Highlights: 2025 U.S. Women's Amateur, Round of 64
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Highlights: 2025 U.S. Women's Amateur, Round of 64
Watch the best shots and highlights from the Round of 64 at the 2025 U.S. Women's Amateur at Bandon Dunes Golf Resort in Bandon, Oregon.
USA Today
14 hours ago
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Co-medalists, including defending champ, fall in Round of 64 at U.S. Women's Amateur
(Editor's note: Follow our live updates here from the U.S. Women's Amateur.) BANDON, Ore. — Arianna Lau didn't know how close Rianne Malixi hit her approach shot on the par-5 18th hole, she just knew it was close. Roughly 10 feet, to be exact, is how close the defending U.S. Women's Amateur champion hit her 3 wood for an eagle look. Lau knew she had to respond, and she did. Hitting 3 wood herself, Lau smoked her shot to the front left part of the green and watched it roll to about 13 feet from the pin, just outside Malixi's ball. Then, the 64 seed, who advanced to earn the final spot in match play after a 3-hour, 3-minute playoff Wednesday morning, buried the putt, and Malixi couldn't match. Lau knocked out the defending champion 1 up on Wednesday afternoon under a blanket of clouds at Bandon Dunes on the Oregon coast. She had a 1-up lead on the 17th hole and missed a 3 footer for par for Malixi to tie the match, but she stepped up and hit one of the best shots of her life to knock out the top seed and defending champion on the 18th hole. "She hit a really good shot, and I just tried to match it," Lau said. She birdied the same hole in regulation on Wednesday morning to earn the final spot in match play. Her reward? The defending champion and co-medalist in Malixi. Lau got off to a quick start, too, leading 3 up after five holes, but Malixi tied the match by the turn. Then on the back, the duo went back and forth with Lau taking a 1-up lead three separate times before Malixi would tie the match. Then on the 18th tee, they matched beautiful approach shots back toward the clubhouse. However, Lau made the putt and added pressure to Malixi, who missed her eagle attempt, and her effort at the U.S. Women's Amateur was done. "I'm just really grateful, especially today. Like it taught me how to handle pressure, especially in match play," Lau said. "Yeah, I just like really happy to like even make it to round of 64, and to play pretty good golf today, yeah, it was a very — that's very good." She admitted she was nervous overnight before the early-morning playoff, but 24 holes later, she's in the Round of 32 come Thursday morning. Malixi wasn't the only co-medalist to fall Thursday. Asterisk Talley, who lost to Malixi in the championship match last year at Southern Hills, is also heading home. The No. 2 seed fell to Australia's Ella Scaysbrook 6 and 4, ending an insane run that started last week with her victory at the Junior PGA Championship in Indiana. Scaysbrook was 2 up after three holes and held that lead until the 11th, where she won four straight holes to knock off one of the best juniors in the world. Scaysbrook, who is playing in her first USGA event, said she took the underdog mentality in her match, understanding how talented her opponent was. She proved she's worthy of her flowers, too. "Proud of myself, yeah," she said. "It's pretty big. Yeah, it was very good. Good match." Both co-medalists have lost in the Round of 64 for the first time in 10 years. Meanwhile, world No. 1 Kiara Romero took her opening match, 4 and 3. The top seed left, Eila Galitsky, a rising sophomore at South Carolina, won her match, 4 and 3.
NBC Sports
17 hours ago
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FEDEX ST. JUDE CLASSIC – THE START OF THE PGA TOUR PLAYOFFS – AND U.S. WOMEN'S AMATEUR HEADLINE LIVE GOLF ACROSS NBC, GOLF CHANNEL, AND PEACOCK
FedEx St. Jude Classic at TPC Southwind in Memphis – Thursday-Friday at 2 p.m. ET and Weekend Lead-In on GOLF Channel, Saturday at 3 p.m. ET and Sunday at 2 p.m. ET on NBC/Peacock Happy Hour With Smylie Presented by Michelob Ultra – Friday Happy Hours with Smylie Kaufman on GOLF Channel Return for FedExCup Playoffs U.S. Women's Amateur at Bandon Dunes – 15 Hours of Live Coverage on GOLF Channel Beginning Tonight at 6 p.m. ET U.S. Women's Amateur Golf Channel Broadcast Team Includes Emilia Doran, Who Won Her Round of 64 Match Today PGA TOUR Champions Boeing Classic – Friday-Sunday on GOLF Channel DP World Tour Nexo Championship at Trump International Golf Links in Scotland – Thursday-Sunday Mornings on GOLF Channel STAMFORD, Conn. – August 6, 2025 – NBC Sports is the home of the PGA TOUR FedExCup Playoffs, beginning this week at the FedEx St. Jude Classic at TPC Southwind in Memphis, Tenn., while the U.S. Women's Amateur will be held at Bandon Dunes in Oregon, headlining this week's live golf coverage across NBC, GOLF Channel, and Peacock. PGA TOUR FEDEXCUP PLAYOFFS: FEDEX ST. JUDE CLASSIC The FedEx St. Jude Classic at TPC Southwind in Memphis, Tenn., is the first event of the 2025 PGA TOUR Playoffs, featuring the Top 70 players on the FedExCup standings following the conclusion of the regular season last week at the Wyndham Championship. Following this event, the Top 50 in the standings advance to next week's BMW Championship, with the Top 30 after that advancing to the TOUR Championship at East Lake Golf Club in Atlanta. Scottie Scheffler, the defending FedExCup Champion, has not finished outside of the Top 10 in an event since March and is coming off a victory at the Open Championship at Royal Portrush in Northern Ireland, his fourth career major championship win. Players around the Top 50 bubble hoping to continue their season include Jordan Spieth (No. 48), Wyndham Clark (No. 49), and Min Woo Lee (No. 50). All three FedExCup Playoff events will feature Drone AR, the Emmy winning innovation that allows fans to watch towering drives like never before, as the augmented reality experience combines live aerial video with real-time analytics. The critically-acclaimed Happy Hour with Smylie Presented by Michelob Ultra on GOLF Channel will return for all three FedExCup Playoff events, beginning this Friday afternoon at the FedEx St. Jude Classic, as Smylie Kaufman spends time with PGA TOUR stars following their rounds to get their thoughts on the game and showcase their personalities. This week's coverage from TPC Southwind on GOLF Channel begins at 2 p.m. ET on Thursday and Friday, 1 p.m. ET on Saturday, and noon ET on Sunday. NBC and Peacock carry weekend coverage on Saturday at 3 p.m. ET and Sunday at 2 p.m. ET. NBC/GOLF Channel/Peacock Broadcast Team Play by Play: Dan Hicks / Terry Gannon / Steve Sands Analyst: Kevin Kisner / Brad Faxon / Smylie Kaufman / Curt Byrum On-Course: Jim 'Bones' Mackay / Smylie Kaufman / John Wood / Curt Byrum Interviews: Damon Hack USGA: U.S. WOMEN'S AMATEUR GOLF Channel presents 15 hours of live coverage of the U.S. Women's Amateur from Bandon Dunes in Bandon, Ore., beginning tonight at 6 p.m. ET. The week began with stroke play on Monday and Tuesday and a field of 64 entered match play on Wednesday, including GOLF Channel commentator Emilia Doran, who won her match against Reagan Zibilski to advance to the Round of 32 and will be on Golf Channel's coverage throughout the week. This marks the first time that Bandon Dunes is hosing the U.S. Women's Amateur. Rianne Malixi of the Philippines became the second player in USGA history to win the U.S. Women's Amateur and U.S. Girls' Junior last year and enters match play as the No. 1 seed. Two-time U.S. Women's Amateur champion Kay Cockerill will be an analyst for Golf Channel's coverage along with the aforementioned Emilia Doran, Steve Burkowski (play-by-play), Jim Gallagher Jr., (analyst), and Julia Johnson (on-course). PGA TOUR CHAMPIONS: BOEING CLASSIC Stephen Ames will look to win the Boeing Classic at Snoqualmie Ridge outside of Seattle for the third consecutive year. The field includes Justin Leonard, who recently finished in second place at the Senior Open Championship, as well as Miguel Angel Jimenez, Stewart Cink, and Angel Cabrera. Live coverage on the NBC Sports app airs Friday at 7 p.m. ET. GOLF Channel coverage airs Friday at 10 p.m. ET, Saturday at 6 p.m. ET, and Sunday at 4 p.m. ET. DP WORLD TOUR: NEXO CHAMPIONSHIP The Nexo Championship was most recently played as the Scottish Championship in 2020 and won by Adrian Otaegui. This week's event will be held at Trump International Golf Links in Scotland. Following the event, the DP World Tour's Closing Swing will conclude with the Danish Golf Championship. Thursday-Saturday coverage on GOLF Channel begins at 7:30 a.m. ET, with Sunday's coverage beginning at 6:30 a.m. ET. --NBC SPORTS--
