{"id":689515,"date":"2026-06-07T09:09:09","date_gmt":"2026-06-07T09:09:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/689515\/"},"modified":"2026-06-07T09:09:09","modified_gmt":"2026-06-07T09:09:09","slug":"teen-phenom-asterisk-talley-enters-u-s-womens-open-record-books-with-weekend-low-for-amateur","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/689515\/","title":{"rendered":"Teen phenom Asterisk Talley enters U.S. Women&#8217;s Open record books with weekend low for amateur"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>LOS ANGELES \u2013 Asterisk Talley had no idea she\u2019d written her name in the U.S. Women\u2019s Open record book on Saturday afternoon at Riviera Country Club.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cReally?\u201d said the 17-year-old Talley, who fired the second-lowest score by an amateur in championship history and the lowest for a weekend round: a bogey-free, 5-under 66.<\/p>\n<p>Talley, the Stanford commit who is ranked seventh in the world amateur rankings and already competing in her third USWO this week, ties 66s shot previously by Carol Semple Thompson (1994), Brittany Lincicome (2004) and Gina Kim (2019).<\/p>\n<p>Ingrid Lindblad\u2019s first-round 65 at Pine Needles in 2022 remains the overall amateur record.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cJust feeling like the hole was so big today,\u201d Talley said. \u201cCouldn\u2019t miss.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Talley was coming off a disappointing 75 on Friday. When she double-bogeyed the par-3 14th hole, she figured she\u2019d be missing her second straight USWO cut after capturing low-amateur honors with a T-44 in 2024. But she got up and down for birdie at the par-5 17th to make the cut on the number, at 4 over.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt was kind of a must-make,\u201d Talley said of the 7-foot birdie putt on No. 17 on Friday.<\/p>\n<p>On Saturday, Talley opened with birdie by chipping close at the par-5 first hole. She then rolled in a 12-footer at No. 3 and 8-footer at No. 6. She hit a perfect tee ball at the iconic par-4 10th and chipped up to 3 feet for another birdie, then added her fifth and final birdie at No. 17, hitting the green in two and two-putting from 45 feet.<\/p>\n<p>Talley\u2019s low round shot her up inside the top 20 when she wrapped play. She was among five amateurs, out of 23 who started the week, to make the cut.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI\u2019m trying to do the same thing,\u201d Talley said, referencing Lancaster. \u201cObviously, two years ago, I was playing pretty well, so I just kind of improve the little things as you go on. You kind of mature, and your golf game and mindset kind of just hopefully get better.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Talley, who is from Chowchilla, California, about 30 miles north of Fresno, finished school last Friday before traveling down to Los Angeles. Her classmates\u2019 last day was Thursday. Talley will remain in the City of Angels for another week, too, as she\u2019s set to play in her second Curtis Cup. She went 2-1-1 two years ago at Sunningdale in England.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt\u2019s going to be super exciting,\u201d Talley said. \u201cJust a lot of good things to look forward to right now, and I\u2019m enjoying the moment right now, and I\u2019m kind of leaving next week to be next week.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>    <a class=\"Link\" aria-label=\"Lottie Woad penalized for improving stance during U.S. Women\u2019s Open\" href=\"https:\/\/www.golfchannel.com\/lpga\/news\/lottie-woad-penalized-for-improving-stance-during-u-s-womens-open\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\"><\/p>\n<p>    <img decoding=\"async\" class=\"Image\" alt=\"woad_1920_uswo26_d3.jpg\" width=\"500\" height=\"281\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/1780823349_985_.jpeg\" loading=\"lazy\"\/><\/p>\n<p><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Woad was penalized two strokes for improving her stance Saturday morning at the U.S. Women\u2019s Open.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"LOS ANGELES \u2013 Asterisk Talley had no idea she\u2019d written her name in the U.S. Women\u2019s Open record&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":689516,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[71],"tags":[427,99],"class_list":["post-689515","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-golf","tag-golf","tag-sports"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/689515","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=689515"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/689515\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/689516"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=689515"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=689515"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=689515"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}