| Sept. 14-19, 2019 | Forest Highlands Golf Club | Flagstaff, Ariz. Megan Buck, 31, of Easton, Mass. (No. 5 seed) -Caddied for U.S. Women’s Amateur Four-Ball partner and defending champion Shannon Johnson in the 2016 and 2017 U.S. Women’s Mid-Amateurs -Qualified for her first U.S. Women’s Mid-Amateur last year (Round of 64) -Is a club fitter at a golf performance center -Played golf at Northern Arizona University in Flagstaff Road to the quarterfinals -Shot 71-72–143 in stroke play -Round of 64: Def. Nora Klein, 3 and 2 -Round of 32: Def. Paige McCullough, 2 and 1 -Round of 16: Def. Erin Houtsma, 19 holes Michelle Butler, 26, of Columbia, Mo. (No. 3 seed) -Second start in the U.S. Women’s Mid-Amateur. She was a semifinalist in 2018, losing to eventual champion Shannon Johnson -Played college golf at the University of Missouri, where she graduated in 2016 -Was second-team all-SEC in 2013 -Works as a graduate assistant golf coach for Columbia College -Her mother, Wendy, was diagnosed with multiple sclerosis when Michelle was a baby. Michelle is her primary caregiver Road to the quarterfinals -Shot 71-71–142 in stroke play -Round of 64: Def. Erin Packer, 4 and 3 -Round of 32: Def. Catherine Elliott-Powell, 1 up -Round of 16: Def. Katie Elliott-Johnson, 8 and 6 Talia Campbell, 25, of New York, N.Y. (No. 20 seed) -Fourth USGA championship: She played in the 2011 U.S. Girls’ Junior (quarterfinalist), the 2011 U.S. Women’s Amateur (Round of 64) and the 2013 US Women’s Amateur (MC) -Graduated from Notre Dame in 2016. Was captain of the women’s golf team her senior year -Is a private equity investment professional focusing on mergers & acquisitions and leveraged buyouts Road to the quarterfinals -Shot 74-74–147 in stroke play -Round of 64: Def. Marissa Mar, 19 holes -Round of 32: Def. Kay Daniel, 4 and 3 -Round of 16: Def. Gretchen Johnson, 3 and 2 Lauren Greenlief, 28, of Ashburn, Va. (No. 17 seed) -Became the youngest winner (25 years, 25 days) of the U.S. Women’s Mid-Amateur in 2015 -Became the first mid-amateur since 2006 to advance to the quarterfinals of the 2018 U.S. Women’s Amateur -Works as a management consultant -Playing in her 23rd USGA championship and fifth U.S. Women’s Mid-Amateur -Has made match play in all five of her U.S. Women’s Mid-Amateur appearances -Advanced to the Round of 32 of the U.S. Women’s Amateur Four-Ball Championship in April with partner and fellow quarterfinalist, Katie Miller -Was a walk-on at the University of Virginia and earned three varsity letters from 2010-2012 Road to the quarterfinals -Shot 71-75—146 in stroke play -Round of 64: Def. Ashley Freeman, 2 and 1 -Round of 32: Def. Susan Roh, 7 and 6 -Round of 16: Def. Julia Potter-Bobb, 4 and 3 Ina Kim-Schaad, 35, New York, N.Y. (No. 11 seed) -Was the 2000 U.S. Girls’ Junior runner-up and quarterfinalist in 1998. Also played in the 1999 U.S. Girls’ Junior (Round of 32), 2001 U.S. Girls’ Junior (MC), 2017 U.S. Women’s Amateur (MC), 2017 U.S. Women’s Mid-Am (Round of 64) and 2018 U.S. Women’s Amateur (MC) -Serves on the board of the Women’s Metropolitan Golf Association as the junior chair -Lived abroad for more than five years in London and two years in Hong Kong -Has 10 career holes-in-one Road to the quarterfinals -Shot 73-72–145 in stroke play -Round of 64: Def. Jessica Smith, 4 and 3 -Round of 32: Def. Katrina Camitoc, 6 and 5 -Round of 16: Def. Shannon Johnson, 5 and 4 Andrea Kosa, 43, of Canada (No. 57 seed) -Second U.S. Women’s Mid-Amateur. She missed the cut in 2011 -Has two daughters, Cali (age 6) and Lainey (age 4) -Graduated in 1998 from Florida Southern College and from the University of Alberta in 2004 -Is a physiotherapist for Team Canada Golf -Lives in Calgary, Alberta, where she is a member of Glencoe Golf & Country Club Road to the quarterfinals -Shot 77-78–155 in stroke play -Round of 64: Def. Sarah Gallagher, 4 and 3 -Round of 32: Def. Heather McGinnis, 4 and 3 -Round of 16: Def. Ket Preamchuen Vanderpool, 2 and 1 Katie Miller, 34, of Jeannette, Pa. (No. 39 seed) -Has worked in various industries, including sports television reporting on the professional and college levels, her family-owned ice cream franchises, as a model for an athletic apparel brand, and in sales for a mobile solutions company -Is a former All-Atlantic Coast Conference player at the University of North Carolina -Competed on the LPGA Futures (now Symetra) Tour before regaining her amateur status in 2013 -Has played in five U.S. Women’s Mid-Amateurs and advanced to the quarterfinals in 2016 -Advanced to the Round of 32 of the U.S. Women’s Amateur Four-Ball Championship in April with partner and fellow quarterfinalist, Lauren Greenlief Road to the quarterfinals -Shot 73-72–145 in stroke play -Round of 64: Def. Amanda Jacobs, 5 and 3 -Round of 32: Def. Mallory Hetzel, 19 holes -Round of 16: Def. Alexandra Schilling, 2 and 1 Meghan Stasi, 41, of Fort Lauderdale, Fla. (No. 34 seed) -Has notched 52 career match-play victories in the U.S. Women’s Mid-Amateur, third all-time -Has made match play in this championship 14 straight years and has won at least one match each year -Won the championship in 2006, 2007, 2010 and 2012. Her four victories match Ellen Port for the most all time. -Owns a seafood restaurant in Fort Lauderdale with husband Danny Road to the quarterfinals -Shot 74-75–149 in stroke play -Round of 64: Def. Christina Proteau, 4 and3 -Round of 32: Def. Heather Wall, 3 and 2 -Round of 16: Def. Gina Bamberger, 20 holes |
