BATON ROUGE – LSU sophomore Claudia De Antonio begins play Monday in the United States Golf Association’s Women’s Amateur at the Portland Country Club in Portland, Oregon.
De Antonio, who qualified at one of the sectional qualifiers in Florida earlier this summer, will have one of the late tee times among the 156-player field at 4:05 p.m. CT. The qualifying rounds will be Monday and Tuesday and at the end of 36 holes, the field is reduced to 64 for match play which begins on Wednesday.
The championship match of 36 holes is on Sunday. The match-play rounds of the 2015 U.S. Women’s Amateur Championship will be broadcast on Fox Sports 1. Coverage will be from 3 p.m. to 6 p.m. CDT on Aug. 12-16. Additionally, bonus coverage will be live streamed on usga.org on Aug. 13 and Aug. 16 from 11 a.m. to 1 p.m. CDT.
De Antonio, from Caracas, Venezuela, played in three events for the Lady Tigers during the spring portion of her freshman season.