PORTSTEWART, Northern Ireland- Texas A&M sophomore golfer Maddie Szeryk advanced to the round of 16 at the 112th Ladies’ British Open Amateur Championship at Portsteward Golf Club on Thursday, defeating FIU’s Meghan MacLaren 3 and 2 and Frida Kinhult of Sweden 1 up.
Szeryk knocked off MacLaren, the reigning British women’s stroke play champion, in the first round of match play, which started with 64 qualifiers after two rounds of stroke play on the par 73 / 6,262 yard course. She advanced to the round of 32, where she beat Frida Kinhult 1 up to move on again.