Jacqueline Setas (USGA Photo)
Meet the eight golfers left vying for the title at the U.S. Women's Mid-Amateur Championship:
Alexandra Austin, 31, of Fairfax, Va.
Competing in fourth U.S. Women’s Mid-Amateur
Quarterfinalist for the second straight year
She is six months pregnant, expecting her first child (boy) with husband Josh Grove in January
Semifinalist in the 2016 U.S. Women’s Amateur Four-Ball with Lauren Greenlief
Tied for second in the 2024 Virginia Women’s Open
2022 Virginia Women’s Stroke Play champion
2021 Virginia Women’s Amateur runner-up
Two-time All-Big South Conference selection at Radford University
Works as an insurance agent
Road to the Quarterfinals:
Shot 70-78 – 148 in stroke play to earn No. 4 seed
R64: Def. Olivia Herrick, 4 and 3
R32: Def. Catherine Matranga, 2 and 1
R16: Def. Clare Connolly, 3 and 2
Lindsay Gahm, 32, Louisville, Ky.
Competing in second U.S. Women’s Mid-Amateur
Reached the Round of 16 in 2022 at Fiddlesticks Country Club in Fort Myers, Fla.
Works as a golf irrigation sales manager at ISCO Industries
Two-time Kentucky Women’s Open champion (2012, 2013)
Played three seasons at Louisiana State University after transferring from Indiana University where she was Big Ten Conference Freshman of the Year
Played on the Symetra Tour for several years before regaining her amateur status in 2022
Member at Valhalla Golf Club in Louisville, site of the 2024 PGA Championship
She and her husband, Austin, have a 6-month-old son
Road to the Quarterfinals:
Shot 75-77 – 152 in stroke play to earn No. 12 seed
R64: Def. Alena Oppenheimer, 2 and 1
R32: Def. Mimi McAndrew, 4 and 2
R16: Def. Judith Kyrinis, 19 Holes
Lauren Greenlief, 33, of Ashburn, Va.
Competing in ninth U.S. Women’s Mid-Amateur
Made a hole-in-one on the par-3 eighth hole during her Round-of-64 victory over Samantha Perrotta (second career ace)
Has reached the quarterfinals five times in her last six starts
Won the 2015 U.S. Women’s Mid-Amateur at Squire Creek C.C. in Choudrant, La., in first year of eligibility
Works as a managing director and partner at Boston Consulting Group
Six-time Virginia State Golf Association Women’s Golfer of the Year and member of the VSGA board of directors
2024 Virginia Women’s Amateur champion (third title)
Has played in more than 25 USGA championships, including eight U.S. Women’s Amateurs (quarterfinalist in 2018)
Played at the University of Virginia from 2008-2012
Road to the Quarterfinals:
Shot 73-77 – 150 in stroke play to earn No. 8 seed
R64: Def. Samantha Perrotta, 3 and 2
R32: Def. Ashley Zagers, 20 holes
R16: Def. Mary Janiga Kartes, 2 and 1
Julia Potter-Bobb, 36, of Indianapolis
Competing in 11th U.S. Women’s Mid-Amateur
Two-time U.S. Women’s Mid-Amateur champion (2013, 2016)
Her victories in 2013 (Biltmore Forest Country Club) and 2016 (The Kahkwa Club) marked the last two times that this championship has been contested on a golf course designed by Donald Ross
2023 Ladies National Golf Association Mid-Amateur champion
Five-time Indiana Women’s Amateur champion
Two-time Indiana PGA Women’s Open champion (2016, 2020)
Serves as the director of business operations and membership for the Indiana Golf Office and was a 2008 P.J. Boatwright Jr. intern for the Missouri Golf Association
Played at the University of Missouri
Became the USGA’s first female left-handed champion in 2013
She and her husband, Kiel, have a 3-year-old son
Road to the Quarterfinals:
Shot 75-75 – 150 in stroke play to earn No. 7 seed
R64: Def. Ashley Freeman, 3 and 1
R32: Def. Elayna Bowser, 2 up
R16: Def. Courtney Dow-Rowles, 2 and 1
Hana Ryskova, 25, of Czechia
Competing in first USGA championship
Played at the University of Louisville from 2019 to 2014, obtaining a bachelor’s degree in marketing in 2023 and an MBA earlier this year
This summer had an internship in account service and strategy with Ad Cucina, an agency in Louisville
Represented Czechia in two Women’s World Amateur Team Championships (2014, 2018)
Competed for the Czech Republic in the European Team Championships for five consecutive years from 2013-17, including a fourth-place finish in 2015
Won the Czech International Junior Championship in 2014
Road to the Quarterfinals:
Shot 75-75 – 150 in stroke play to earn No. 6 seed
R64: Def. Isabella Dilisio, 21 Holes
R32: Def. Sarah Busey, 4 and 3
R16: Def. Valeria Mendizabel, 4 and 2
Jacqueline Setas, 28, of East Lansing, Mich.
Competing in fourth U.S. Women’s Mid-Amateur
Reached the quarterfinals for the second time (2022)
Works as a performance media senior consultant for Allstate
Lives in Nashville, Tenn., and has helped coach the girls’ golf team at Harpeth Hall School
Played at Michigan State University from 2014-2019
Competed in the 2016 U.S. Women’s Amateur
Diagnosed with Stage II Hodgkin’s Lymphona in 2017 and underwent six months of chemotherapy and 15 consecutive days of radiation before she was deemed cancer-free in 2018
Road to the Quarterfinals:
Shot 72-75 – 147 in stroke play to earn No. 1 seed
R64: Def. Sydney Gillespie, 4 and 3
R32: Def. Krystal Quihuis, 1 up
R16: Def.Taryn Walker, 1 up
Alexandra Vilatte Farret, 41, of France
Competing in first USGA championship
2024 European Mid-Amateur champion
Women’s champion of The Farrell in 2023, a Metropolitan Golf Association event started in 2022 and co-hosted by The Stanwich Club in Greenwich, Conn.
Works as a pharmacist
Played on the Ladies European Tour for six years before regaining her amateur status in 2019
Mother of a 7-year-old son and 4-year-old daughter
Road to the Quarterfinals:
Shot 76-77 – 153 in stroke play to earn No. 15 seed
R64: Def. Susan Glasby, 2 and 1
R32: Def. Hanley Long, 4 and 3
R16: Def. Raegan Bremer, 3 and 2
Sherry Zhong, 48, of People’s Republic of China
Competing in first USGA championship
Moved from China to the San Francisco Bay Area two years ago
Member at Blackhawk Country Club in Danville, Calif.
Her friends at Blackhawk convinced her to regain her amateur status in 2022 so that she could play in events with them
Played professionally from 1999-2011 on various tours, including the China Tour, Japan Tour and Asian Tour, earning at least five professional victories
Road to the Quarterfinals:
Shot 80-81 – 161 in stroke play to earn No. 62 seed
R64: Def. Jackie Rogowicz, 21 Holes
R32: Def. Talia Campbell, 4 and 3
R16: Def. Ina Kim-Schaad, 2 and 1