15-Year-Old Qualifies for U.S. Women's Open Sectional

Fifteen-year-old Zakiya Randall, the overall champion of the Georgia PGA Junior Tour in 2005, has qualified to play with some of America's best professional golfers at one of nine U.S. Women's Open Sectional Qualifiers to be played around the country June 5-13. This marks Randall's first time ever playing in a U.S. Women's Open Sectional Qualifier.

Randall earned her spot after shooting a 74 and earning low-medalist honors at the U.S. Women's Open Local Qualifier at Horseshoe Bend Country Club in Roswell, Ga., on May 15.

Randall carded back-to-back birdies coming down the final nine holes at Horseshoe Bend to finish in a four-way tie for first. She was the only and youngest resident of Atlanta to qualify.

Randall was among 47 professional and amateur golfers from Georgia and across the nation to vie for 13 sectional berths awarded at the local qualifier. The U.S. Women's Open and its qualifiers are open to professional and amateur female golfers with USGA Handicap Indexes of 4.4 or lower.