PORTLAND, Ore. — Seventeen-year-old Kristen Gillman has had quite the summer vacation.
The Pan American Games in Canada and the Women's British Open in Scotland were among her stops. This week, Gillman looks to defend her title at the U.S. Women's Amateur in Portland, Oregon.
Gillman, of Austin, Texas, has been on a whirlwind tour since winning last year's Amateur at Nassau Country Club in Glen Cove, New York, with a 2-up victory over Canadian Brooke Mackenzie Henderson.
About to embark on her senior year in high school, the Alabama-bound Gillman will take on 155 other amateurs at the Portland Golf Club.