I didn't see anything posted on this, so I thought I'd start a thread.
I just happened to catch the end of the quarter finals matches, and then couldn't stop watching as 13 year old Chia Yen Wu (China) beat Lauren Stephenson (U of Alabama?) on the 30th hole to set the record for the longest match in USGA history (men's or women's).
Some highlights:
Both girls were making fantastic chips & putts in the extra holes. It was really cool to watch these kids put on a show! From the USGA site:
I just happened to catch the end of the quarter finals matches, and then couldn't stop watching as 13 year old Chia Yen Wu (China) beat Lauren Stephenson (U of Alabama?) on the 30th hole to set the record for the longest match in USGA history (men's or women's).
Some highlights:
Both girls were making fantastic chips & putts in the extra holes. It was really cool to watch these kids put on a show! From the USGA site:
Chia Yen Wu, the No. 63 seed from Chinese Taipei, prevailed in a 30-hole match – the longest in 117 years of USGA championship history – over Lauren Stephenson in the quarterfinals of the 2017 U.S. Women’s Amateur Championship on San Diego Country Club’s par-72, 6,423-yard course. At 13 years, 4 months and 17 days old, the win also secures Wu’s place in history as the youngest player to advance to the championship’s semifinals.