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| Friday Jul 11, 2025 |
What were you doing at 11 years old during summer break?
Well, Bella Simões is the youngest competitor in next week’s U.S. Girls’ Junior Championship at the Atlanta Athletic Club. Originally from Brazil and now lives in Florida, she is a four-time U.S. Kids Golf World Champion.
She faces off against 47 18-year-olds and seven players ranked in the Top 100 of the Women’s World Amateur Golf Ranking—the highest being 16-year-old Asterisk Talley, ranked No. 17, who was runner-up last year.
Average age of field: 16.42
Field breakdown by age:
11: 1 player
12: 1 player
13: 6 players
14: 7 players
15: 20 players
16: 41 players
17: 33 players
18: 47 players
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Site: North Berwick, Scotland
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Television [ET]: Friday, 11 a.m. to 2 p.m. (Golf Channel); Saturday-Sunday, 10 a.m. to noon (Golf Channel), noon to 3 p.m. (CBS).
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PGA Tour Champions: DICK'S OPEN
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JULY
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