What Happened

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Notable

• Two of the four USGA champions in the field advanced to match play: 2015 U.S. Women’s Mid-Amateur champion Lauren Greenlief and partner Katie Miller Gee earned the No. 5 seed, while four-time Women’s Mid-Am champion Meghan Stasi and Dawn Woodard are the No. 30 seed. The two oldest players in the field, Ellen Port (seven USGA titles: four Women’s Mid-Ams and three Senior Women’s Ams) and Laura Tennant (two-time defending Senior Women’s Am champion), finished at 9-over 153 to miss the cut by five strokes. Stasi and Port have also competed in the Curtis Cup Match for the USA, while Port captained the winning 2014 USA side in her hometown of St. Louis, Mo. The 2021 Match will be played Aug. 26-28 in Wales.
   
• Kathryn Muzi, of Newport Beach, Calif., who attends the University of Southern California but wasn't on the Trojans’ travel roster for this week’s Pacific-12 Conference Championship, competed as a one-person side and finished at 7 over. Her partner, Crystal Wang, was unavailable due to a college commitment. Kyle Fraser, of Fort Worth, Texas, also played as a one-person side when partner Camry Tardy suffered an undisclosed injury. Fraser, a former lacrosse player at Stanford, finished at 19 over. 
   
• Two sets of sisters made match play: twins Jasmine and Janae Levao, of Oceanside, Calif., combined for a 1-under 143 total, while Maria Fernanda Martinez and Maria Jose Martinez, of Mexico, tied for the low score of the day on Sunday (4-under 68) to finish at even-par 144.
   
• Grace Summerhays, of Scottsdale, Ariz., whose brother Preston won the 2019 U.S. Junior Amateur at Inverness Club, and partner Sydney Bryan, of Mesa, Ariz., shot even-par 144 to make match play. Grace’s father, Boyd, who is caddieing for her this week, is a former PGA Tour player and the instructor for world No. 12 player Tony Finau.
   
• Nine players from the host state of Texas made it to the match-play bracket, third-most among states. California led the way with 12, while Florida had 11 players. Georgia was next-most with four. Pending the outcome of the 2-for-1 playoff on Monday for the No. 32 spot in match play, 19 states are represented, as well as Mexico and Canada. 

Quotable

Alexa Pano on earning co-medalist honors at 6-under 138 with partner Paris Hilinski: “It means a lot. I’ve been medalist before and its always great going into the next round as the person who has played the best. It gives us confidence because we both struggled to get birdies and get leads this year. Right now it feels like it is all coming together for us.”

Jillian Bourdage, a two-time USGA runner-up in 2019, on earning the No. 4 seed with partner Casey Weidenfeld: “We’re just out here playing everything hole by hole and trying to enjoy our time together before Casey heads off to college. That’s what it’s all about. Having fun and enjoying ourselves out there.”

Thienna Huynh on competing with and against partner Sara Im, who defeated Huynh in 7 extra holes for the 2020 Georgia Women’s Amateur title: “In 2019 we played really well together. We trust each other a lot and play completely different games, which is really beneficial. Going head to head at the Georgia Women’s Amateur championship was exciting. We really were rooting for each other then, but it was certainly a test of our friendship. It’s nice to be on the same team again.”

Maria Jose Martinez on Sunday’s round of 4-under 68 with sister Maria Fernanda Martinez: “Yesterday was our first time seeing the course because we could not play a practice round due to Friday’s weather. Now that we are more comfortable with the course, we are really enjoying ourselves.” 

Amy Morton is an assistant manager of communications for the USGA. Email her at amorton@usga.org.