Jazy Roberts and Ella Scaysbrook advance at US Women’s Am
Ella Scaysbrook interviewed after her defeat of co-medallist Asterisk Talley – image Darren Carroll USGA
Newcastle’s Ella Scaysbrook and Victorian Jazy Roberts have moved through the opening round of match play at the US Women’s Amateur Championship at Bandon Dunes in Oregon. They will tackle the round of 32 tomorrow.
Scaysbrook, who has spent the last two months competing in events in the US, was forced to survive a playoff on Wednesday morning between 15 golfers for seven spots to earn a place in the top 64 and then proceeded to defeat one of the two leading qualifiers in the 36-hole strokeplay, Asterisk Talley, in her opening round match-up.
Talley, a member of the U.S. National Junior Team who was coming off a win last week in the Girls Junior PGA Championship and jumped to No. 13 in the Women’s World Amateur Golf Ranking®/WAGR®, never won a hole against Scaysbrook. She was 2 down after three and then lost four consecutive holes from No. 11.
Roberts, the 7th qualifier, was 2 up with two to play in her opening round match against Michigan’s Macie Elzinger but lost her closing two holes to birdies before a birdie at the first hole of extra time sealed her win.
The only other Australian to make the match play phase, Momo Sugiyama, was defeated in her opening round match by Thailand’s Pinky Chaisil Prungruang.
