Mathilda Cappeliez, 18, France Born May 13, 1998 Finished 59th at the 2014 U.S. Women’s Open at Pinehurst No. 26 in the Women’s World Amateur Golf Ranking™ (WAGR) Finished tied for 14th at the European Ladies’ Amateur Finished tied for 6th at the Terre Blanche Ladies Open Path to the quarterfinals Posted a 141 in stroke play to earn the No. 23 seed Round of 64: defeated Margaret Shirley-Starosto (144), 4 and 2 Round of 32: defeated Gabrielle Shipley (145), 8 and 6 Round of 16: defeated Paphangkorn Tavatanakit (138), 1 up Virginia Elena Carta, 19, Italy Born Dec. 24, 1996 2016 NCAA Division I individual champion by record eight strokes Member of the Italian National Team since 2010 Represented Italy in the European Ladies Team Championship Honda Sports Award for Golf given to National Player of the Year Member of 2013 European Junior Solheim Cup Team and 2014 Junior Ryder Cup Team WGCA & Golfweek First Team All-America No. 19 in the WAGR Path to the quarterfinals Shot 142 in stroke play to earn the No. 32 seed Round of 64: defeated Rinko Mitsunaga (143), 5 and 4 Round of 32: defeated Muni He (147), 2 and 1 Round of 16: defeated Jessica Porvasnik (140), 3 and 2 Hannah Green, 19, Australia Born Dec. 20, 1996 Reached the Round of 16 in the 2013 U.S. Girls’ Junior Lost in Round of 32 of 2015 U.S. Women’s Amateur to Bailey Tardy in 19 holes Played in the 2015 U.S. Women’s Open 2014 Western Australia Junior Golfer of the Year Runner-up at the 2015 ISPS Handa New Zealand Women’s Open No. 42 in WAGR Path to the quarterfinals Shot 143 in stroke play to earn the No. 34 seed Round of 64: defeated Tianyu Wang (142), 1 up Round of 32: defeated Lucy Li (135), 6 and 4 Round of 16: defeated Celine Boutier (144), 4 and 3 Nasa Hataoka, 17, Japan Born Jan. 13, 1999 Making first USGA championship appearance Started playing golf just six years ago Won the IMG World Junior Championships in 2015 and 2016 at Torrey Pines in San Diego No. 32 in the WAGR Path to the quarterfinals Shot 140 in stroke play to earn the No. 12 seed Round of 64: defeated Yealimi Noh (145), 2 up Round of 32: defeated Cheyenne Knight (141), 3 and 2 Round of 16: defeated Katelyn Dambaugh (138), 2 and 1 Andrea Lee, 17, Hermosa Beach, Calif. Born Aug. 15, 1998 Incoming freshman at Stanford University No. 16 in the WAGR Member of 2016 USA Curtis Cup Team Finalist in the 2016 U.S. Girls’ Junior Semifinalist in 2014 U.S. Women’s Amateur Won the 2014 Yani Tseng Invitational Qualified for the 2014 U.S. Women’s Open Quarterfinalist in the 2014 U.S. Girls’ Junior Path to the quarterfinals Shot a 142 in stroke play to earn the No. 27 seed Round of 64: defeated Kelly Whaley (143), 5 and 4 Round of 32: defeated Bing Singhsumalee (146), 5 and 4 Round of 16: defeated Robynn Ree (139), 6 and 4 Yuka Saso, 15, Philippines Born June 20, 2001 Reached the Round of 32 in the 2014 and 2016 U.S. Girls’ Junior No. 324 in the WAGR Path to the quarterfinals Shot 137 in stroke play to earn the No. 4 seed Round of 64: defeated Abbey Carlson (147), 2 and 1 Round of 32: defeated Alyaa Abdulghany (142), 19 holes Round of 16: defeated Hailee Cooper (140), 2 and 1 Eun Jeong Seong, 16, Republic of Korea Born Oct. 31, 1999 Won the 2015 and 2016 U.S. Girls’ Junior, becoming first back-to-back champion in 45 years Reached the quarterfinals of the 2014 U.S. Women’s Amateur Reached the Round of 32 at the 2014 U.S. Girls’ Junior No. 22 in the WAGR Finalist at the 2014 U.S. Women’s Amateur Public Links Path to the quarterfinals Shot a 140 in stroke play to earn the No. 14 seed Round of 64: defeated Janet Mao (145), 4 and 3 Round of 32: defeated Chakansim (Fai) Khamborn (140), 5 and 4 Round of 16: defeated Hye-Jin Choi (137), 6 and 5 Maria Torres, 21, Puerto Rico Born Dec. 15, 1994 Rising senior at University of Florida 2016 Southeastern Conference Golfer of the Year Won the Southeastern Conference Championships 2016 WGCA honorable mention All-American 2014 Southeastern Conference All-Freshman Team Represented Puerto Rico in the 2015 Pan American Games, finishing T-16 Represented Puerto Rico in 2013 Women’s World Amateur Team Championship No. 88 in the WAGR Path to the quarterfinals Carded a 139 in stroke play to earn the No. 9 seed Round of 64: defeated Jaravee Boonchant (146), 20 holes Round of 32: defeated Shannon Brooks (141), 1 up Round of 16: defeated Dylan Kim (138), 5 and 4 Compiled by USGA communications intern Cody Manmiller. Email him at cmanmiller@usga.org.