Young Chowchilla golf star heads to Chevron Championship after strong finish in the 'City of Stars'

TARZANA, Calif. (KFSN) -- Asterisk Talley volition marque her ninth commencement successful a nonrecreational lawsuit this week astatine the Chevron Championship, the archetypal large title of the year, teeing disconnected Thursday successful Houston, Texas.

The 17-year-old Chowchilla autochthonal enters the lawsuit coming disconnected a necktie for 13th spot astatine -9 successful the JM Eagle LA Championship successful Tarzana, wherever her play skills were connected afloat show aft getting successful connected a sponsor's invite.

Talley's region disconnected the tee was among the astir noticeable.

She averaged 290 yards, leaving her good up of her nonrecreational playing partners. She besides consistently enactment herself successful scoring position, routinely giving herself birdie opportunities connected the mode to 4 consecutive rounds nether par. "Just blessed that I'm capable to sprout nether par erstwhile I'm not playing my full best," Talley told Action News.

Her comfortableness level disconnected the people was besides noticeable arsenic she spent clip aft her rounds signing autographs and taking photos with young fans.

Talley volition person a household person from Ohio caddy for her successful Houston, who Talley says is "one of my favourite people."

She noted however his wit successful the people tin support things similar erstwhile the stakes are truthful precocious during tourney play. "Just to person him connected the container conscionable to benignant of get immoderate laughs in, particularly erstwhile you're not having the champion spread oregon the champion day," Talley said.

Working with antithetic caddies has helped her amended recognize what she wants arsenic she looks up to the future. "Just learning what caddy I benignant of want, particularly if I'm going to beryllium going pro successful the future, conscionable being capable to benignant of consciousness it retired and spot who I would similar connected my container erstwhile I get to that stage, due to the fact that that's going to beryllium a beauteous important portion erstwhile I get there," she said.

Talley is not determination conscionable yet. As an amateur golfer, the Stanford perpetrate was not eligible to cod the $74,000 successful prize wealth she would person earned for her decorativeness astatine the LA Championship.

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Thursday volition beryllium her 4th clip playing successful a large title aft breaking onto the country with a low amateur finish successful the 2024 US Women's Open.

It volition beryllium her archetypal large tourney aft a heartbreaking T-4 decorativeness successful the Augusta National Women's Amateur, wherever she saw her last circular pb lavation distant aft doubly uncovering Rae's Creek connected spread #12.

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