Roberts and Sugiyama advance at US Am – Scaysbrook in playoff
The Gold Coast’s Momo Sugiyama – one of two Australians guaranteed a place in match-play phase
Two of the three Australians who made it into the field for the US Women’s Amateur Championship at the Bandon Dunes Golf Resort in Oregon have finished inside the top 64 to advance to tomorrow’s opening knockout round, while another will face a playoff to determine whether or not she advances.
Jazy Roberts (7th) and Momo Sugiyama (33rd) will take on their match play opponents after surviving against a field of more than 150 to play their way into the all important match play phase but, for Ella Scaysbrook, she is amongst the 15 golfers to fight it out for one of seven remaining spots when they return to the course tomorrow.
Roberts, from the Yarra Yarra Golf Club in Melbourne, made it to the final 16 at the recent Women’s Amateur Championship in Nairn in Scotland and earlier won the Pacific Northwest Amateur in the US and finished runner-up at the North and South Amateur Championship at Pinehurst.
Sugiyama attends Purdue University in the US and has just finished her senior year. The Gold Coast born and raised golfer attended Purdue from 2022.
Scaysbrook, from Newcastle in NSW, is a prolific placegetter in Australian amateur events but will need a bit of luck if she is to survive her playoff for a place in the top 64 tomorrow.
The Australians will look to join Gabi Ruffels as the only Australians to have won this prestigious women’s amateur title.
