TULSA, Okla. — Asterisk Talley led Rianne Malixi 1 up midway by means of the U.S. Ladies’s Newbie championship match Saturday, three weeks after Malixi routed Talley within the U.S. Ladies’ Junior remaining.
“I am feeling quite a bit higher than final time I performed Rianne,” stated Talley, the 15-year-old from Chowchilla, California,
Final month within the U.S. Ladies’ Junior, Malixi beat Talley 8 and seven at El Caballero in Tarzana, California, the most important championship-match blowout in event historical past.
“It is superb. I really like Asterisk,” stated the 17-year-old Malixi, from the Philippines. “She is such a very good participant and good individual as nicely. It is enjoyable being matched up together with her once more.”
Malixi is making an attempt to grow to be the second participant to win each occasions in the identical 12 months, becoming a member of Eun Jeong Seong in 2016.
Due to anticipated rain Sunday at Southern Hills, the primary 18 holes of the 36-hole championship match had been moved to Saturday.
“I have to hit extra fairways,” Talley stated. “That is going to assist me get near the outlet, hit extra greens. I really feel like that is what can be what wins tomorrow, is whoever can hold their ball in play probably the most.”
Talley received 5 holes in a seven-hole stretch on Nos. 6-12 to show a two-hole deficit right into a three-hole lead.
Malixi rallied to take three of the subsequent 4 to tie it. Talley moved again forward with a par win on the par-4 seventeenth they usually had matching pars on the par-4 18th.
“It is simply good to chop down a few of Asterisk’s lead,” Malixi stated. “It was such a confidence booster as a result of I did not actually see a few of my putts drop in at present.”
Within the morning semifinals, Talley led Maria Jose Marin 1 up after 14 when the Colombian retired due to a left knee harm. Malixi topped Kendall Todd of Litchfield Park, Arizona, 1 up. The 18-year-old Marin and 21-year-old Todd are teammates at Arkansas.
Talley teamed with Sarah Lim to win the U.S. Ladies’s Newbie 4-Ball in Could in San Antonio.
Malixi has verbally dedicated to play at Duke, with plans to start faculty play in 2025.
