McGinn, a 2030 grad from nearby South Williamsport, Pa., closed with a 69 for 8-under 208 to beat Naples' Gabriel Boone by four at Huntsville Golf Club in Dallas, Pa. Jodie Han of Lewis Center, Ohio (2028) went 70-68-68 to finish 10-under 206 and win the girls division by five over Beijing's Yuyuan Jiang.
The first of two stroke-play rounds goes today over Montclair's No. 2 and No. 3 nines in West Orange, N.J., playing par 70, with the low 64 advancing to match play after Sunday. Two-time champion Ina Kim-Schaad opens her defense; the winner earns a spot in the 2027 U.S. Women's Open at Inverness.
All 156 players start 36 holes of stroke play today on Baltimore Country Club's East Course at Five Farms (par 70) before the low 64 move to match play Monday. No one has won consecutive U.S. Senior Amateurs since William C. Campbell in 1979-80; McCoy, already the only player to hold both a U.S. Mid-Am and U.S. Senior Am, is the man trying.
