Sacramento, Calif. – Leah John secured her spot within the 2025 U.S. Ladies’s Open after ending in a tie for first in open qualifying at Del Paso Nation Membership in Sacramento, Calif. on Monday.
The Workforce Canada member from Vancouver, B.C. fired rounds of 65-70 (135) to complete at 7-under for 36 holes and earn considered one of three spots out there alongside together with her former College of Nevada teammate Gabby Kano. John turned overwhelmed with emotion as soon as she completed her second spherical, realizing she secured her spot.
“It was a very lengthy day and onerous to carry the lead for 36 holes and I truthfully simply form of broke down a bit, so completely happy to have carried out it and I’m past past past excited.
“It in all probability felt like among the best days of my life, I used to be carried away and proud and in addition tremendous excited to see my teammate Gabby additionally certified as nicely. I had some former teammates there, my caddy this yr is de facto great, so to share that with them and reassuring that I belief my course of, belief who I’m and the issues that I’m working in the direction of,” stated John.
John couldn’t have requested for a greater begin as she opened the day with a gap out for eagle from 97 yards out. She went on so as to add 5 birdies to complete with a gap spherical of 6-under 65. She was completely happy that there wasn’t a protracted break in between rounds.
“I didn’t need time to suppose, I simply needed to get again to doing and the mindset was to simply be joyful. That was my aim, my focus for your complete spherical, the entire day, I simply needed to get pleasure from my time on the golf course with my caddy and that was it, so actually simply pleasure and embracing the moments, the stress, the nerves realizing that’s precisely the place I need to be,” she stated.
John describes herself as a conservatively aggressive participant who likes to play daring. “I have a tendency to stay to what my intestine tells me to do and if we do want to alter issues we discuss it, however for probably the most half I hold my foot on the gasoline and simply go. I’m simply taking part in for me and no matter occurs occurs.”
That mindset definitely helped, as she opened her second spherical with an eagle on the par 5 first gap. She went on to finish her second spherical bogey-birdie-bogey to file a 1-under 70 and safe her spot into the U.S. Ladies’s Open.
“On the 18th gap I used to be within the tough, I knew the place I used to be within the rankings, and on this explicit gap you can’t miss brief, lacking lengthy isn’t wonderful however you completely can not miss brief so I ended up bogeying my final gap and I simply needed to be okay accepting that even a bogey could be adequate.”
Adequate certainly as John will likely be making her U.S. Ladies’s Open debut and taking part in in her second profession LPGA Tour occasion, having performed within the CPKC Ladies’s Open final summer season in Calgary.
“I’m over the moon and so excited, I’ve not been capable of sleep, it’s been robust to focus, I’m simply so excited and actually excited to share it with folks.”
There is no such thing as a time to relaxation as John is again in motion this week on the Epson Tour on the IOA Championship in Beaumont, Calif. John has made three begins this season, her second season on Epson. She’s going to play a observe spherical on Wednesday, adopted by the pro-am on Thursday earlier than event play begins on Friday.
Even after a busy journey day from Sacramento to Beaumont, John remains to be driving excessive.
“Feeling fairly pumped, it’s so good to be with some superior pals over right here celebrating, so wanting ahead to bringing that momentum with me and simply hold engaged on the easy issues of how I need to be and my values and having fun with the sport. I actually suppose issues are extra significant when you’ll be able to share it with those that care about you so simply completely happy to be doing all this.”
The 2025 U.S. Ladies’s Open is happening Could 28 – June 1 at Erin Hills in Erin, Wis.
