HARRISON, N.Y. -- Defending champion Rose Zhang tumbled out of the U.S. Women's Amateur in the first-round of match play Wednesday, with qualifying medalist Rachel Kuehn one of seven of the top eight seeds to fall.
Elle Nachmann, a sophomore from Boca Raton, Florida, who carries a 4.0 GPA in the Wharton School of Business at the University of Pennsylvania, beat Zhang 1 up at Westchester Country Club.
The 18-year-old Zhang, from Irvine, California, won the U.S. Girls' Junior two weeks ago at Columbia Country Club in Chevy Chase, Maryland. She won the Women's Amateur last year Woodmont Country Club in Rockville, Maryland.