Everything to know about the 2025 U.S. Girls' Junior at Atlanta Athletic Club
The 2025 U.S. Girls' Junior is set to begin Monday at Atlanta Athletic Club's Riverside Course in Johns Creek, Georgia. The field of 156 golfers will compete in just the second U.S. Girls' Junior in Georgia. It's the 76th playing of the championship.
Last year, Rianne Malixi avenged her runner-up finish in 2023 to defeat Asterisk Talley 8 and 7 at El Caballero Country Club in California. It was the championship's largest margin of victory since it went to a 36-hole final in 2006. Malixi also defeated Talley in the U.S. Women's Amateur final 22 days later, the first time two players met in a U.S. Women's Am and U.S. Girls' Junior title match in the same calendar year.
Here's everything you need to know for the 2025 U.S. Girls' Junior.
Atlanta Athletic Club yardage book
OUT: 3,103 yards (Par 35)
IN: 3,209 yards (Par 36)
TOTAL: 6,312 yards (Par 71)
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Players to watch at U.S. Girls' Junior 2025
Nikki Oh: Member of the U.S. National Junior Team; daughter of 1993 U.S. Open qualifier (at 16 years old) and current teaching pro Ted Oh
Asterisk Talley: Finished runner-up in the U.S. Girls' Junior and U.S. Women's Amateur in 2024; won U.S. Women's Amateur Four-Ball in 2024; made 2024 U.S. Curtis Cup team
Scarlett Schremmer: Reached the Round of 16 in last year's U.S. Girls' Junior and U.S. Women's Amateur. Signed with Texas A&M
U.S. Girls' Junior field facts
Youngest competitor: Bella Simoes, of Lake Worth, Florida, 11 years, 11 months, 11 days old.
Oldest competitor: Morgan Rupp, of Marion, Iowa,18 years, 11 months and 19 days old.
Average age: 16.42
Field breakdown by age:
International: There are 16 countries represented: Australia (6), Bolivia (1), Canada (10), Chinese Taipei (2), Colombia (3), Hong Kong (2), Japan (2), Lebanon (1), Mexico (3), China (5), Korea (1), Singapore (1), Sri Lanka (1), Thailand (6), United States (111), Venezuela (1)
States represented: There are 37 states represented: Alabama (4), Arizona (2), California (25), Colorado (3), Connecticut (2), Delaware (1), Florida (11), Georgia (3), Hawaii (2), Idaho (1), Illinois (2), Indiana (1), Iowa (1), Kansas (1), Kentucky (2), Louisiana (1), Maryland (1), Michigan (2), Minnesota (2), Mississippi (2), Missouri (3), Montana (1), Nebraska (1), New Hampshire (1), New Jersey (6), New York (4), North Carolina (3), Oklahoma (1), Oregon (3), Pennsylvania (3), South Carolina (2), Tennessee (1), Texas (7), Utah (1), Virginia (1), Washington (3), Wisconsin (1)
USGA Champions (4): Sarah Lim (2024 U.S. Women's Amateur Four-Ball), Asterisk Talley (2024 U.S. Women's Amateur Four-Ball), Natalie Yen (2025 U.S. Women's Amateur Four-Ball), Asia Young (2025 U.S. Women's Amateur Four-Ball)
USGA runners-up (3): Brynn Kort (2024 U.S. Women's Amateur Four-Ball), Athena Singh (2025 U.S. Women's Amateur Four-Ball), Asterisk Talley (2024 U.S. Girls' Junior, 2024 U.S. Women's Amateur)
Seven players are in the top 100 of the Women's World Amateur Golf Ranking as of July 9:
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