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Oct 2, 2019
3 min

October Featured Player: Alyaa Abdulghany

A junior at the University of Southern California, Alyaa Abdulghany is our October Featured Player. Ranked No. 72 in the World Amateur Golf Rankings, she boasts an impressive resume both on and off the course. After five top-10 finishes last season, including her first collegiate win at the Battle at the Rock, Alyaa competed in the inaugural Augusta National Women’s Amateur. More recently, she finished 4th in the Canadian Women’s Amateur Championship and won the SCGA Women’s

Aug 13, 2019
3 min

August Featured Player: Anne Normann

Summer’s almost over but it seems that Anne Normann of Denmark has taken advantage of the warm months on the course. The 18-year-old kicked off her summer at the German Girls Open where she finished in the top-20. Making her second appearance in the ANNIKA Invitational Europe at the end of June, Normann put on an impressive performance with rounds of 72-68-68 to finish solo second. Most recently, she finished T2 in the Danish National Stroke Play Championship. We caught up wi

Jul 9, 2019
4 min

July Featured Player: Lily May Humphreys

2019 has been very good to English native Lily May Humphreys so far. The 17-year-old had a 5th place finish in March at the Italian International Ladies Amateur Championship followed by an appearance in the inaugural Augusta National Women’s Amateur the following month. In May, she had back-to-back wins in the Welsh Ladies Open Stroke Play Championship and the Irish Women’s Open Stroke Play Championship. She then secured a solo second finish just a few weeks later at the Engl

Jun 26, 2019
6 min

June Featured Player: Virginia Elena Carta

Photo: Duke Women's Golf/Twitter Recent Duke graduate, Virginia Elena Carta, is our June Featured Player. The Italian not only has an NCAA individual title on her resume, which she claimed her Freshman year at Duke, but she also helped lead the Blue Devils to a team NCAA Championship last month at Blessings Golf Club in Arkansas. She also recently competed in the Shoprite LPGA Classic. We caught up with Virginia shortly after the tournament where she shared her experience gro

May 7, 2019
4 min

May Featured Player: Lynn Lim

Born in Gallatin, Tennessee, Lynn Lim is May’s Featured Player. The 15-year-old, who placed 21st in this year’s ANNIKA Invitational USA presented by Rolex, has been playing golf since her grandpa started taking her to the driving range when she was five years old. Scheduled to graduate high school in 2022, Lynn has verbally committed to play golf at Vanderbilt University. We spoke with her late last month about her junior career so far, why she loves golf and life off the cou

Mar 13, 2019
4 min

March Featured Player: Kaiyuree Moodley

South Africa’s Kaiyuree Moodley is in her final year of high school and currently ranked No. 2 in Golf RSA Junior Rankings and No. 3 in the Open Amateur SA rankings. She is also a youth Olympian, representing South Africa at the Youth Olympics in Buenos Aires in October of last year. Most recently, she participated in January’s ANNIKA Invitational USA presented by Rolex where she finished T2 after a three-way playoff with South Carolina’s Jensen Castle and Sweden’s Ingrid Lin

Jan 9, 2019
5 min

January Featured Player: Grace Kim

2018 was very good to Australian native Grace Kim on the course. After claiming a gold medal at the Youth Olympics this past October in Buenos Aires, she entered the week at the inaugural ANNIKA Invitational Australasia ready to play. Kim trailed the Philippines Yuka Saso heading into the second round but was not shaken. In fact, she proved quite the opposite when she carded an ANNIKA Invitational record and personal-best round of 10-under-par 62. Entering the final round wit

Nov 19, 2018
5 min

November Featured Player: Cristina Ochoa

With her birthday just last week, Cristina Ochoa finished her 16th trip around the sun in winning fashion. The Colombian took charge in her first-ever ANNIKA Invitational Latin America, leading throughout the entire tournament. Argentine Ela Anacona had a low round on the final day to force a playoff with Cristina, but Ochoa managed to take home the victory on the third hole of the sudden-death playoff. The Bogota native began playing golf at the age of five and has big plans

Oct 10, 2018
6 min

October Featured Player: Yujeong Son

Born in Busan, South Korea, 17-year-old Yujeong Son has had an incredible summer of golf and exceptional career thus far. In 2012, at the age of 11, Son won the U.S. Kids World Championship. Two years after that, the Oklahoma native won the Oklahoma State Women Amateur back-to-back (2014 & 2015), becoming the youngest OSWA champ. This past June, Son qualified and competed in the U.S. Women’s Open after winning the Rolex Girls Junior Championship just weeks before. And last mo

Sep 27, 2018
4 min

September Featured Player: Gina Kim

Photo: Duke Women's Golf Hailing from a small town in North Carolina, 18-year-old Gina Kim has had an impressive golf career since she started playing at a young age. Winner of the 2016 Rolex Girls Junior Championship, she finished T3 at the Canadian Women’s Amateur Championship and made it to the semifinals in the U.S. Girls Junior Championship this past summer. Kim has played in three ANNIKA Invitationals during her junior career, and most recently made her college debut as

Aug 8, 2018
4 min

August Featured Player: Yealimi Noh

Photo: USGA via Twitter The summer was hot and so was 17-year-old Yealimi Noh’s golf game. Last month, she won four tournaments in a row starting with the California Junior Girls State Championship. She followed it up by claiming the title at the Girls Junior PGA Championship in dominating fashion, the U.S. Girls’ Junior Championship and the Canadian Women’s Amateur Championship. Currently ranked at No. 21 in the World Amateur Golf Rankings, Yealimi has played in the ANNIKA I

Jul 11, 2018
5 min

July Featured Player: Anna Zanusso

As the saying goes, the third time really was the charm for Italian native Anna Zanusso. Anna recently won the ANNIKA Invitational Europe by three strokes after shooting a final round 66, her best of the tournament. This was Anna’s third time competing in the event and it is safe to say she was confident and comfortable the entire week, carding a tournament total of 209. We spoke with Anna shortly after her ANNIKA Invitational Europe win and here’s what she had to say. Who is

Jun 12, 2018
3 min

June Featured Player: Alexa Melton

Born in Covina, California, Alexa Melton is our June featured player. The 17-year-old is a two-time ANNIKA Invitational USA presented by Rolex participant, with her best finish T27 last year. Currently ranked 40th in AJGA Rolex Rankings, Alexa most recently competed in the AJGA Las Vegas Junior at Reflection Bay presented by Live View Golf. Sitting at T13 after the first round, Alexa shot a 68 followed by a 66 in the final round to help her finish in solo second. We recently

May 2, 2018
4 min

May Featured Player: Beatrice Wallin

We are one month closer to the ANNIKA Invitational Europe so it only seemed fitting to have the 2016 champion, Beatrice Wallin, as May’s Featured Player. Wallin, of Olofstorp, Sweden, has earned a current European Golf Ranking of No. 16 and sits at No. 33 World Amateur Golf Rankings. To date, she has played in two ANNIKA Invitationals in the United States and five in Europe. The 19-year-old has built herself quite the resume, winning the 2017 Team-EM Girls and placing second

Apr 3, 2018
3 min

April Featured Player: Cory Lopez

As we get into the swing of spring, let’s introduce April’s featured player, Cory Lopez. The 16-year old has competed in two ANNIKA Invitationals out of the four-tournament series – twice at the ANNIKA Invitational USA presented by Rolex and twice at the ANNIKA Invitational Latin America. Her best result was last year in Latin America, when she finished T6. More recently, she won last month’s inaugural Major Champions Invitational. Lopez, of Monterrey, Mexico, shot a final ro

Mar 6, 2018
4 min

March Featured Player: Sadie Englemann

Two-time Rolex All American Sadie Englemann is March’s Featured Player. Englemann, from Austin, Texas, has played in the ANNIKA Invitational USA presented by Rolex for three consecutive years. She finished T23 at the most-recent edition this past January. However, her finish at the Buick ShanShan Feng Girls Invitational really turned some heads. Sadie shot a 71-71-69 to win the event in Valencia, Calif. in February. Similar to the ANNIKA Invitational USA, the tournament featu

Feb 7, 2018
8 min

February Featured Player: Angelina Ye

After an amazing start to the 2018 season, it only seemed right to feature our 2018 ANNIKA Invitational USA presented by Rolex champion, Angelina (Lei) Ye. It was her second AJGA win overall, but her first Invitational win. It moved her up to 10th in the Golfweek/Sagarin junior girls’ rankings. With her two-shot victory in St. Augustine, she earned an exemption into the Symetra Tour’s Florida's Natural Charity Classic taking place in March. We spoke with Angelina shortly afte

Jan 5, 2018
5 min

January Featured Player: Agustina Gomez Cisterna

Born in Buenos Aires, Argentina, Agustina Gomez Cisterna is our first featured player of the new year! She has played in three ANNIKA Invitationals including the inaugural ANNIKA Invitational Latin America where she took home the title. The 16-year-old will be playing in her second ANNIKA Invitational USA presented by Rolex next week at the World Golf Village in St. Augustine, Fla. with hopes of coming out on top. We recently caught up with Agustina who told us a lot about he

Dec 1, 2017
6 min

December Featured Player: Andrea Lee

Ranked No. 5 in World Amateur Golf Rankings, Andrea Lee is this month’s featured player. While only a sophomore at Stanford, Lee has had an exceptional fall season winning three out of four tournaments played (Branch Law Firm-Dick McGuire, Stanford Intercollegiate and Nanea Pac-12 Preview). She also finished T3 at the ANNIKA Intercollegiate presented by 3M in early October. A four-time participant of the ANNIKA Invitational USA, Lee’s junior career was just as impressive. She

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