Youngest Competitor: Mia Clausen (12 years, 11 months and 25 days old), is the championship’s youngest competitor. Baobao Niuniu Zhao turns 13 on July 16, the day before stroke play begins.
Oldest Competitors: Ashley Kim (18 years, 11 months and 17 days old) is the championship’s oldest competitor. Jillian Friyia is 18 years, 11 months and 16 days old, as of July 17.
Average Age of Field: 16.35
Field breakdown by age:
12: 1 player
13: 7 players
14: 16 players
15: 13 players
16: 34 players
17: 46 players
18: 39 players
International: There are 13 countries represented: Australia (1), Canada (10), Chinese Taipei (4), Hong Kong, China (2), Japan (3), Malaysia (1), Mexico (3), New Zealand (1), People’s Republic of China (5), Philippines (3), Thailand (4), the United States of America (118) and Venezuela (1).
U.S. States Represented: There are 33 states represented: Alabama (3), Arizona (4), California (25), Colorado (1), Delaware (2), Florida (9), Georgia (3), Hawaii (3), Idaho (1), Illinois (5), Indiana (1), Kansas (1), Kentucky (2), Maryland (1), Massachusetts (3), Michigan (2), Minnesota (4), Missouri (2), Nebraska (2), Nevada (3), New Jersey (5), New York (1), North Carolina (6), Ohio (1), Oregon (1), Pennsylvania (4), South Carolina (1), Tennessee (1), Texas (13), Utah (1), Virginia (1), Washington (4) and Wisconsin (2).
USGA Champions (4): Yana Wilson, (2022 U.S. Girls’ Junior), Gianna Clemente (2023 U.S. Women’s Amateur Four-Ball), Avery Zweig (2023 U.S. Women’s Amateur Four-Ball), Sara Im (2022 U.S. Women’s Amateur Four-Ball)
USGA Runners-Up (3): Gianna Clemente (2022 U.S. Girls’ Junior), Kaitlyn Schroeder (2022 U.S. Women’s Amateur Four-Ball) Bailey Shoemaker (2022 U.S. Women’s Amateur Four-Ball)
Bailey Shoemaker and Avery Zweig are making their fourth U.S. Girls’ Junior stars.
There are four current college players in the field: Leia Chung, 18, (Boise State); Kaitlyn Schroeder, 18, (Alabama); Allyn Stephens, 18, (Texas A&M); Jeneath Wong, 18, (Pepperdine). Meanwhile, there are 43 players who have signed national letters of intent with colleges for this fall.
Eight players competed in the U.S. Women’s Open, all of them missing the cut.
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