CLEVELAND (AP) — Thailand’s Ariya Jutanugarn won two matches Thursday in the U.S. Women’s Amateur to advance to the quarterfinals at The Country Club.
The 16-year-old Jutanugarn, coming off a successful title defense last week in the Junior PGA Championship, routed Bethany Wu of Diamond Bar, Calif., 6 and 4 in the morning, and edged Australia’s Ashlee Dewhurst 3 and 2 in the afternoon in the round of 16.
Jutanugarn will face Erynne Lee of Silverdale, Wash., in the quarterfinals. Lee, one of two U.S. players in the final eight, beat Elisabeth Bernabe of Anaheim Hills, Calif., 3 and 2, and Austin Ernst of Seneca, S.C., 2 and 1.
In the other lower-bracket quarterfinal, New Zealand’s Lydia Ko will play South Africa’s Paula Reto. The 15-year-old Ko is the top-ranked amateur in the world.
In the upper-bracket quarterfinals, Canada’s Nicole Zhang will face Australia’s Su-Hyun Oh, and Jaye Marie Green of Boca Raton, Fla., will play Mexico’s Marijosse Navarro. Zhang beat qualifying medalist Hyo-Joo Kim of South Korea 1-up in the round of 16.
