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Girls’ Junior
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Entries
Open to female amateur golfers who will not have reached their
18th birthday on or before July 21, 2012, and who have a USGA
Handicap Index® not exceeding 18.4. Entries close May 30.
Starting Field
156 players
U.S. Girls’ Junior
Schedule of Play
• Monday, July 16 – First round, stroke play (18 holes)
• Tuesday, July 17 – Second round, stroke play (18 holes)
After 36 holes, the field will be cut to the low 64 scorers, who
will advance to match play.
• Wednesday, July 18 – First round, match play (18 holes)
• Thursday, July 19 – Second round, match play (18 holes);
Third round, match play (18 holes)
• Friday, July 20 – Quarter finals, match play (18 holes);
Semifinals, match play (18 holes)
• Saturday, July 21 – Final, match play (36 holes)
Sectional Qualifying
18 holes stroke play, scheduled at 33 sites, between June 10-26.
Exemptions from Sectional Qualifying
• All former winners of the U.S. Girls’ Junior Championship
• Runners-up of the U.S. Girls’ Junior Championship the last
three years
• Semifinalists of the U.S. Girls’ Junior Championship the last
two years
• Quarterfinalists from the 2011 U.S. Girls’ Junior
Championship
• From the 2012 U.S. Women’s Open Championship, those
returning scores for 72 holes
• From the 2011 U.S. Women’s Open Championship, those
returning scores for 72 holes
• Winners of the U.S. Women’s Amateur Championship the
last 10 years (2002-2011)
2012 Conditions of Play
• Runners-up of the U.S. Women’s Amateur Championship the
last three years (2009-2011)
• Quarterfinalists from the 2011 U.S. Women’s Amateur
Championship
• From the U.S. Women’s Amateur Public Links Championship,
winners in 2011 and 2012 and the runner-up in 2012
• Playing members of the two most current United States and
Great Britain and Ireland Curtis Cup Teams (2010 and 2012)
• Playing members of the two most current United States
Women’s World Amateur Teams (2008 and 2010)
• Winners of the Ladies British Open Amateur Championship
the last five years (2008-2012)
• Winners of the most current Women’s Mexican Amateur and
the Royale Cup Canadian Women’s Amateur Championships
• From the current Women’s World Amateur Golf Rankings,
the top 75 point leaders and anyone tying for 75th place as of
May 30, 2012) (Must have filed an entry by May 30, 2012)
• Special exemptions as selected by the USGA