Lucy Li Qualifies for the US Open... and She's only ELEVEN!
- Li will be at Pinehurst on June 19 after winning at Half Moon Bay
- Becomes the youngest-ever competitor at the US Women's Open
By Daily Mail UK, 21 May 2014
Eleven-year-old Lucy Li has become the youngest player to qualify for the US Women's Open by winning at Half Moon Bay in California.
Li shot rounds of 74 and 68 on the par-72 Old Course on Monday and will surpass Lexi Thompson as the youngest competitor in an Open when she tees off at Pinehurst on June 19.
History: Eleven-year-old Lucy Li has become the youngest player to qualify for the US Women's Open
Watching brief: Li impressed at the Drive, Chip and Putt Championships at August in April
Thompson was 12 when she qualified for the 2007 event.
Li, from California, already has a big win on her c.v, impressing at the girls' 10-11 division at the inaugural Drive, Chip and Putt contest at Augusta that preceded the Masters this year.
She beat second-place qualifier Kathleen Scavo by seven strokes at Half Moon Bay.
GOLF'S TEENAGE PRODIGIES
Michelle Wie: At just 11, she won both the Hawaii State Women's Stroke Play Championship - became the youngest player ever to qualify for an LPGA event, and the youngest (13) to ever make the cut at a US Women's Open.
Lexi Thompson: Previously the youngest ever (12) to qualify for the US Women's Open. Now 19, she won the Kraft Nabisco Championship this year.
Guan Tianlang: Made the cut at last year's Masters at the age of 14.
