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Julia Misemer Heads to the U. S. Women’ s Amateur for the Fourth Consecutive Year by Bill Cromwell, Publisher

When you’ ve been publishing a local golf magazine for 25 years, you’ re privileged to watch the progress of countless talented junior golfers continue to advance as golfers through the years. Many do well and continue to grow within the game, while a few talented and dedicated standouts truly excel. Such is the case with Julia Misemer of Overland Park, KS, who will tee it up for the fourth consecutive year at the 125th U. S. Women’ s Amateur at Bandon Dunes Golf Resort, Bandon, OR, August 4-10.

Julia Misemer( center) age 11, 2014

We began covering Julia Misemer as an 11-yearold when she won 1st place at the 2014 Drive Chip and Putt( DCP) Sub- Regional Championship in the 10 – 11-year-old girls’ division. As she aged, she continued competing in the DCP, winning her division and even reaching the finals several times to compete at Augusta, held the Sunday before the Masters tournament. Misemer started playing golf at the age of 10 on the U. S. Kids Tour Kansas City and has continually advanced in the game.

Since age 11, she has acquired more accolades than we can list here, but here are some of her most recent.

As a senior at Blue Valley West High School, she received the annual Kenneth Smith Award( 2021), which is presented to both a Greater Kansas City area high school female and male golfer who best demonstrate excellence in high school golf tournaments, academic achievement, leadership on the golf team and in other school activities, and community service through school, church, or other organizations.( See page 14 for the 2025 male winner.)

As a senior at Blue Valley West High School, Misemer won every regular-season tournament, won the EKL— Eastern Kansas League Title, won the Kansas 6A Regional Tournament, and won the Kansas 6A State Tournament. She won 31 of 32 high school tournaments, including four consecutive Kansas 6A

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State Tournaments during her high school career( only the second golfer— boy or girl— in the Kansas State High School Activities Association history to have achieved this feat).

Misemer currently attends the University of Arizona and plays for the women’ s golf team( Wildcats) with a handicap index of + 2.4. Her home course is the Nicklaus Golf Club at LionsGate, Overland Park, KS. The following is a glimpse at her college career.

As a freshman( 2022-23), she spent the summer of 2023 qualifying for the U. S. Women’ s Amateur at Bel-Air Country Club, where she advanced to match play for a second consecutive year. Finished 2nd at the NCAA Raleigh Regional as the Wildcats won the team championship. With a tie for second place individually, she posted the best finish by a Wildcat at NCAA Regionals. Carded back-toback rounds of 68 at the NCAA Raleigh Regional, which were the lowest rounds by an Arizona freshman at regionals in 20 years. One of three Wildcats to tie for 11th at Pac-12 Championships that began the program’ s postseason run to Scottsdale, where her 74.08 scoring average made the top 12 by a freshman in Arizona history. She earned the best 54-hole tournament score of 208(-8) at the NCAA Raleigh Regional. Fired the lowest round of the season with an opening 66 at the Nanea Pac-12 Preview in Hawaii.

As a sophomore( 2023-24), she competed in the 78th U. S. Women’ s Open at Pebble Beach( July 2023). Opened the spring season with four consecutive Top-20 finishes. Tied for 15th in Arizona’ s win at the Gators Invitational with the lowest 54-hole score of the season at 213.

As a junior( 2024-25), she will compete in the U. S. Women’ s Amateur for the fourth consecutive year— 2022, 2023, 2024, and 2025. Misemer finished first in the qualifier event on July 1 at Firekeeper Golf Course with a score of-3( 69), earning her spot to once again play in the 125th U. S. Women’ s Amateur at Bandon Dunes Golf Resort, Bandon, OR, August 4-10. She then returns to the University of Arizona as a senior to play for the Wildcats golf team, and with her talent— maybe the LPGA someday!

At the 2022 U. S. Women’ s Amateur, she reached the Final 32. In 2023 and 2024, she made it to the final 64 and advanced to match play each year, but was eliminated each time. Maybe 2025 will be the year she makes the final 2! I’ ll be watching her! �

◄ Julia Misemer with her medal for finishing 1st at the July 1 qualifier at Firekeeper G. C, earning her spot in the 125th U. S. Women’ s Amateur.