Krissy Carman, 27, Eugene, Ore.
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-No. 2815 in Women’s World Amateur Golf Ranking®/WAGR®
-Playing in her second USGA championship (2018 Four-Ball)
-Won the 2022 Oregon Stroke Play Championship
-Medalist at the 2022 Oregon Amateur
-Runner-up at 2022 Oregon Mid-Amateur
-Played collegiately at Oregon State (two years) before transferring to Portland State University
-2016 Big Sky First-Team All-Conference
-Carman’s mother, Suzanne, played collegiately at Oregon State and met her husband at Rose City Golf Course in Portland-Mother of a 2-year-old son, Conrad
-Stepped away from competitive golf for three years (2018-21) and returned to the game when she and her husband, Mitchell, brought their son to the golf course in a jogging stroller
Road to the QuarterfinalsShot 73-70—143 in stroke play to earn the No. 5 seed
R64: Def. Kathy Hartwiger, 3 and 1
R32: Def. Alexandra Austin, 6 and 5
R16: Def. Ana Alicia Malagon Perez, 4 and 3
Quarterfinals: Def. Kimberly Dinh, 4 and 3
Aliea Clark 26, New York, N.Y.
Instagram: @alieaclark
-No. 2010 in Women’s World Amateur Golf Ranking®/WAGR®
-Playing in her fifth USGA championship
-Runner-up in the 2021 U.S. Women’s Mid-Amateur, becoming just the second No. 64 seed to reach the championship match, following Alexandria Frazier in the 2010 U.S. Senior Women’s Amateur
-Advanced to match play in the 2022 U.S. Women’s Amateur at Chambers Bay, the only mid-amateur to do so
-Played her collegiate golf at UCLA, where her teammates were current professionals and USA Curtis Cup competitors Alison Lee and Bethany Wu
-Currently enrolled in graduate school at NYU, where she is pursuing a dual degree; an MBA from Stern and an MFA from Tisch in film production
-An alum of LPGA-USGA Girls Golf
Road to the Quarterfinals
-Shot 78-71—149 in stroke play to earn the No. 27 seed
-R64: Def. Sarah Salvo, 3 and 1
-R32: Def. Lauren Greenlief, 3 and 2
-R16: Def. Ina Kim-Schaad, 5 and 3
-Quarterfinals: Def. Jacqueline Setas, 19 holes
Isabella DiLisio, 25, Hatfield, Pa.
Instagram: @idilisio
-No. 2736 in Women’s World Amateur Golf Ranking®/WAGR®
-Playing in her third USGA championship (2013, 2014 U.S. Girls’ Junior)
-Played collegiately at University of Notre Dame
-Current club champion at Philadelphia Cricket Club (third year in a row), site of the 2024 U.S. Amateur Four-Ball Championship
-Runner-up at 2021 Pennsylvania Women’s Amateur
-Team USA member in 2015 Toyota Junior Golf World Cup
-Won the 2014 Pennsylvania Women’s Amateur
-Great-grandfather, Nick Ciocca, caddied for Ben Hogan when he won the 1950 U.S. Open at Merion Golf Club
-Served as a volunteer standard bearer at 2013 U.S. Open at Merion Golf Club
Road to the Quarterfinals-Shot 72-76—148 in stroke play to earn the No. 26 seed
-R64: Def. Andrea Cropper, 2 and 1
-R32: Def. Jacqueline Twitty, 19 holes
-R16: Def. Courtney McKim, 3 and 1
-Quarterfinals: Def. Kate Scarpetta, 3 and 2
Jennifer Peng, 26, San Diego, Calif.
Instagram: @peng_jen
-Not ranked in Women’s World Amateur Golf Ranking®/WAGR®
-Playing in her fourth USGA championship
-Earned medalist honors for second straight year in the U.S. Women’s Mid-Amateur
-Only player with two eagles during stroke play – both on the par-5 18th
-Recorded the lowest 18-hole score in championship history with a 6-under 66 in the second round of last year’s event
-Played collegiately at Yale University
-Member of Yale Women’s Golf All-Decade Team
-2016-2017 Ivy League Player of the Year
Road to the Quarterfinals-Shot 71-67—138 in stroke play to earn the No. 1 seed
-R64: Def. Connor Macon, 2 and 1
-R32: Lila Thomas, 2 up
-R16: Def. Lindsay Gahm, 2 and 1
-Quarterfinals: Def. Meghan Stasi, 2 up
Jonathan Coe is a senior manager of championship communications for the USGA. Email him at jcoe@usga.org.