Ruffels, 24, finished first at Monday's
qualifying tournament at San Joaquin Country Club in Fresno,
Calif., firing rounds of 70 and 66 to finish at 6 under.
Talley was the runner-up and one stroke behind after carding
rounds of 68 and 69. She is headed to her first U.S. Women's
Open, starting May 30 at Lancaster Country Club in Lancaster,
Pa.
Talley, a California native, won the Junior Invitational at Sage
Valley in Graniteville, S.C., in March and finished in eighth
place at the Augusta National Women's Amateur in April.
Ruffels will be making her fourth appearance at the U.S. Women's
Open. The Australian finished tied for 13th at the 2020
tournament in Houston.
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