• Leigh Chien, 17, Irvine, Calif.

    Instagram: @leigh.chien

    -WAGR: No. 152 

    -Verbally committed to attend Stanford University in the fall of 2024 

    -Playing in her 2nd U.S. Girls’ Junior Championship
     
    -Quarterfinalist in the 2022 U.S. Women’s Amateur Championship
     
    -Won the 2021 CIF State High School Championship 

    -Was a Drive, Chip & Putt National Finalist in 2016 

    -Brother Evan Chien is a rising junior on UCLA men’s golf team

    Road to the quarterfinals: 
    Shot 75-75 – 150 in stroke play to earn No. 45 seed 
    R64: Def. Michelle Xing, 2 and 1 
    R32: Def. Alice Ziyi Zhou, 19 Holes 
    R16: Def. Kaili Xiao, 3 and 1

  • Gianna Clemente, 15, Estero, Fla.

    Instagram: @ giannaclementegolf

    -WAGR: No. 40 

    -Playing in her second U.S. Girls’ Junior Championship 

    -Won the 2023 U.S. Women’s Amateur Four-Ball Championship with partner Avery Zweig 

    -Runner-up in the 2022 U.S. Girls’ Junior Championship 

    -Played in first USGA championship at age 11, becoming the third youngest to ever compete in the U.S. Women’s Amateur 

    -Monday qualified for three straight LPGA events in 2022
     
    -2022 Ping Invitational Champion
     

    -This past April, became youngest to make cut in Augusta National Women's Amateur, finishing T-14
     

    Road to the quarterfinals: 
    Shot 72-70 – 146 in stroke play to earn No. 18 seed 
    R64: Def. Emily Song, 1 up 
    R32: Def. Madison Messimer, 1 up 
    R16: Def. Anna Davis, 3 and 2

  • Lauren Kim, 17, Canada

    Instagram: @lauren.hb.kim

    -WAGR: No. 104
     
    -Playing in her second U.S. Girls’ Junior Championship 

    -Qualified for the last two U.S. Women’s Opens 

    -Signed letter of intent with the University of Texas, where she’ll be a teammate of fellow quarterfinalist Farah O’Keefe
     
    -2022 Pacific Northwest Golf Association Player of the Year 

    -Finished third in the 2022 Canadian Women’s Amateur  

    -At age 12, she became the youngest to make the cut in the Canadian Women’s Amateur
     

    Road to the quarterfinals: 
    Shot 72-74 – 146 in stroke play to earn No. 22 seed 
    R64: Def. Ysabel Liu, 5 and 4 
    R32: Def. Asterisk Talley, 1 up 
    R16: Def. Reese McCauley, 1 up

  • Rianne Malixi, 16, Philippines

    Instagram: @riannemalixi

    -WAGR: No. 95
     
    -Recently qualified for her third straight U.S. Women’s Amateur 

    -Finished second in the 2022 Girls Junior PGA Championship 

    -Won the 2022 Singha Thailand Junior World Championships 
     

    -Lost in the Round of 32 of 2021 U.S. Girls’ Junior to eventual champion Rose Zhang 
     

    Road to the quarterfinals: 
    Shot 74-73 – 147 in stroke play to earn No. 24 seed 
    R64: Def. Ryan Flynn, 4 and 3 
    R32: Def. Kaitlyn Schroeder, 1 up 
    R16: Def. Audrey Rischer, 1 up

  • Farah O'Keefe, 18, Austin, Texas

    Instagram: @farah.okeefe

    -WAGR: No. 361
     
    -Playing in her second U.S. Girls’ Junior Championship 

    -Red-shirted this past spring at University of Texas 

    -Took 10 classes last fall at L.C. Anderson High to graduate early in order to enroll at Texas in January 

    -Two-time Texas UIL State Champion 

    -Lost in the Round of 64 in the 2022 U.S. Girls’ Junior Championship 

    -One of nine in the field to compete in the 2023 U.S. Women’s Open at Pebble Beach 
     

    Road to the quarterfinals: 
    Shot 73-73 – 146 in stroke play to earn No. 17 seed 
    R64: Def. Darla May Dela Torre, 2 and 1 
    R32: Def. Brynn Kort, 2 up 
    R16: Def. Yeji Kwon, 3 and 2

  • Kiara Romero, 17, San Jose, Calif.

    Instagram: @kiara.s.romero

    -WAGR: No. 139
     
    -Playing in her third U.S. Girls’ Junior Championship 

    -Signed a letter of intent with the University of Oregon 

    -Reached the Round of 16 at the 2022 U.S. Girls’ Junior 

    -Finished third at the 2022 Girls Junior PGA Championship
     

    Road to the quarterfinals: 
    Shot 68-72 – 140 in stroke play to earn No. 3 seed 
    R64: Def. Claire Wan, 2 and 1 
    R32: Def. Vanessa Borovilos, 3 and 2 
    R16: Def. Natalie Yen, 19 holes

  • Clarisa Temelo, 17, Mexico

    Instagram: @clarisatemeloe

    -WAGR: No. 521 

    -Playing in her first USGA championship 

    -Earned T10 finishes in the 2022 and 2023 Mexico Women’s Amateur
     

    -Finished eighth in 2022 Girls Junior Americas Cup
     
     

    Road to the quarterfinals: 
    Shot 70-74 – 144 in stroke play to earn No. 10 seed 
    R64: Def. Yujie Liu, 2 and 1 
    R32: Def. Martina Yu, 20 holes 
    R16: Def. Chizuru Komiya, 2 and 1

  • Sidney Yermish, 17, Pinehurst, N.C.

    Instagram: @sydney_yermish 

    -WAGR: No. 1852 

    -Playing in second U.S. Girls’ Junior Championship (missed cut in 2018 as a 12-year-old)
     
    -Signed letter of intent with the University of Michigan and will start classes next month  

    -Two-time Pennsylvania State Champion 

    -Volunteer firefighter for the Penn Wynne-Overbrook Hills Fire Department 

    -Attended Lower Merion High School, the same high school as Kobe Bryant
     

    -Found passion for the game while serving as a standard bearer during 2016 U.S. Women’s Amateur at Rolling Green Golf Club, the family’s home club
     

    Road to the quarterfinals: 
    Shot 72-72 – 144 in stroke play to earn No. 12 seed 
    R64: Def. Jeneath Wong, 2 and 1 
    R32: Def. Abra Richmond, 3 and 1 
    R16: Def. Kennedy Swedick, 1 up