Sophie Zhang-Murphy flips the script, wins Southwestern Women’s Amateur
Sophia Zhang-Murphy (Saratoga, Calif.), a rising sophomore at Princeton University, shot a final-round 68, her fourth straight round in the 60s to win the Southwestern Women’s Amateur at Desert Mountain Golf Club in Scottsdale, Ariz. For three rounds on the Cochise Course at Desert Mountain, as in the Men’s championship, the field looked up to a...
In final-round comeback, Davis Bryant repeats at 108th Southwestern Amateur
On the final day of the 108th Southwestern Amateur, Davis Bryant (Aurora, Colo. / Colorado State University) shot a 6-under 66 to come from five shots back and successfully defend his title at the Desert Mountain Club’s Cochise Course in Scottsdale, Ariz.. For three rounds and 13 holes on Saturday, the field looked up at Louisiana State...
Reagan Zibilski and Luke Haskew will try to go wire-to-wire at 108th Southwestern Amateur
After three rounds on the Cochise Course at Desert Mountain Golf Club in Scottsdale, Ariz., Louisiana State University’s Luke Haskew (Baton Rouge, La.) and University of Arkansas’s Reagan Zibilski (Springfield, Mo.) lead the Men’s and Women’s divisions respectively, headed into the final round of the 108th Southwestern Amateur. Both Haskew and Zibilski have led each of the first three...
Zibilski, Haskew maintain leads as defending champs lurk
Reagan Zibilski (Springfield, Mo.) of the University of Arkansas and Luke Haskew (Baton Rouge, La.) of LSU maintained their leads at the halfway point of the 108th Southwestern Men’s and Women’s Amateur championships, played on the Cochise Course at Desert Mountain Golf Club in Scottsdale, Ariz. Zibilski, who opened with an 8-under 64 on Wednesday, shot a 4-under...
Luke Haskew, Reagan Zibilski lead parade of red numbers at 108th Southwestern Amateur
The 108th Southwestern Men’s and Women’s Amateur championships teed off on a comfortable day at the Cochise Course at Desert Mountain Golf Club in Scottsdale, Ariz., and red numbers soon filled the leaderboards. LSU rising sophomore Luke Haskew (Baton Rouge, La.) had a beautiful scorecard on Wednesday, tallying 11 3’s including an eagle on the par-5 12th...
Half of U.S. Women’s Amateur quarterfinalists played in the Southwestern this year
The SWGA would like to congratulate Leigh Chien, Monet Chun, Lauren Lehigh, and Brianna Navarrosa for making deep runs into the U.S. Women’s Amateur at Chambers Bay. Chun made it to the final while the other three made the quarterfinals. All played in the 2022 Southwestern Amateur, and all made the cut with Navarrosa the...
2021 Southwestern champ James Leow wins the Pacific Coast Amateur
Congratulations to James Leow, the 2021 Southwestern Amateur champion who has won the 55th Pacific Coast Amateur at Columbia-Edgewater Country Club in Oregon. Leow broke open a tight three-way battle with Caleb Surratt and Sam Choi with a birdie on the final hole to seal the win. Leow, who is 25 years old, just finished...
Davis Bryant keeps head down, grinds out comeback win in Men’s Championship
On Thursday, it was just a personal best. By Saturday afternoon, it was a championship. Davis Bryant, fueled by a second-round 63, steadily climbed the leaderboard during the final 36 holes at Desert Mountain Club to capture the 107th Southwestern Amateur title. “It was a blast. That was my lowest round in a competitive atmosphere,”...
Camille Boyd is the second-ever Southwestern Women’s Amateur champion
After 105 years as a men’s tournament, the Southwestern Amateur added a women’s championship in 2021. On Saturday, Camille Boyd became the second Southwestern Women’s Amateur champion. In the inaugural event, the University of Oregon’s Ching-Tzu Chen battled unusually high temperatures and a difficult Cochise Course at Desert Mountain to put her name on the trophy with an even-par final score....
Cantafio snags 54-hole lead at Southwestern Amateur
Jaden Cantafio grabbed a hold of the Southwestern Amateur lead early in Friday morning’s round. The Washington State junior from Tustin, Calif. carded 34 on the front side at Desert Mountain’s Geronimo Course, while playing partner and 36-hole leader Gabe Salvanera made bogey or worse on five of his opening eight holes. Salvanera battled back, though, eagling the...
Camille Boyd takes command of Southwestern Women’s Amateur
Reinforcements had arrived. Not that Camille Boyd necessarily needed them, but they certainly couldn’t hurt. Her Husky teammate Hannah Elaimy missed Thursday’s cut, but stuck around Desert Mountain to join forces with Boyd as her caddie Friday morning. The University of Washington junior from Yorba Linda, Calif. fed off that comforting energy and carded 66 on day three of...
63 gives Salvanera midway lead; Summerhays maintains Women’s lead by one
Gabe Salvanera made seven birdies in his final nine holes, carding 30 on the front side after beginning his day on the back. It rounded out a second-round 63 at Desert Mountain’s Geronimo Course and sent him into the final two rounds of the Southwestern Amateur with a one-shot lead. “Today I had more birdie looks...