The US Girls’ Junior quarterfinals and semifinals will be contested on Friday, beginning at 8 a.m. EDT and 1:15 p.m. ET, respectfully.
Saturday’s 36-hole championship match is scheduled to begin at 8:30 a.m. and continue following the lunch break. Here’s a closer look at the Quarterfinalists.
Grace Carter, 15, of Jupiter, Fla.
• WAGR: No. 729
• Competing in first U.S. Girls’ Junior
• Stroke play medalist with a 36-hole score of 6-under 136; youngest since Lucy Li in 2018
• Won back-to-back AJGA tournaments at the 2025 Mahoning Valley Junior All-Star and Coca-Cola Junior Championship at The Highlands
• Reigning women's club champion at Jonathan's Landing Golf Club in Jupiter
Road to the Quarterfinals:
Shot 69-67 – 136 in stroke play to earn No. 1 seed
R64: Def. Victoria Richani, 5 and 3
R32: Def. Lucinda Wu, 3 and 2
R16: Def. Clairey Lin, 1 up
Xingtong Chen, 16, of Singapore
• WAGR: No. 291
• Competing in first U.S. Girls’ Junior
• Back-to-back champion of the Singapore Junior Golf Championship
• Youngest winner of the Singapore Open Amateur Championship
• Has twice competed in the HSBC Women’s World Championship, a professional event
• Finished ninth in the 2024 R&A Junior Open
Road to the Quarterfinals:
Shot 67-70 – 137 in stroke play to earn No. 5 seed
R64: Def. Macie Rasmussen, 2 up
R32: Def. Amelia Harris, 6 and 4
R16: Def. Mia Clausen, 3 and 2
Aphrodite Deng, 15, of Canada
• WAGR: No. 36
• Competing in third U.S. Girls’ Junior
• Member of Team Canada
• 2025 Mizuho Americas Open champion
• 2025 Junior Invitational at Sage Valley champion
• 2024 The Nelly Invitational champion
• 2024 World Junior Girls Championship runner-up
• 2024 New Jersey Junior Girls Championship champion
Road to the Quarterfinals:
Shot 72-72 – 144 in stroke play to earn No. 35 seed
R64: Def. Sarah Hammett, 2 and 1
R32: Def. Mia Carles, 2 and 1
R16: Def. Yujie Liu, 19 holes
Rayee Feng, 17, Short Hills, N.J.
• WAGR: No. 388
• Competing in second U.S. Girls’ Junior
• Competed in the 2025 U.S. Women’s Open and made the cut (one of five amateurs to make the cut)
• Rising senior at The Pingry School, in Bernards Township, N.J.
• Is exempt into next month’s U.S. Women’s Amateur at Bandon Dunes in Bandon, Ore.
• Won the 2024 New Jersey State Women's Open
• Owns four American Junior Golf Association victories, including two in 2024
• Represented the East Team in this year’s Wyndham Cup
Road to the Quarterfinals:
Shot 73-70 – 143 in stroke play to earn No. 30 seed
R64: Def. Zoe Jiamanukoonkit, 5 and 3
R32: Def. Zilin (Grace) Xu, 2 up
R16: Def. Anita Lumpongpoung, 2 up
Katelyn Kong, 18, of Los Angeles, California
• WAGR: No. 3191
• Competing in first U.S. Girls’ Junior
• Made USGA debut at the 2025 U.S. Women’s Open after posting 9-under-par 135 to earn medalist honors at her qualifier
• Rising sophomore at University of California, Irvine, where she earned All-Big West Honorable Mention honors
Road to the Quarterfinals:
Shot 67-70 – 137 in stroke play to earn No. 5 seed
R64: Def. Reagan Ramage, 7 and 5
R32: Def. Lauren Timpf, 3 and 2
R16: Def. Music Ponmani, 2 and 1
Chloe Kovelesky, 18, of Boca Raton, Fla.
• WAGR: No. 148
• Was a member of the 2024 U.S. National Junior Team
• Rising sophomore at Wake Forest University
• Member of the 2024-25 All-ACC Team
• Earned one collegiate win in her freshman season at the Lady Bulldog Invitational
• Competed in the 2021 U.S. Women’s Open
Road to the Quarterfinals:
Shot 74-71 – 145 in stroke play to earn No. 38 seed
R64: Def. Amelie Zalsman, 19 Holes
R32: Def. OneOn Sriwong, 2 and 1
R16: Def. Anna Fang, 22 Holes
Emerie Schartz, 17, of Wichita, Kan.
• WAGR: No. 1043
• Member of the U.S. National Junior Team
• Competing in third U.S. Girls’ Junior (recorded one of four aces in 2023 championship at Air Force Academy’s Eisenhower Golf Club)
• Back-to-back champion of the Kansas Girls Junior Amateur
• Committed to the University of Arkansas for Class of 2026
• Has her younger sister, Avery, on the bag this week
• The sisters have competed together in the last two U.S. Women’s Amateur Four-Ball Championships
• Missed cut in 2024 U.S. Women’s Amateur at Southern Hills Country Club as a last-minute alternate; family drove that morning from Wichita to Tulsa and made it just in time to begin Round 1)
Road to the Quarterfinals:
Shot 73-74 – 147 in stroke play to earn No. 55 seed
R64: Def. Ruihan Kendria Wang, 1 up
R32: Def. Pimpisa Rubrong, 1 up
R16: Def. Adrienne Ahn, 3 and 1
Shyla Singh, 17, of Australia
• WAGR: No. 167
• Competing in second U.S. Girls’ Junior
• Member of the Australian High Performance program
• Member of the Australian National Team
• Champion of the 2024 Australian Girls’ Amateur
• Plays left-handed
• Sign national letter of intent to play at the University of Oregon this fall
Road to the Quarterfinals:
Shot 73-74 – 147 in stroke play to earn No. 56 seed
R64: Def. Molly Brown Davidson, 1 up
R32: Def. Isabel Emanuels, 2 and 1
R16: Def. Rachel Lee, 5 and 4
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