Stanford junior Andrea Lee is headed to her second U.S. Women’s Open after surviving 36 holes Tuesday and a final playoff hole the next morning out of the sectional held at Industry Hills Golf Club in southern California.
Lee advanced after finishing 8-under (66-70-136) along with LPGA Tour rookie Suzuka Yamaguchi (70-66-136). In the 2015 U.S. Women’s Open, Yamaguchi, at 14, was the youngest competitor in the field. She qualified that year in Japan and missed the cut.
Lee, 20, is part of the Stanford team that earned the No. 1 seed in the NCAA Championships’ East Lansing Regional. She has two wins this year and is tied for most career wins (eight) in school history with Mihairi McKay. At the inaugural Augusta National Women’s Amateur this month, Lee finished T-26.
The 74th U.S. Women’s Open will be played at the Country Club of Charleston in South Carolina beginning May 30. Sectional qualifying continues through May 8.
Here’s a look at the others to qualify for the U.S. Women’s Open out of sectionals so far:
Monroe Township, N.J.
Forsgate Country Club
Megha Ganne, a freshman in high school from Holmdel, N.J., shot even-par 70-72-142 on April 23 to win by one shot. She beat a field of 40 players to claim the lone spot.
Incheon, Korea
April 25: Jiyu Jung, Dasom Ma (a)
Ibaraki Prefecture, Japan
April 22: Eri Okayama, Yuri Yoshida (a), Haruka Amamoto, Nanako Ueno (a)
