73rd U.S. Girls' Junior: Meet the Quarterfinalists

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Justice Bosio, 18, Australia

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• No. 96 in Women’s World Amateur Golf Ranking

• Playing in her first USGA championship

• Won both the Keperra Bowl and the Adidas Junior national final in 2020

• Was runner-up in the 2022 Australian Amateur at Cranbourne

• Is a member of the Golf Australia High Performance squad

• Reached quarterfinal round at the 2022 Women’s North & South Amateur at Pinehurst No. 2

• Seeks to join reigning U.S. Women’s Open champion Minjee Lee (2012) as a U.S. Girls’ Junior champion from Australia

Road to the Quarterfinals

• Shot 69-73–142 in stroke play to earn the No. 9 seed
• R64: Def. Kristina Xu, 6 and 5
• R32: Def. Mackenzie Lee, 5 and 4
• R16: Def. Kynadie Adams, 4 and 3

Gianna Clemente, 14, Estero, Fla.

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• No. 167 in Women’s World Amateur Golf Ranking

• Playing in her first U.S. Girls’ Junior and fourth USGA championship

• Became third-youngest player (age 11) to qualify for U.S. Women’s Amateur in 2019 at Old Waverly Golf Club in West Point, Miss. (MC)

• Was 2022 AJGA Rolex Invitational runner-up, 2022 AJGA Wyndham Cup competitor (East) and 2022 Evian Junior USA Team member

• Finished fourth in the 2022 Junior Invitational at Sage Valley and shared fourth in the South Atlantic Ladies Amateur (The Sally)

Road to the Quarterfinals

• Shot 71-73–144 in stroke play to earn the No. 16 seed
• R64: Def. Jessica Guiser, 3 and 2
• R32: Def. Adrian Anderson, 2up
• R16: Def. Kiara Romero, 2 and 1

Nicole Gal, 17, Canada

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• No. 320 in Women’s World Amateur Golf Ranking

• Playing in her first U.S. Girls’ Junior following her USGA debut in the 2022 U.S. Women’s Amateur Four-Ball in April

• Was the Canadian Junior Girls Champion in 2021 and the runner-up in the 2021 Canadian Women’s Amateur to Lauren Zaretsky, who qualified for match play this week

• Was the 2019 Drive, Chip & Putt 14-15 age-group champion
  

Road to the Quarterfinals

• Shot 75-74–149 in stroke play to earn the No. 43 seed
• R64: Def. Molly Brown Davidson, 4 and 3
• R32: Def. Mia Hammond, 1 up
• R16: Def. Jennifer Seo, 1 up

Sara Im, 17, Duluth, Ga.

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• No. 404 in Women’s World Amateur Golf Ranking

• Playing in her first U.S. Girls’ Junior and fourth USGA championship

• Claimed 2022 U.S. Women’s Amateur Four-Ball title with partner Thienna Huynh, who was ousted in the Round of 16, this past April in Puerto Rico

• Won the Georgia Women’s Amateur in 2020 in a playoff over Huynh.

• Won the 12-13 age division of the 2018 Drive, Chip & Putt National Finals at Augusta National; tied for 4th the following year in 14-15 division

• Member of the 2021 USA Junior Solheim Cup Team

• Plans to sign with Vanderbilt University in November

Road to the Quarterfinals

• Shot 73-72–145 in stroke play to earn the No. 18 seed
• R64: Def. Reagan Southerland, 3 and 1
• R32: Def. Katie Li, 3 and 2
• R16: Def. Grace Kilcrease, 3 and 2

Maria Jose Marin, 16, Colombia

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• No. 85 in Women’s World Amateur Golf Ranking®

• Playing in her second U.S. Girls’ Junior Championship (lost in Round of 64 in 2021)

• Plans to sign with the University of Arkansas in November

• Won the 58th Junior Orange Bowl International Golf Championship in Miami, Fla., in January

• Owns five other junior titles in 2022

• Finished as runner-up in inaugural Women’s Latin America Amateur Championship last November

• Advanced to match play in last week’s Women’s North & South Amateur at Pinehurst No. 2

Road to the Quarterfinals

• Shot 74-69–143 in stroke play to earn the No. 12 seed
• R64: Def. Chun Wei Wu in 21 holes
• R32: Def. Bailey Shoemaker, 5 and 4
• R16: Def. Kylee Choi, 6 and 4

Reese McCauley, 16, Inver Grove Heights, Minn.

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• Not ranked in Women’s World Amateur Golf Ranking

• Playing in her first U.S. Girls’ Junior

• Qualified at Woodhill Country Club in Wayzata, Minn.

• Finished runner-up at the 2022 Minnesota Girls Junior PGA Championship to her older sister Isabella, who also played in this week’s Girls’ Junior, but missed the cut

• Older sister qualified for the 2021 U.S. Women's Open at The Olympic Club (MC)

Road to the Quarterfinals

• Shot 74-69–143 in stroke play to earn the No. 13 seed
• R64: Def. Kaila Elsayegh, 3 and 2
• R32: Def. Kaitlyn Schroeder, 20 holes
• R16: Def. Ashley Kim, 2 and 1

Yana Wilson, 15, Henderson, Nev.

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• No. 87 in Women’s World Amateur Golf Ranking

• Advanced to the quarterfinals of the 2021 U.S. Girls' Junior, where she lost to world No. 1 and medalist Rose Zhang, who claimed the title

• Won the 2022 Annika Invitational, securing the win over Anna Davis with a walk-off eagle from 75 yards out

• Two-time Drive, Chip & Putt age-group champion, taking the 12-13 division in 2019 and 2021 (2020 event was postponed due to COVID-19)

• Member of the 2021 USA Junior Solheim Cup Team

Road to the Quarterfinals

• Shot 69-71–140 in stroke play to earn the No. 3 seed
• R64: Def. Morgan Smith, 2 and 1
• R32: Def. Morgan Ketchum, 1 up
• R16: Def. Ting-Hsuan (Tiffany) Huang, 4 and 3

Fiona Xu, 17, New Zealand

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• No. 89 in Women’s World Amateur Golf Ranking

• Playing in her first U.S. Girls’ Junior

• Won the 2022 Australian Women’s Amateur Championship

• Finished runner-up at the 2022 Rene Erichsen Salver and Riversdale Cup

• Won the 2020 New Zealand U16 and New Zealand Amateur Championship

Road to the Quarterfinals

• Shot 72-70–142 in stroke play to earn the No. 10 seed
• R64: Def. Lucy Yuan, 5 and 4
• R32: Def. Emily Mathews, 1up
• R16: Def. Asterisk Talley, 2 and 1