Some people are gifted with a special talent from their earliest childhood, and one of them is Gianna Clemente. Gianna Clemente, who at age 11 will be the third youngest player to play in a U.S. Women’s Amateur (Aug. 5 at the Old Waverly Golf Club in West Point, Mississippi). The only competitors younger than Clemente in that championship, which has a 119-year history, were Lucy Li in the 2013 edition and Latanna Stone in 2012, both 10 years old at the time. Neither made the cut. Clemente will be 11 years, 4 months and 14 days old when the star U.S. amateur tournament begins.
“I believe in myself enough to be able to do anything, but it’s good to know that I accomplished something that is very important,” she said after clinching her berth to the US Women’s Amateur in the qualifier played in Ford’s Colony Country Club in Williamsburg, Virginia. Clemente recorded 71 strokes in the qualifying round scoring birdies on three of his last five holes to earn the third and final spot in contention. for the US Women’s Amateur.
Clemente boasts an enviable sporting resume, having twice won her age division at the US Kids Golf World Championship, and qualified for the Drive, Chip and Putt National Finals at Augusta National in 2017.
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