Asterisk Talley (born February 14, 2009) is an American amateur

golfer Golf is a club-and-ball sport in which players use various clubs to hit a ball into a series of holes on a course in as few strokes as possible. Golf, unlike most ball games, cannot and does not use a standardized playing area, and coping wi ...

. In 2024, she won the U.S. Women's Amateur Four-Ball and was runner-up at the

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and the

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, becoming the first to compete in three

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championship final matches in the same year.

Early and personal life

Talley was born in

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and grew up in

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, and was a student at

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. Talley's mother is Greek, and in

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means "little star."

Amateur career

Talley, a three-time junior All-American, reached the round of 16 in the 2022

at 13 years of age. The next year, she captured the Rolex Girls Junior Championship, one of the major events on the

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circuit. Talley was the breakout female amateur of 2024 as she became the first to compete in three

championship final matches in the same year. She teamed with fellow Northern Californian Sarah Lim to win the U.S. Women's Amateur Four-Ball, and finished runner-up to Rianne Malixi in both the

and the

. Also in 2024, Talley represented the United States in both the

Junior Solheim Cup The Junior Solheim Cup is a version of the Solheim Cup for girls aged 12 to 18. It was inaugurated in 2002. It is currently officially called the Ping (golf), PING Junior Solheim Cup. The Junior Solheim Cup follows a similar format to The Solheim ...

and

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in England, where she beat world number one

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in Sunday singles, 3 and 2. At 15 years and 105 days, she was the youngest competitor in the

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, where she shared low amateur honors with Catherine Park and 2023 U.S. Women's Amateur champion Megan Schofill, having finished the second round in tied 5th place. In 2025, Talley won the Annika Invitational in Florida by five strokes in January, and was runner-up at the

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, a stroke behind Spain's Carla Bernat in April. Talley shot a 68 after having eagled the par-4 first hole at

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in the final round, a first in tournament history.

Amateur wins

*2021 AJGA Junior at San Jose *2023 Se-ri Pak Desert Junior, Rolex Girls Junior Championship, C.T. Pan Foundation Championship *2024 Junior Invitational at Sage Valley, The PING Invitational, U.S. Women's Amateur Four-Ball (with Sarah Lim) *2025 ANNIKA Invitational, Fortinet Girls Invitational Source:

Results in LPGA majors

LA = low amateur
CUT = missed the half-way cut
"T" = tied

U.S. national team appearances

Amateur *

: 2023, 2024 (winners) *

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: 2024 *

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References

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