Doris Chen, 17, of Bradenton, Fla.
Advanced to the quarterfinals with a 3-and-1 victory over Elisabeth Bernabe … playing in her
second U.S. Girls’ Junior …lost in the semifinals at the 2009 championship … won the 2010 IMGA
Match Play … also won the 2006 AJGA Open at Marshalia and the 2008 AJGA Mizuno Open at
Innisbrook … earned second-team AJGA All-America honors in 2008-09 and honorable mention honors
in 2007-08 … named the 2008 IMGA Player of the Year … has a career-low round of 66, shot in
Florida when she was 14 … attends the Pendleton School … has dual citizenship between the USA
and Chinese Taipei … enjoys reading novels and watching movies … daughter of Yuh-Guey Lin and
Chien-Yu Chen … birth date: March 3, 1993.
Katelyn
Dambaugh
, 15, of Goose Creek, S.C.
Advanced to the quarterfinals with a 4-and-3 victory over Christina Foster …is playing in her
first USGA championship … NJGT national champion from 2006-08 … the 2008 Charleston City
champion … the 2009
SCISA High School Medalist …
runner-up in the 2009 Beth Daniel Junior Azalea … World Youth Team Challenge champion … has a
career-low round of 70, shot at the Beth Daniel Junior Azalea at the Country Club of Charleston
in 2009 …
named the Charleston Metro Sports Council High Athlete of the Year in 2008 … SCISA
All-State honoree in 2008 and 2009 … named to the All-Lowcountry Golf Team in 2008 and
2009 …
earned a varsity letter in the fifth grade for golf … has two career holes-in-one … enjoys
playing basketball and hanging out with friends as well as volunteering with junior golf camps
and summer basketball camps … plays left-handed … attends
Pinewood Preparatory School
… daughter of Eric and Cindy … has one sister, Brooke … birth date: Oct. 1, 1994.
Danielle Kang, 17, of Thousand Oaks, Calif.
Advanced to the quarterfinals with a 5-and-3 victory over Haley Andreas … playing in her
fourth U.S. Girls’ Junior … advanced to the second round in 2007, 2008 and 2009 … stroke-play
medalist at the championship … also earned medalist honors at the 2009 U.S. Women’s Amateur …
made the cut at the 2010 U.S. Women’s Open at Oakmont (Pa.) C.C. … also played in the 2007 U.S.
Women’s Open, where she missed the cut … graduated from high school early and attended
Pepperdine University in the spring of 2010 … earned second-team All-American honors from
Golfweek magazine … medalist at the 2010 Bruin Wave Invitational, her second collegiate
tournament … runner-up at the 2010 West Coast Conference Championship … was Pepperdine’s top
finisher at the NCAA East Regional, where she finished sixth, and the NCAA Championship, where
she tied for 15
th
… e
arned WCC Freshman of the Year and All-WCC first-team honors
… daughter of Grace Lee and K.S. Kang … has one brother, Alex, who is on the San Diego State
men’s golf team … birth date: Oct. 20, 1992.
Stephanie Liu, 13, of St. Albans, Mo.
Advanced to the quarterfinals with a 7-and-6 victory over Cali Hipp … missed the cut at the
2009 Girls’ Junior … also played in the 2010 U.S. Women’s Amateur Public Links, where she missed
the cut … has also qualified for the 2010 U.S. Women’s Amateur … won the 2010 HJCT at Sea Palms
… runner-up at the 2010 AJGA Aspen and the 2010 FJT at Killearn CC … has one hole-in-one … has a
career-low round of 70, shot at Sea Palms on St. Simons Island, Ga., in April of 2010 … earned
her Taekwando first-degree black belt at the age of 7 … likes to swim, work out, read, watch
movies and spend time with her family … attends Florida Virtual School … daughter of John and
Elizabeth … has two brothers, Brandon and Kevin … Brandon played in the U.S. Junior Amateur this
week at Egypt Valley C.C. in Ada, Mich. … birth date: May 13, 1997.
Ally McDonald, 17, of Fulton, Miss.
Advanced to the quarterfinals with a 19-hole victory over Ginger Howard …playing in her second
Girls’ Junior … missed the cut by one stroke at the 2009 championship … has a career-low round
of
66, shot at Greenville Country Club in June of 2010 … lists as her career
highlight holing a shot from the fairway for double eagle at the high school
championship to shoot a 69 in the eighth grade … enjoys playing basketball and being
involved in her community …
attends
Itawamba AHS
… plans to attend Mississippi State in the fall of 2011 … daughter of Jamie and Angie … has one
brother, Andrew … birth date: Oct. 25, 1992.
Gyeol Park, 14, of Korea
Advanced to the quarterfinals with a 2-up victory over Lindsey Weaver … playing in her first
USGA championship …has a career-low round of
66, shot at Los Serranos Country Club in June of 2010 …
attends
Yedang Middle School … enjoys reading books and listening to music … daughter of
Hyeongjoon Park and Myungsun Ahn … birth date: Jan. 9, 1996.
Victoria
Tanco
, 16, of Argentina
Advanced to the quarterfinals with a 5-and-3 victory over 2007 Girls’ Junior champion Kristen
Park … playing in her fourth Girls’ Junior … advanced to the quarterfinals of the 2009
championship before falling to eventual champion Amy Anderson … has played in three U.S. Women’s
Open Championships, in 2008, 2009 and 2010 … has also played in the 2008 and 2009 U.S. Women’s
Amateur … won the 2010 Annika Invitational, the 2008 and 2009 AJGA Rolex Tournament of
Champions, and the 2009 Mizuno Golf Championship … named the AJGA Rolex Player of the Year in
2008 and 2009 … has a career low round of 10-under
63, shot in Argentina in 2008 … has one hole-in-one, made on the third hole at the
Annika Invitational at the Ginn Resort and Spa’s Independence Course in 2009 … enjoys
reading, being with her friends, playing ping pong and watching television …
attending Sworn College … daughter of Marecelo and Ana Lucia … has one brother, Nicolas … birth
date: Feb. 25, 1994.
Mariko
Tumangan
, 16, of San Jose, Calif.
Advanced to the quarterfinals with a 3-and-1 victory over Nicole Morales …is playing in her
fourth Girls’ Junior … also played in the 2009 U.S. Women’s Open and the 2009 U.S. Women’s
Amateur … was the 2009 California Girls’ State Championship runner-up … the 2007, 2008 and 2009
WCAL champion … also won the 2008 and 2009 CCS Championships … has a career-low round of 62,
shot at Rancho Canada in Carmel in 2009 …
has competed all over the world for abacus math competitions … enjoys playing other
sports like basketball, tennis and swimming … will be a senior at Presentation High
School ... plans to attend Stanford in the fall of 2011 … daughter of Rabbinal Tumangan
and Misako Yamaguchi … has one brother, Iko … birth date: Oct. 15, 1993.
Profiles compiled by Beth Murrison, manager of championship communications for the USGA. E-mail her with questions or comments at bmurrison@usga.org.