Teams to watch at the USGA Women’s Amateur Four-Ball include Stanford mid-ams, pair of 14-year-olds and a bomber who nearly advanced through U.S. Open local qualifying

Kiara Romero and Anna Davis at the medalist ceremony during the the second round of the 2023 U.S. Women’s Amateur Four-Ball at The Home Course in DuPont, Wash. on Sunday, May 14, 2023. (Kathryn Riley/USGA)

Anna Davis and Kiara Romero are one of seven teams to medal at the Four-Ball after rounds of 65-68. Davis, 17, gained national attention when she won the 2022 Augusta National Women’s Amateur sporting a bucket hat and chill demeanor. The Auburn commit competed in three professional majors as a result of that victory.

Romero, who is also 17, heads to Oregon this fall. She defeated Saki Baba in the second round of the Girls’ Junior last year. Baba, of course, went on to win the U.S. Women’s Amateur that summer in dominating fashion. Romero’s older sister, Kaleiya, helped Pepperdine advance to this week’s NCAA Championship in Scottsdale, Arizona.

Calli Ringsby and Shannon Aubert walk off the eighth green during the the second round of the 2023 U.S. Women’s Amateur Four-Ball at The Home Course in DuPont, Wash. on Sunday, May 14, 2023. (Kathryn Riley/USGA)

Former Stanford teammates Calli Ringsby and Shannon Aubert missed the cut at last year’s Four-Ball but came out firing this year in Washington, where the duo shot 66-67 to take a share of medalist honors. The 27-year-olds, the oldest side to advance to match play, decided to forgo the professional ranks and instead launched careers in the tech industry.

“I’ll speak for myself,” said Aubert, “I feel old here.”

Aubert, a launch manager for a real estate technology company, first earned medalist honors in the 2017 U.S. Women’s Amateur at San Diego Country Club. She also competed in the 2012 and 2013 U.S. Women’s Opens and represented her country in the Women’s World Amateur Team Championship in 2012. She speaks four languages and has lived in nine countries.

Ringsby, a software development product manager, is competing in her fourth USGA championship. She started her first business – CalliBay – when she was 12, selling items for others on eBay for a 20 percent commission. The team’s designated MacGyver at Stanford, Ringsby was relied upon to assess injuries and fix broken phones and bikes. She once made LPGA player Mariah Stackhouse a skateboard.

Angela Zhang plays a shot on the 12th tee during the the second round of the 2023 U.S. Women’s Amateur Four-Ball at The Home Course in DuPont, Wash. on Sunday, May 14, 2023. (Kathryn Riley/USGA)

Angela Zhang, 14, began her week with a bang when she drained a 25-foot birdie putting in a playoff to qualify for the U.S. Women’s at Pebble Beach. Zhang then flew back across the country to her home state of Washington for this week’s Four-Ball with partner Alice Ziyi Zhao.

The two 14-year-olds, who shared medalist honors after rounds of 66-67, are one of the the youngest teams in the field this week. Zhang and Zhao met five years ago at the IMG Academy Junior World Golf Championships. Zhao was co-medalist last year in stroke-play qualifying at the U.S. Women’s Amateur at Chambers Bay – at age 13.

Zhang became the youngest player to win the Washington Women’s Amateur last year at age 13, the same summer she won the state junior title. She also owns the competitive course record at The Home Course, a 7-under 65.

Molly Smith watches her partner/sister, Morgan Smith putt on the fifth hole during the the second round of the 2023 U.S. Women’s Amateur Four-Ball at The Home Course in DuPont, Wash. on Sunday, May 14, 2023. (Kathryn Riley/USGA)

The Smith sisters are one of six sibling sets in the field. Molly, 18, and Morgan, 19, are headed to UCF and Georgetown, respectively, in the fall. The Westford, Massachusetts, sisters shot 66-69 to cruise into match play in their championship debut.

Molly caused quite a stir earlier this month when she narrowly missed on advancing through a U.S. Open sectional against the men. Earlier this spring, Morgan and Molly became the first sister duo to compete in the Massachusetts Four-Ball Championship, taking a share of 68th out of 192 teams.

Bailey Shoemaker and Kaitlyn Schroeder at the medalist ceremony during the the second round of the 2023 U.S. Women’s Amateur Four-Ball at The Home Course in DuPont, Wash. on Sunday, May 14, 2023. (Kathryn Riley/USGA)

Eighteen-year-olds Kaitlyn Schroeder and Bailey Shoemaker finished runner-up in this championship last year at Grand Reserve Golf Club in Puerto Rico. Earlier this spring, Schroeder enrolled at Alabama as a redshirt freshman to get acclimated with college life. Shoemaker, who made the cut at least year’s U.S. Women’s Open at Pine Needles and reached the semifinals of the U.S. Women’s Amateur, heads to Southern Cal this fall.

Schroeder is the daughter of UNF men’s coach Scott Schroeder and was last year’s AJGA Player of the Year, winning both the AJGA Rolex Girls Junior and Junior PGA titles