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Tulsa Golfer Lilly Thomas Begins Play at U.S. Women’s Amateur Monday
8/5/2022 11:00:00 AM | Women's Golf
CHAMBERS BAY, Wash. –– The University of Tulsa senior golfer Lilly Thomas is one of 156 amateurs competing at the 2022 U.S. Women's Amateur, August 8-14, at the par 73, 6,541-yard Chambers Bay Golf Club in University Place, Washington.
Thomas made the U.S. Women's Amateur Championship field with a round of 69 in qualification at the Old Fort Golf Club in Murfreesboro, Tenn., July 12.
Thomas will tee-off on Aug. 8, at 1:50 p.m. (PT)/3:50 p.m. (CT). She is paired on the first day with Taylor Ledwein and Lara Tennant, also from the United States.
The low 64 scorers after 36 holes of stroke play will advance to match play on Aug. 10. Match-play rounds, Aug. 10-14, will be covered on the Golf Channel.
Thomas, from Bentonville, Ark., finished the 2021-22 collegiate season at the NCAA Stillwater Regional after earning all-conference accolades for the second consecutive season. Thomas registered five top-20 performances in 11 tournaments, including four top-5 finishes in the 2021-22 campaign. She had a career-best second place showing at the Texas State Invitational with a 2-under par score of 214.
In 33 rounds, Thomas had a 72.9 stroke average and tallied six sub-70 rounds in the 2021-22 campaign.
