STUDENT-ATHLETE
ACCOLADES
SIYAN CHEN AND
MANHUA CHEN
QUALIFY FOR THE
USGA FOURBALL
The inaugural U.S. Women’s Four-Ball
Championship – and the U.S. Amateur Four-
Ball Championship – are the newest national
championships to be conducted by the USGA,
conducted for the first time in 2015. Four-ball
has become a wildly popular format for State
and Regional Golf Associations across the United
States. Last year, more than 150 championships,
either strictly four-ball or as part of a competition
format, were conducted in all 50 states and the
District of Columbia.
CYNTHIA TU -
BRIGHAM YOUNG
UNIVERSITY (DI)
Bishops Gate Golf Academy student Cynthia Tu
(from Vienna, Virginia) has verbally committed to
play on the DI Brigham Young University (BYU)
women’s golf team.
“I got started in golf late, just four years ago” said
Tu. “I didn’t know what golf was until one day I
played a Sunday round with my dad and it was
quite fun.”
Next stop 2019 U.S. Women’s Amateur Four-Ball at
Timuquana Country Club in Jacksonville, FL
Congratulations to seniors Siyan Chen and
Manhua Chen on qualifying for the USGA Four-
Ball with a round of 4-under 68.
The U.S. Amateur Four-Ball is played by teams of
two golfers each with a handicap of 5.4 or less.
One hundred and twenty-eight teams compete in
a 36-hole stroke play qualifier that determines the
field of 32 teams for match play. Play is conducted
using a four-ball format.
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THE GATE | DECEMBER 2018