Sager, Kness Qualify for U.S. Women's Amateur
7/11/2017 4:59:00 PM | Women's Golf
SOUTH ORANGE, N.J. – Seton Hall women's golfers Maddie Sager (Phoenixville, Pa.) and Mia Kness (Venetia, Pa.) have qualified to participate in next month's U.S. Women's Amateur Championship in San Diego, Calif. after excelling in sectional qualifiers. Teammate Lizzie Win (Sylvania, Ohio) qualified as an alternate.
Sager is the most-recent Pirate to earn entry into the U.S. Amateur, qualifying today at a sectional qualifier at Kenwood Golf & Country Club in Bethesda, Md. The rising sophomore fired an impressive 1-over-par, 71. Sager was a key contributor to the Pirates' success last season, competing in all 10 tournaments, while logging a pair of top-10 finishes.
It's been a strong summer so far for Kness, who qualified for the U.S. Amateur with a 4-under-par, 68, at the sectional qualifier at Walnut Grove Country Club in Dayton, Ohio on July 6. Kness was coming off a tournament victory at the Hudson Invitational the week prior. An incoming freshman, she will make her Pirate debut this fall.
Named to the All-BIG EAST Second Team as a freshman, Win has continued her stellar play during the college offseason. She fired a 2-over-par, 74, at The Moors Golf Club in Portage, Mich., in her sectional qualifier on June 29, and is the first alternate. Win needs one of four qualifying golfers from that event to drop out in order for her to advance to San Diego.
Sager, Kness, and possibly Win, will take on over 150 other golfers at San Diego Country Club in Chula Vista, Calif., August 7-13.
The U.S. Women's Amateur Championship marks the beginning of women's competitive golf in this country. Along with the U.S. Amateur and the U.S. Open, the Women's Amateur was one of the USGA's first three championships. Although a stroke-play format was selected for the first championship, the Women's Amateur became a match-play competition in 1896, and has remained so ever since.
Many U.S. Women's Amateur champions have gone on to success in professional golf, including five-time champion JoAnne Gunderson Carner, whose record of eight USGA titles is eclipsed only by Bob Jones and Tiger Woods (nine). Other notable champions include Beth Daniel, Juli Inkster, Danielle Kang, Lydia Ko, Kelli Kuehne, Catherine Lacoste, Anne Sander, Pearl Sinn, Louise Suggs, Carol Semple Thompson and Bade Didrikson Zaharias.
Sager is the most-recent Pirate to earn entry into the U.S. Amateur, qualifying today at a sectional qualifier at Kenwood Golf & Country Club in Bethesda, Md. The rising sophomore fired an impressive 1-over-par, 71. Sager was a key contributor to the Pirates' success last season, competing in all 10 tournaments, while logging a pair of top-10 finishes.
It's been a strong summer so far for Kness, who qualified for the U.S. Amateur with a 4-under-par, 68, at the sectional qualifier at Walnut Grove Country Club in Dayton, Ohio on July 6. Kness was coming off a tournament victory at the Hudson Invitational the week prior. An incoming freshman, she will make her Pirate debut this fall.
Named to the All-BIG EAST Second Team as a freshman, Win has continued her stellar play during the college offseason. She fired a 2-over-par, 74, at The Moors Golf Club in Portage, Mich., in her sectional qualifier on June 29, and is the first alternate. Win needs one of four qualifying golfers from that event to drop out in order for her to advance to San Diego.
Sager, Kness, and possibly Win, will take on over 150 other golfers at San Diego Country Club in Chula Vista, Calif., August 7-13.
The U.S. Women's Amateur Championship marks the beginning of women's competitive golf in this country. Along with the U.S. Amateur and the U.S. Open, the Women's Amateur was one of the USGA's first three championships. Although a stroke-play format was selected for the first championship, the Women's Amateur became a match-play competition in 1896, and has remained so ever since.
Many U.S. Women's Amateur champions have gone on to success in professional golf, including five-time champion JoAnne Gunderson Carner, whose record of eight USGA titles is eclipsed only by Bob Jones and Tiger Woods (nine). Other notable champions include Beth Daniel, Juli Inkster, Danielle Kang, Lydia Ko, Kelli Kuehne, Catherine Lacoste, Anne Sander, Pearl Sinn, Louise Suggs, Carol Semple Thompson and Bade Didrikson Zaharias.
Players Mentioned
Seton Hall Softball vs. Iona (Game 2)
Wednesday, April 29
Seton Hall Softball vs. Iona (Game 1)
Wednesday, April 29
Seton Hall Pirates Live Stream
Thursday, April 23
2026 Seton Hall Giving Day is Here!
Tuesday, April 21
