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Meet the 2016 U.S. Women's Amateur Four-Ball Semifinalists

Pauline Del Rosario, 17, of the Philippines, and Princess Mary Superal, 19, of the Philippines
Del Rosario Bio

  • Born Oct. 12, 1998, in Las Pinas City, California, the Philippines
  • No. 214 in the Women’s World Amateur Golf Ranking™
  • Winner of the 2016 Johor Amateur Open in Malaysia
  • Represented the Philippines in the 2014 Women’s World Amateur Team Championship
  • Reached the first round of match play in the 2015 U.S. Women’s Amateur Championship
  • An incoming freshman at the University of Kansas

Superal Bio

  • Born Feb. 16, 1997, in Dasmarinas City, Cavite, the Philippines
  • No. 129 in the Women’s World Amateur Golf Ranking™
  • Won the 2014 U.S. Girls’ Junior Championship in 37 holes over Marijosse Navarro
  • Winner of the 2016 Kuala Lumpur Amateur Open and 2016 Hong Kong Ladies Open Amateur Championship
  • Runner-up at the 2016 Johor Amateur Open in Malaysia
  • Represented the Philippines in the 2014 Women’s World Amateur Team Championship
  • Plans to turn professional later in 2016

Angelina Kim, 13, of Los Angeles, Calif., and Brianna Navarrosa, 13, of San Diego, Calif.
Kim Bio

  • Born Aug. 16, 2002, in Los Angeles, Calif.
  • Unranked in the Women’s World Amateur Golf Ranking™
  • Winner of the BBCN Bank Junior All-Star
  • Tied for 59th in the 2016 Annika Invitational

Navarrosa Bio

  • Born June 23, 2002, in San Diego, Calif.
  • No. 1,941 in the Women’s World Amateur Golf Ranking™
  • Tied for third in the 2016 AJGA Junior at Carlton Oaks and 2015 AJGA Junior All-Star at El Conquistador
  • Finished fourth in the 2016 Winn Grips Heather Farr Classic
  • Tied for 53rd at the 2016 Annika Invitational

Hailee Cooper, 16, of Montgomery, Texas, and Kaitlyn Papp, 17, of Austin, Texas
Cooper Bio

  • Born Dec. 21, 1999, in Conroe, Texas
  • No. 962 in the Women’s World Amateur Golf Ranking™
  • Reached the second round of match play in the 2015 U.S. Women’s Amateur Championship and the first round of match play in the 2015 U.S. Girls’ Junior Championship
  • Winner of the 2015 KPMG Stacy Lewis Junior All-Star Invitational
  • Represented the USA in the 2015 Junior Solheim Cup, where she was the team’s youngest member

Papp Bio

  • Born Sept. 1, 1998, in Camp Lejeune, N.C.
  • No. 70 in the Women’s World Amateur Golf Ranking™
  • Winner of the 2015 AJGA Girls Championship
  • Runner-up in the 2016 South Atlantic Women’s Amateur Championship (the Sally)
  • Reached the quarterfinals of the 2015 Polo Junior Golf Classic
  • Represented the USA in the 2015 Junior Solheim Cup
  • Helped lead the Lake Travis High School girls golf team to the 2016 Texas Class 6A State Championship, along with teammate and 2014 U.S. Women’s Amateur champion Kristen Gillman
  • Has verbally committed to attend the University of Texas in the fall of 2017

Alexandra Austin, 23, of Burke, Va., and Lauren Greenlief, 25, of Oakton, Va.
Austin Bio

  • Born April 22, 1993, in Fairfax, Va.
  • No. 1,174 in the Women’s World Amateur Golf Ranking™
  • Was a member of the fifth-place Virginia team in the 2015 USGA Women’s State Team Championship
  • Finished third in the 2015 Virginia State Women’s Amateur Championship
  • Tied for 22nd at the 2016 South Atlantic Women’s Amateur Championship (the Sally)
  • A 2015 graduate of Radford University, where she earned Big South All-Conference honors in 2013 and 2015

Greenlief Bio

  • Born Sept. 13, 1990, in Fairfax, Va.
  • No. 718 in the Women’s World Amateur Golf Ranking™
  • Won the 2015 U.S. Women’s Mid-Amateur Championship, 2 and 1, over defending champion Margaret Shirley
  • At 25 years and 25 days of age, she is the youngest winner in U.S. Women’s Mid-Amateur history
  • Was a member of the third-place Virginia team in the 2013 USGA Women’s State Team Championship and the fifth-place team in the 2015 championship
  • Three-time Virginia State Golf Association Stroke Play champion, winning in 2010 on the seventh playoff hole
    Finished second in the 2015 Virginia State Women’s Amateur Championship and third in the 2015 Canadian Women’s Amateur Championship
  • Reached the Round of 16 of the 2015 U.S. Women’s Amateur Four-Ball Championship with partner Abby Portyrata
    Tied for 15th at the 2016 South American Women’s Amateur Championship
  • A 2012 graduate of the University of Virginia, where she walked onto the golf team and was a two-time Academic All-American
  • A management consultant for The Boston Consulting Group
  • Arrived at Streamsong Resort late Friday evening after missing the cut at the LPGA Tour’s Kingsmill Championship, where she received a sponsor’s exemption
Compiled by Christina Lance, manager of championship communications for the USGA. Email her at clance@usga.org.