Alice Chen, 21, Princeton, N.J.
· Born March 16, 1996, in Philadelphia, Pa.
· No. 63 in the Women’s World Amateur Golf Ranking™
· Chen and partner won the 2015 New Jersey State Golf Association Women’s Four-Ball Championship
· Southern Conference Women’s Freshman of the Year in 2015
· Competing in seventh USGA championship
· New Jersey high school state champion in 2013 and 2014
· Loves to sing and post silly photos of her dad to Instagram
Taylor Totland, 22, Tinton Falls, N.J.
· Born May 14, 1995, in Red Bank, N.J.
· No. 79 in the Women’s World Amateur Golf Ranking™
· Playing in her fifth USGA championship
· Southern Conference Freshman of the Year in 2014
· Furman Women’s Golf MVP in 2014 and 2015
· In 2015, was WGCA Honorable Mention All-American and Golfweek Honorable Mention All-American
· Likes going to the beach and going ocean kayaking
Kathleen Gallagher, 20, Greenwood, Miss.
· Born July 20, 1996, in Flowood, Miss.
· No. 388 in the Women’s World Amateur Golf Ranking™
· Her father, Jim Gallagher Jr., won five events on PGA Tour and is a Golf Channel analyst
· Her mother, Cissye, played briefly on the LPGA Tour and is a reinstated amateur
· Won Mississippi Boys’ North State Championship in 11th grade
· Two-time Mississippi Women’s Golf Association State Amateur champion
· Competing in her second USGA championship
Kendall Griffin, 18, Sebring, Fla.
· Born Jan. 15, 1999 on Sebring, Fla.
· No. 802 in the Women’s World Amateur Golf Ranking™
· Will attend LSU in fall on golf scholarship
· Griffin made her USGA championship debut with teammate Athena Yang in the inaugural U.S. Women’s Amateur Four-Ball Championship at Bandon Dunes in 2015 – where they were medalists
· Griffin and Yang reached the first round of match play in the 2016 U.S. Women’s Amateur Four-Ball.
· Griffin reached the quarterfinals in the 2016 U.S. Girls’ Junior Championship
· As a 5-year-old, Griffin survived a freak golf-cart accident in which she suffered a fractured skull and broke a bone in her neck.
Jennifer Chang, 17, Cary, N.C.
· Born October 20, 1999, in Springfield, Mo.
· No. 140 in the Women’s World Amateur Golf Ranking™
· Played in 2013 U.S. Women's Amateur Public Links and 2016 U.S. Girls' Junior Championship
· Named 2015 North Carolina Girls’ Player of the Year
· Earned a place on the 2016 AJGA All-America Team
· Likes to draw and spend time with friends in her free time
· Has verbally committed to play golf at University of Southern California in 2018
Gina Kim, 17, Chapel Hill, N.C.
· Born May 4, 2000, in Albuquerque, N.M.
· No. 137 in the Women’s World Amateur Golf Ranking™
· Playing in her sixth USGA championship
· Earned a spot on the 2012-2016 North Carolina All-State Golf team
· Was the 2014 and 2016 North Carolina Junior Girls’ Player of the Year
· Member of the U.S. team in the 2016 Evian Junior Cup.
· Has verbally committed to Duke University in 2018
Sammi Lee, 22, Winter Park, Fla.
· Born Dec. 1, 1994, in Boston, Mass.
· No. 2,101 in the Women’s World Amateur Golf Ranking™
· Playing in her first USGA championship
· Was on the SEC Academic Honor Roll from 2014-2017 and was WGCA All-America Scholar in 2016
· The 2017 graduate of the University of Georgia will begin her career with Barclays as an equities sales and trading analyst
· Likes to hang out with friends at the beach on Kiawah Island
Mary Ellen Shuman, 22, St. Simons Island, Ga.
· Born March 15, 1995, in Atlanta, Ga.
· No. 1,232 in the Women’s World Amateur Golf Ranking™
· Playing in her first USGA championship
· Earned a spot on the SEC Academic Honor Roll from 2013-2017
· The University of Georgia grad (class of 2017) was a UGA LEAD Inductee in 2016
