Zaretsky leads U.S. Girls Junior, Roller tied for 81st after first round
On an ideal day for scoring, Lauren Zaretsky, 18, of Canada, posted a 5-under-par 68 on Monday for a one-stroke lead after the first round of stroke play in the 73rd U.S. Girls’ Junior Championship being contested at The Club at Olde Stone.
Yana Wilson, 15, of Henderson, Nev., a two-time Drive, Chip & Putt age-group champion who reached the quarterfinals last year, Hsin Tai Lin, 16, of Chinese Taipei, Justice Bosio, 18, of Australia and Farah O’Keefe, 17, of Austin, Texas, were in the group at 4-under 69 on the 6,484-yard, par-73 Arthur Hills design that opened in 2006.
Overnight storms that continued into early Monday dropped nearly an inch of rain that slightly softened the conditions, especially on the greens, and the winds were calm.
Jenni Roller of Jenks shot 76 and is currently tied for 81st. She will likely need to shoot at least a few shots better in the second round Tuesday to be one of the 64 to advance to match play on Wednesday. Roller uncharacteristically struggled on the par-5 holes in her opening round, making a double bogey on the second hole and a bogey on the par-5 closing hole.
Zaretsky, an incoming freshman at Texas Tech University who won the 2021 Canadian Women’s Amateur to become fully exempt for this championship, was buoyed by an eagle-3 on the par-5 11th and consecutive birdies on 17 and 18 to close out the round. The powerfully built Thornhill, Ontario, resident laced a 5-iron from 206 yards to 8 feet on the 505-yard 11th. Despite a three-putt bogey on 14 and another bogey on 16, she rebounded nicely with a 10-foot birdie on 17 and a 2-footer on the par-5 18th.
T2 Farah O’Keefe, Austin, Texas – 37-32–69
T2 Hsin Tai Lin, Chinese Taipei – 36-33–69
T2 Justice Bosio, Australia – 36-33–69
T2 Yana Wilson, Henderson, Nev. – 34-35–69
T6 Anna Song, Los Angeles, Calif. – 36-34–70
T6 Ashley Kim, La Mirada, Calif. – 34-36–70
T6 Claire Henson, Jackson, Tenn. – 37-33–70
T6 Karen Tsuru, Carlsbad, Calif. – 36-34–70
T6 Saki Baba, Japan – 37-33–70
T6 Trinity Beth, Calvert City, Ky. – 36-34–70
T12 Alexia Siehl, Fort Mill, S.C. – 34-37–71
T12 Gianna Clemente, Estero, Fla. – 33-38–71
T12 Lynn Lim, Gallatin, Tenn. – 36-35–71
T12 Megan Meng, Pennington, N.J. – 38-33–71
T12 Natalie Vo, San Jose, Calif. – 35-36–71
T12 Nika Ito, Japan – 34-37–71
T12 Olivia Duan, Cupertino, Calif. – 35-36–71
T19 Angelina Tolentino, Mount Laurel, N.J. – 36-36–72
T19 Camila Burnett, Bluffton, S.C. – 36-36–72
T19 Catherine Park, Irvine, Calif. – 37-35–72
T19 Fiona Xu, New Zealand – 35-37–72
T19 Grace Kilcrease, Springdale, Ark. – 35-37–72
T19 Jennifer Seo, Chandler, Ariz. – 37-35–72
T19 Kaitlyn Schroeder, Jacksonville, Fla. – 36-36–72
T19 Katie Li, Basking Ridge, N.J. – 35-37–72
T19 Maya Beasley, Pinehurst, N.C. – 35-37–72
T19 Molly Brown Davidson, Birmingham, Ala. – 37-35–72
T19 Samantha Olson, Phoenix, Ariz. – 37-35–72
T19 Yunxuan (Michelle) Zhang, People’s Republic of China – 38-34–72
T31 Chun Wei Wu, Chinese Taipei – 38-35–73
T31 Hsin Chun Liao, Chinese Taipei – 37-36–73
T31 Jessica Guiser, Hartland, Wis. – 33-40–73
T31 Kaila Elsayegh, Pacific Palisades, Calif. – 37-36–73
T31 Kelli Ann Strand, Challis, Idaho – 37-36–73
T31 Kennedy Swedick, Albany, N.Y. – 38-35–73
T31 Michelle Liu, Canada – 35-38–73
T31 Nikki Oh, Torrance, Calif. – 34-39–73
T31 Sara Im, Duluth, Ga. – 35-38–73
T40 Adrian Anderson, Murrells Inlet, S.C. – 37-37–74
T40 Ava Cepeda, Hauula, Hawaii – 38-36–74
T40 Bailey Shoemaker, Dade City, Fla. – 37-37–74
T40 Brynn Kort, Henderson, Nev. – 35-39–74
T40 Cara Heisterkamp, Westlake, Ohio – 35-39–74
T40 Ellen Yu, Greensboro, N.C. – 38-36–74
T40 Emily Mathews, Mebane, N.C. – 38-36–74
T40 Kara Kaneshiro, Honolulu, Hawaii – 35-39–74
T40 Kynadie Adams, Nashville, Tenn. – 36-38–74
T40 Mackenzie Lee, North Little Rock, Ark. – 36-38–74
T40 Maria Jose Marin, Colombia – 36-38–74
T40 Mia Hammond, New Albany, Ohio – 37-37–74
T40 Morgan Ketchum, Winston Salem, N.C. – 36-38–74
T40 Reagan Southerland, Atlanta, Ga. – 40-34–74
T40 Reese McCauley, Inver Grove Heights, Minn. – 36-38–74
T40 Sammie Dolce, Florham Park, N.J. – 36-38–74
T40 Ting-Hsuan (Tiffany) Huang, Chinese Taipei – 36-38–74
T40 Vanessa Zhang, Canada – 36-38–74
T58 Amelie Zalsman, Redlands, Calif. – 38-37–75
T58 Anika Varma, India – 37-38–75
T58 Cailyn Rogers, Lexington, Ky. – 37-38–75
T58 Charissa Shang, Calabasas, Calif. – 37-38–75
T58 Elizabeth Eberle, Richmond, Ky. – 40-35–75
T58 Ella Weber, Canada – 39-36–75
T58 Emily Luo, Danville, Calif. – 40-35–75
T58 Katie Cranston, Canada – 34-41–75
T58 Kiara Romero, San Jose, Calif. – 34-41–75
T58 Kodi Nolen, Midlothian, Texas – 40-35–75
T58 Kristina Xu, Claremont, Calif. – 36-39–75
T58 Kylee Choi, Murrieta, Calif. – 38-37–75
T58 Kylie Chong, Torrance, Calif. – 39-36–75
T58 Kyra Ly, Portland, Ore. – 38-37–75
T58 Lucy Yuan, San Diego, Calif. – 40-35–75
T58 Maria Garcia, Mexico – 38-37–75
T58 Nicole Gal, Canada – 38-37–75
T58 Petra Yee, Sacramento, Calif. – 36-39–75
T58 Rayee Feng, Short Hills, N.J. – 38-37–75
T58 Samantha Dizon, Philippines – 37-38–75
T58 Sarah Shao, Green Brook, N.J. – 39-36–75
T58 Sydney Hackett, Ashburn, Va. – 38-37–75
T58 Thienna Huynh, Lilburn, Ga. – 38-37–75
T81 Asterisk Talley, Chowchilla, Calif. – 39-37–76
T81 Camryn Coffield, Hamilton, Ga. – 37-39–76
T81 Christine Chang, Auburn, Ala. – 37-39–76
T81 Derica Chiu, Oak Park, Calif. – 38-38–76
T81 Dianna Lee, San Diego, Calif. – 37-39–76
T81 Isabella McCauley, Inver Grove Heights, Minn. – 38-38–76
T81 Jenni Roller, Jenks, Okla. – 40-36–76
T81 Jude Lee, Walnut, Calif. – 37-39–76
T81 Kary Hollenbaugh, New Albany, Ohio – 39-37–76
T81 Lilly DeNunzio, Henderson, Nev. – 36-40–76
T81 Macie Elzinga, Byron Center, Mich. – 37-39–76
T81 Macy Pate, Winston Salem, N.C. – 40-36–76
T81 Claire Chen, Fremont, Calif. – 36-40–76
T81 Sydney Moss, Shreveport, La. – 38-38–76
T95 Alexandra Gazzoli, Palm Coast, Fla. – 39-38–77
T95 Audrey Brust, Reno, Nev. – 39-38–77
T95 Ella Kozak, Canada – 39-38–77
T95 Faith Johnson, Evansville, Ind. – 38-39–77
T95 Jordan Fischer, Germany – 39-38–77
T95 Larissa Carrillo, Mexico – 38-39–77
T95 Layla Pedrique, Palm Beach Gardens, Fla. – 41-36–77
T95 Lisa Copeland, Naperville, Ill. – 39-38–77
T95 Madeline Bante, Englewood, Colo. – 38-39–77
T95 Morgan Smith, Westford, Mass. – 39-38–77
T95 Nicole Kato, Redmond, Wash. – 38-39–77
T95 Simone Senk, Fort Wayne, Ind. – 41-36–77
T95 Siuue Wu, Hong Kong China – 42-35–77
T95 Tsubasa Kajitani, Japan – 38-39–77
T109 Alessandra Nagayo, Canada – 39-39–78
T109 Ali Mulhall, Henderson, Nev. – 39-39–78
T109 Anna Ritter, New Albany, Ohio – 41-37–78
T109 Consuela Guo, New Zealand – 39-39–78
T109 Jaymie Ng, Singapore – 37-41–78
T109 Kate Brody, Grand Blanc, Mich. – 39-39–78
T109 Maria Atwood, Holly Springs, N.C. – 40-38–78
T109 Melanie Walker, Burke, Va. – 38-40–78
T109 Mi Li, People’s Republic of China – 39-39–78
T109 Rylee Salome, Tome, N.M. – 36-42–78
T109 Shannyn Vogler, Moline, Ill. – 40-38–78
T109 Valentina Zuleta, Colombia – 40-38–78
T109 Valeria Ramirez, Colombia – 38-40–78
T109 Veronika Exposito, The Woodlands, Texas – 40-38–78
T123 Angela Nip, Hong Kong China – 40-39–79
T123 Avery Zweig, McKinney, Texas – 40-39–79
T123 Charlene Chung, Hong Kong China – 41-38–79
T123 Jacqueline Putrino, Lakewood Ranch, Fla. – 38-41–79
T123 Karoline Tuttle, Lake Mary, Fla. – 39-40–79
T123 Lindsay McGrath, Canada – 42-37–79
T123 Sophia Li, New York, N.Y. – 40-39–79
T123 Sydney Givens, Austin, Texas – 40-39–79
T123 Victoria Zheng, Canada – 42-37–79
T132 Bridget Ma, Orlando, Fla. – 42-38–80
T132 Hadley Ashton, Erie, Colo. – 39-41–80
T132 Karina Jadhav, Irvine, Calif. – 40-40–80
T132 Molly Hardwick, Nashville, Tenn. – 39-41–80
T132 Sophie Stevens, Highland, Mich. – 39-41–80
T132 Tillie Claggett, Canada – 40-40–80
T132 Yun Kiu Tiffany Chan, Hong Kong China – 42-38–80
T139 Emerson Blair, West Point, Miss. – 45-36–81
T139 Honorine Nobuta-Ferry, West Palm Beach, Fla. – 43-38–81
T139 Isabella Saenz, San Antonio, Texas – 40-41–81
T139 Nicole Iniakov, Prunedale, Calif. – 40-41–81
T139 Riley Lewis, Edwardsville, Ill. – 42-39–81
T139 Taylor Kehoe, Canada – 40-41–81
T145 Dani Grace Schrock, Pontiac, Ill. – 42-40–82
T145 Maria Jose Barragan, Mexico – 39-43–82
T147 Diane Guercio, Frisco, Texas – 41-42–83
T147 Emma Thompson, McKinney, Texas – 40-43–83
T147 Sydney Deal, Perrysburg, Ohio – 42-41–83
T147 Taylor Mularski, Spokane, Wash. – 41-42–83
T151 Addison Klonowski, Naples, Fla. – 42-42–84
T151 Amber Li, Bellevue, Wash. – 42-42–84
T151 Mia Cepeda, Hauula, Hawaii – 45-39–84
154 Brooke Frerichs, Canada – 48-39–87
155 Aoife Devaney, Waterbury, Conn. – 44-50–94
156 Megha Ganne, Holmdel, N.J. – DQ-DQ–DQ