The Chevron Championship has announced the eight amateurs who received emptions into the LPGA’s first major of the season. Recent Augusta National Women’s Amateur champion Carla Bernat Escuder and runner-up Asterisk Talley are among those making their debut in the Texas event. Talley is teeing it up in this week’s JM Eagle LA Championship. Bernat Escuder will make her first-ever LPGA start at the Chevron.
Talley, 16, replaces 2024 U.S. Women’s Amateur champion Rianne Malixi, who withdrew due to a lingering back injury. 2024 ANWA champion Lottie Woad is in the field for a second year in a row. The No. 1 amateur in the world replaces Melanie Green, the 2024 British Amateur champion who turned professional. Woad finished in the top 25 at last year’s Chevron, her LPGA debut.
Pepperdine’s Jeneath Wong earned her spot by winning the 2025 Women’s Amateur Asia-Pacific while Arkansas freshman Clarisa Temelo received an invitation after her 2025 Women’s Amateur Latin America triumph.
Chayse Gomez, who now works as an assistant coach at Cal State Fullerton, received a spot as the highest-placing graduating senior from the 2024 Chevron Silverado Showdown, a collegiate event in Napa, California.
Rounding out the eight exemptions are USC’s Jasmine Koo and junior player Gianna Clemente. Koo tied for 13th at the Chevron one year ago to earn low amateur honors. Clemente, the 2024 AJGA Girls Player of the Year, finished 30th in the Honda LPGA Thailand event earlier this season.
The 2025 Chevron takes place April 24-27 at The Club at Carlton Woods in The Woodlands. Kids ages 17 and under get in free with the purchase of an accompanying adult ticket.
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