The AJGA's new three-year Rapid City partnership tips off with a Wednesday qualifier at the Golf Club at Red Rock, followed by a Junior-Am and practice round Thursday and 54 holes of stroke play Sept. 4-6. The 78-player boys and girls field marks the association's first championship in the Black Hills, with the event locked in through 2028.
The Women's Met Amateur champion birdied four of her last five on the front nine Sunday for a 66, the best round of the week at the U.S. Women's Mid-Amateur, after opening with a 7-over 77. Only seven sub-par rounds were posted across two days; the cut fell at 14-over 154, tying the championship record, and McEvoy meets Taya Battistella at 1:10 p.m. in today's Round of 64.
Cassell (Rancho Santa Fe, Calif.) followed a 68 with a 67 to post 5-under 135 at Baltimore Country Club's East Course, seven clear of the field. Defending champion Mike McCoy and 2025 runner-up Greg Sanders are among 13 players in a 7:30 a.m. playoff for the last three match-play spots, with the Round of 64 starting at 8:30.
