Yin defeats Esther Lee; Scheffler still stands at Polo
Angel Yin (file photo)
Scott Scheffler, stroke-play medalist at the Polo Golf Junior Classic, was among the players to survive the first two rounds of match play on Wednesday at PGA National Golf Club. The field was narrowed down from 32 boys and 32 girls to the top 8 players in each division.
Scheffler took down Parker Derby, 5 and 4, in the morning then defeated Junior Ryder Cupper Cameron Champ in 20 holes in the afternoon. He’ll face No. 8-seeded Rigel Fernandes on Thursday morning.
The winner of the Scheffler-Fernandes match will face the winner of a match between Brad Dalke, No. 10 in Golfweek’s Junior Rankings, and Matt Gilchrest, No. 31.
On the other side of the bracket, the two quarterfinal matches will be between Benjamin Griffin and Ben Dietrich, and Scott Jaster (who defeated third-ranked Robby Shelton) and Adam Wood.
In the girls division, the biggest upset belongs to Angel Yin, who took down stroke-play co-medalist Esther Lee in the Round of 16. Yin, who qualified for the U.S. Women’s Open in July, defeated Lee, 2 and 1, and will face Casey Danielson in the quarterfinals. Alexandra Kaui also recorded an upset, defeating No. 3-ranked Alison Lee, 1 up.
The other stroke-play co-medalist, Player of the Year Ariya Jutanugarn, advanced to the quarterfinals by defeating Alexandria Harkins and Amy Lee. Jutanugarn never had to play past No. 15 on Wednesday.
Other quarterfinal matches include Bethany Wu against Eri Okayama, Jutanugarn against Simin Feng, and Kaui against defending champion Nicole Morales.
BOYS
ROUND OF 32
Scott Scheffler def. Parker Derby, 5 and 4
Cameron Champ def. Austin Connelly, 6 and 4
Rigel Fernandes def. Pierre Mazier, 5 and 3
Davis Riley def. Danny Ochoa, 4 and 3
Hannes Ronneblad def. Jacob Joiner, 1 up
Brad Dalke def. Jack Maguire, 3 and 2
Matt Gilchrest def. Josh Radcliff, 6 and 4
Jeffrey Lang def. KK Limbhasut, 2 up
Benjamin Griffin def. Danile Martinez, 3 and 2
Peter Kim def. Andres Caballero, 4 and 3
Joshua Lee def. Romain Langasque, 21 holes
Ben Dietrich def. Joshua Martin, 3 and 2
Robby Shelton IV def. Daiki Yamane, 8 an d7
Scott Jaster def. Christopher Petefish, 19 holes
Adam Wood def. Jacob Solomon, 20 holes
Noah Edmondson def. Thomas Lim, 2 and 1
ROUND OF 16
Scheffler def. Champ, 20 holes
Fernandes def. Riley, 19 holes
Dalke def. Ronneblad, 4 and 3
Griffin def. Kim, 3 and 2
Dietrich def. Lee, 2 and 1
Jaster def. Shelton, 2 and 1
Wood def. Edmondson, 6 and 5
Gilchrest def. Lang, 1 up
GIRLS
ROUND OF 32
Esther Lee def. Ashlan Ramsey, 2 up
Angel Yin def. Alisen Corpuz, 21 holes
Casey Danielson def. Alice Jeong, 20 holes
Sierra Sims def. Haley Moore, 3 and 1
Elisabeth Bernabe def. Abbey Carlson, 3 and 1
Bethany Wu def. Andrea Lee, 3 and 2
Robynn Ree def. Michaela Owen, 4 and 2
Eri Okayama def. Lauren Stephenson, 6 and 5
Ariya Jutanugarn def. Alexandria Harkins, 4 and 3
Amy Lee def. Hee Wook Choi, 4 and 2
Hannah O’Sullivan def. Anna Newell, 3 and 1
Simin Feng def. Rachel Dai, 2 and 1
Alison Lee def. Kuriko Tsukiyama, 5 and 4
Alexandra Kaui def. Annie Park, 1 up
Nicole Morales def. Erin Choi, 3 and 2
Jordan Ferreira def. Jordan Lippetz, 1 up
ROUND OF 16
Yin def. E. Lee, 2 and 1
Danielson def. Sims, 2 up
Wu def. Bernabe, 5 and 4
Okayama def. Ree, 2 and 1
Jutanugarn def. Amy Lee, 5 and 3
Feng def. O’Sullivan, 4 and 3
Kaui def. Alison Lee, 1 up
Morales def. Ferreira, 2 and 1
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