Amari Avery is contending at the U.S. Women's Open playing with someone else's clubs
ERIN, Wisconsin – Amari Avery finds herself in contention at the 80th U.S. Women's Open despite a massive mishap at the midway point: Her boyfriend left Wisconsin and accidentally took her clubs.
According to the NBC broadcast on Peacock, Gavin Aurilia packed up and left early Friday morning for a tournament and took his clubs – or so he thought. When Avery realized that he'd accidentally taken her clubs instead, she scrambled to find a replacement set. The solution was to borrow fellow USC player Gabriela Ruffels' clubs after she finished the second round of the Women's Open.
Avery, who shot 71 in the opening round, is currently 3 under for the championship and in a share of 12th, playing with someone else's clubs. Ruffels and Avery are represented by the same management company and play similar TaylorMade clubs. Avery and her boyfriend have the same travel bag. The clubs are en route back to Wisconsin.
Ruffels, who teed off at 6:56 a.m. local time on Friday, shot 73-78 to miss the cut. Avery teed off at 2:31 p.m.
This is Avery's third start in the U.S. Women's Open and her first as a professional. She's currently 15th on the Epson Tour's Race for the Card points list. The top 15 players on that tour earn an LPGA card.
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