ENGLAND'S CHARLOTTE THOMAS FAILS TO QUALIFY

 WU IS TOP SEED FOR US WOMEN'S 
AMATEUR CHAMPIONSHIP

Bethany Wu carded a 2-under 68 on Tuesday to earn stroke-play medalist honors at the U.S. Women's Amateur. (USGA/Darren Carroll)

By Christina Lance, USGA

GLEN COVE, New York – Bethany Wu, 17, of Diamond Bar, California, returned a 36-hole total of 3-under 137 to earn medalist honours at the 2014 U.S. Women’s Amateur Championship, being conducted at the 6,297-yard, par-70 Nassau Country Club.
Wu started Tuesday’s second round of stroke-play qualifying with a bang, sticking her 8-iron tee shot at the par-3 10th to 5 inches. She bogeyed the ensuing hole, but proceeded to birdie three of her next four holes. 
At one point, Wu had reached 5 under and held a three-shot lead. Wu, who has committed to UCLA for the autumn of 2015, finished with a 2-under 68 to finish one stroke ahead of first-round leader Su-Hyun Oh, of Australia, and Andrea Lee,15, of Hermosa Beach, Calif.
Defending champion Emma Talley, one of this year's US Curtis Cup-winning team, needed a major second-round comeback to ensure her title defence would continue. After a 6-over 76 on Monday, Talley, 20, of Princeton, Kentucky, returned an even-par 70 to easily advance.
Karah Sanford, 12, of Escondito, California, birdied her final two holes to earn a berth in the match-play bracket.
Notables to miss the cut include four-time U.S. Women’s Mid-Amateur champion Meghan Stasi (149), 2013 U.S. Girls’ Junior champion Gabriella Then (155), six-time USGA champion and 2014 USA Curtis Cup Captain Ellen Port (156), 2014 U.S. Women’s Amateur Public Links champion Fumie (Alice) Jo (157) and 2011 U.S. Women’s Mid-Amateur champion Martha Leach (158).
England's Charlotte Thomas missed the cut with rounds of 81 and 83 for 164
The cut came at 8-over 148, leaving an eight-for-three places play-off to determine the final match-play qualifiers.