Player Bio: Monica Vaughn (a)2021 U.S. Women's Open

Age: 26
Country: United States
College: Arizona State
Road to Olympic: Qualified at OGA Golf Course in Woodburn, Ore.

The 2016 USA Curtis Cup competitor will make her first U.S. Women’s Open start after earning medalist honors on April 26 with a 10-under total of 134. She opened the qualifier with a career-best, 9-under 63 (previous low was a 64 in college). She flew in the night before from San Francisco, where Oregon tied for fifth in the Pacific-12 Conference Championship. Vaughn won the 2017 NCAA Division I individual title as a senior at Arizona State, then helped the Sun Devils to the team championship in the same event at Rich Harvest Farms outside Chicago. Earned a sponsor’s exemption into LPGA Tour’s Marathon Classic by winning NCAAs and competed as a professional. After missing the cut and playing in one mini-tour event, Vaughn decided to withdraw from the first stage of LPGA Tour Qualifying School that fall. Briefly worked as a server in a popular Scottsdale, Ariz., steakhouse before being named Oregon’s assistant women’s golf coach in 2018. She recently regained her amateur status. The native of Reedsport, Ore., won a pair of Oregon high school titles and was named the Oregon Golf Association’s Player of the Year in 2010.  

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