Tara Joy-Connelly, 5 and 4 

R32: Def. Jacqueline Setas, 5 and 3 

R16: Def. Catherine McEvoy, 6 and 5 

Taryn Walker, 37, of Prospect, Ky. 

Not ranked in World Amateur Golf Ranking®/WAGR® 

Competing in her first U.S. Women’s Mid-Amateur 

Qualified for the 2007 U.S. Women’s Open at Pine Needles Lodge & Golf Club 

Won the 2011 Kentucky Women’s Open 

Member of the Middle Tennessee State University Athletics Hall of Fame 

Most decorated women's golfer in Middle Tennessee history, earning All-Sun Belt Conference honors all four years she played (2005-08)

Competed on Golf Channel’s Big Break in 2010 

Her father-in-law Jeff Walker competed in the 2018 U.S. Senior Amateur 

Road to the Quarterfinals 

Shot 70-72–142 in stroke play to earn the No. 11 seed 

R64: Def. Kim Keyer-Scott, 4 and 2 

R32: Def. Haley Kuempel, 1 up 

R16: Def. Lauren Gebauer, 2 and 1