{"id":17558,"date":"2026-10-21T04:58:12","date_gmt":"2026-10-21T04:58:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.fogolf.com\/us\/17558\/"},"modified":"2026-10-21T04:58:12","modified_gmt":"2026-10-21T04:58:12","slug":"39th-u-s-womens-mid-amateur-inside-the-field","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.fogolf.com\/us\/17558\/","title":{"rendered":"39th U.S. Women&#8217;s Mid-Amateur: Inside the Field"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>WHO\u2019S HERE \u2013 Among the 132 golfers in the 2026 U.S. Women\u2019s Mid-Amateur field, there are:<\/p>\n<p>Oldest Competitors: Mercedese Large (63), Judith Kyrinis (62), Brenda Kuehn (61), Kathy Hartwiger (60)<\/p>\n<p>Youngest Competitors: There are nine 25-year-olds in the field. Jensen Jalufka is the youngest player in the field at 25 years and one day old. Jalufka\u2019s 25th birthday will be the day before the championship.<\/p>\n<p>Average Age of Field: 34.3 years old<\/p>\n<p>Age 25-29: 55 competitors<br \/>&#13;<br \/>\nAge 30-39: 49 competitors<br \/>&#13;<br \/>\nAge 40-49: 16 competitors<br \/>&#13;<br \/>\nAge 50-59: 8 competitors<br \/>&#13;<br \/>\nAge 60-64: 4 competitors<\/p>\n<p>U.S. States Represented (32) \u2013 Arizona (2), California (14), Colorado (2), Connecticut (2), Florida (5), Georgia (3), Illinois (3), Indiana (2), Iowa (1), Kentucky (3), Maine (1), Maryland (2), Massachusetts (4), Michigan (7), Minnesota (3), Missouri (1), Nevada (1), New Hampshire (2), New Jersey (1), New York (4), North Carolina (8), North Dakota (1), Ohio (3), Oklahoma (1), Oregon (3), Pennsylvania (3), South Carolina (4), Tennessee (6), Texas (8), Virginia (4), Washington (3), Wisconsin (3)<br \/>&#13;\n<\/p>\n<p>International (13) \u2013 Argentina (1), Australia (1), Canada (6), Colombia (1), Czechia (1), Ecuador (1), England (1), France (3), Mexico (2), Northern Ireland (1), People\u2019s Republic of China (1), Thailand (1), United States (110)<br \/>&#13;\n<\/p>\n<p>U.S. Women\u2019s Mid-Amateur Champions (9): Blakesly Brock (2021), Krissy Carman (2022), Kimberly Dinh (2023), Lauren Greenlief (2015), Kathy Hartwiger (2002), Shannon Johnson (2018), Ina Kim-Schaad (2019, 2025), Julia Potter-Bobb (2013, 2016), Meghan Stasi (2006, 2007, 2010, 2012)<\/p>\n<p>U.S. Senior Women\u2019s Amateur Champions (4): Nadene Gole (2024), Judith Kyrinis (2017), Shelly Stouffer (2022), Dawn Woodard (2025)<\/p>\n<p>U.S. Women\u2019s Amateur Four-Ball Champions (1): Alice Chen-Taylor (2017)<\/p>\n<p>USGA Runners-up (9): Talia Campbell (2019 Women&#8217;s Mid-Amateur), Lindsay Gahm (2024 U.S. Women&#8217;s Mid-Amateur), Shannon Johnson (2016 U.S. Women&#8217;s Mid-Amateur), Ina Kim-Schaad (2000 U.S. Girls&#8217; Junior), Brenda Kuehn (1995 U.S. Women&#8217;s Mid-Amateur, 2023 U.S. Senior Women&#8217;s Amateur), Judith Kyrinis (2014 U.S. Senior Women&#8217;s Amateur), Hanley Long (2025 U.S. Women&#8217;s Mid-Amateur), Julia Potter-Bobb (2014 U.S. Women&#8217;s Mid-Amateur), Shelly Stouffer (2024 U.S. Senior Women&#8217;s Amateur)<\/p>\n<p>USA Curtis Cup Team Members (3): Emilia (Migliaccio) Doran (2021, 2022), Brenda Kuehn (1996, 1998), Meghan Stasi (2008, 2024 &amp; 2026 Captain)<\/p>\n<p>Most U.S. Women&#8217;s Mid-Amateur Appearances (2026 Included): Dawn Woodard (23), Kathy Hartwiger (19), Brenda Kuehn (19), Meghan Stasi (19), Judith Kyrinis (14)<\/p>\n<p>Players from New Jersey (1): Kate Granahan (Mountain Lakes)<\/p>\n<p>Played in the 2026 U.S. Women&#8217;s Open Presented by Ally (1): Ina Kim-Schaad<\/p>\n<p>Played in the 2026 U.S. Women\u2019s Amateur (3): Ina Kim-Schaad, Hanley Long, Dawn Woodard<\/p>\n<p>Played in the 2026 U.S. Senior Women\u2019s Open (8): Tara Joy-Connelly, Nadene Gole, Kathy Hartwiger, Brenda Kuehn, Shelly Stouffer, Fiona Watson, Dawn Woodard, Xiaolong Zhong (low amateur)<\/p>\n<p>Played in the 2025 U.S. Women&#8217;s Mid-Amateur (56): Taya Battistella, Laura Bavaird, Elayna Bowser, Blakesly Brock, Patricia Burris, Krissy Carman, Ellen Castle, Kimberly Dinh, Emilia Doran, Alexis Florio, Justine Fournand, Whitney French, Lauren Gebauer, Nadene Gole, Kate Granahan, Lauren Greenlief, Alexandra Grove, Annick Haczkiewicz, Kathy Hartwiger, Kirsty Hodgkins-Redner, Madison Isaacson, Mary Janiga Kartes, Shannon Johnson, Tara Joy-Connelly, Catherine Kim, Ina Kim-Schaad, Nora Klein, Lauren Klick, Jessica Krattiger, Hana Ku, Judith Kyrinis, Taylor Ledwein, Hanley Long, Caroline Ludwikowski, Catherine McEvoy, Jennifer Peng, Julia Potter-Bobb, Ann Elizabeth Price, Jackie Rogowicz, Jessica Ross, Jasmeen Somrock, Shelly Stouffer, Hannah Swanson, Alexandra Taylor, Sarah Thomas, Brooke Tyree, Ket Preamchuen Vanderpool, Anika Veintemilla, Alexandra Vilatte Farret, Taryn Walker, Jennifer Wang, Erica Whitehouse, Sarah Willis, Dawn Woodard, Xiaolong Zhong, Katherine Zhu<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"WHO\u2019S HERE \u2013 Among the 132 golfers in the 2026 U.S. Women\u2019s Mid-Amateur field, there are: Oldest Competitors:&hellip;","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":17559,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"csco_display_header_overlay":false,"csco_singular_sidebar":"","csco_page_header_type":"","csco_page_load_nextpost":"","csco_post_video_location":[],"csco_post_video_location_hash":"","csco_post_video_url":"","csco_post_video_bg_start_time":0,"csco_post_video_bg_end_time":0,"csco_post_video_bg_volume":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[7],"tags":[959,310,9203],"class_list":["post-17558","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-new-york","tag-new-york","tag-new-york-golf","tag-u-s-womens-mid-amateur","cs-entry","cs-video-wrap"],"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/vive.im\/@fogolf\/117477133827558697","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.fogolf.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/17558","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.fogolf.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.fogolf.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.fogolf.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.fogolf.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=17558"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.fogolf.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/17558\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.fogolf.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/17559"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.fogolf.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=17558"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.fogolf.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=17558"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.fogolf.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=17558"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}