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Austin Smotherman’s daughter was born Monday night in Dallas. Three days later in San Antonio, Smotherman made a hole-in-one.
Asterisk Talley birdied her opening three holes on her way to a 5-under 67 on Thursday, finishing two rounds at Champions Retreat without a bogey to take a one-shot lead.
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Asterisk Talley finished runner-up a year ago at Augusta National. She’s now the 36-hole leader at the Augusta National Women’s Amateur.
Asterisk Talley completed another bogey-free round and enters Friday poised to win her first Augusta National Women’s Amateur, a year after finishing runner-up to Carla Bernat Escuder. Morgan Pressel believes Talley will win but also said to keep an eye on Maria Jose Marin, who sits one off the lead.
Emily Odwin made history Thursday when she qualified to play the final round of the 2026 Augusta National Women’s Amateur. Odwin is the first player to make the cut from Barbados.
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