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Player Bio: Amelia Garvey2021 U.S. Women's Open

 

Age: 21
Country: New Zealand
College: University of Southern California
Road to Olympic: Qualified at Brentwood (Calif.) Country Club

The USC senior will make her second consecutive U.S. Women’s Open start, and first as a professional, after surviving a 3-for-1 playoff for the final spot on May 3 in Brentwood, Calif. Garvey outdueled LPGA Tour player Anne van Dam and fellow Trojan Katherine Muzi in the playoff. Garvey, who missed the cut at Champions Golf Club in December, is a two-time honorable mention All-American for the Trojans, one of the top teams in Division I college golf. The New Zealand native was the runner-up to Emily Toy in The Women’s Amateur Championship, conducted by The R&A, at Royal Country Down in 2019. She also represented New Zealand in the 2018 Women’s World Amateur Team Championship. She will celebrate her 21st birthday on the Wednesday of championship week.

U.S. Women's Open Playing Record

YEAR

SITE

SCORES

TO PAR

FINISH

2021 The Olympic Club (Lake Course) 74-79 +11 MC

2020

Champions Golf Club

70-76

+4

MC