Asterisk Talley forced out of LPGA's Portland Classic due to school conflict
The U.S. Women’s Amateur champion has withdrawn from this week’s LPGA event just days after her emphatic victory over Anna Iwanaga.
Asterisk Talley will miss this week’s Standard Portland Classic after withdrawing from the LPGA event because of a school conflict, according to Golfweek.
Talley had originally been included among the amateurs set to compete at Columbia Edgewater Country Club, but her place in the field has now been taken by former Oregon standout Caroline Inglis.
Talley's withdrawal comes just days after the 17-year-old produced the biggest result of her young career by winning the U.S. Women’s Amateur.
The adidas Golf athlete defeated Japan’s Anna Iwanaga 8&6 in the final at The Honors Course in Ooltewah, Tennessee, to claim her second USGA title.
The victory further underlined Talley’s status as one of the leading young players in the game.
Talley is currently the highest-ranked American junior and sits eighth in the world junior rankings.
Despite Talley’s absence at the Portland Classic, there is still plenty of star LPGA quality on display.
Two-time major champion Haeran Ryu and World No. 2 Jeeno Thitikul headline the field, while England’s Lottie Woad, China’s Ruoning Yin and America's Lexi Thompson, who confirmed she is pregnant with her first child, are also set to compete.
The Portland Classic also retains a strong amateur presence, with Augusta National Women’s Amateur champion Maria Jose Marin, NCAA champion Farah O’Keefe and Women’s Amateur Championship winner Valentine Delon among those in the field.
Jacinda Lee, a Colorado State junior from Camas, Washington, has also received an invitation.
Another notable absentee is World No.1 amateur Kiara Romero, but the former Oregon player is expected to secure her LPGA card through the circuit's LEAP programme after being named the winner of the McCormack Medal.
Romero finished seventh in last year’s Portland event, but tournament officials have instead invited her older sister, Kaleiya Romero, who is currently second in the Epson Tour’s Race for the Card standings.
For Talley, the decision to WD means she will return to her school commitments rather than immediately follow her U.S. Women’s Amateur success with an LPGA start.
Inglis, meanwhile, gets the opportunity to return to competitive action at a familiar venue and in front of an Oregon crowd.
The Standard Portland Classic begins Thursday at Columbia Edgewater Country Club.
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