AUGUSTA (WFXG) - THIS WEEK, EVEN THE OLDER PLAYERS ARE STILL YOUNG. chief  METEOROLOGIST JAY JEFFERIES LOOKS AT THIS WEEK'S AUGUSTA NATIONAL WOMEN'S AMATEUR CHAMPIONSHIP BY THE NUMBERS. 

AS ROUND 2 GOT UNDERWAY AT THE AUGUSTA NATIONAL WOMEN'S AMATEUR, I WANTED TO SHARE WITH YOU SOME NUMBERS OTHER THAN THE LEADERBOARD.

 THE DIFFERENCE IN PLAYER AGES IS UNDER TEN YEARS. LET'S START WITH THE OLDEST. THIS YEAR IT'S KENDALL GRIFFIN. SHE'S 24 YEARS OLD. TAKE A LOOK AT THE YOUNGEST PLAYER ON THE COURSE THIS WEEK, HER NAME IS GIANNA CLEMENTE, AND SHE'S 15 YEARS OLD.

GIANNA WAS A DRIVE CHIP AND PUTT NATIONAL FINALIST IN 2017 AS A NINE-YEAR-OLD. SHE'S ALSO A THREE-TIME JUNIOR ALL-AMERICAN.
ON TUESDAY, GIANNA SAID SHE'S READY FOR THE BIG STAGE THIS WEEK BRINGS.

"I'm super confident. I think it's going to be a really good week. I've put a lot of prep last couple weeks just to make sure I'm prepared for everything that this golf course has to offer. I think it's going to be a really good week, and I'm comfortable on the big stage. Obviously, this is my first year here, but I've played in a lot of the really high-level events, and that experience has really carried over. So, yeah, I'm really comfortable, SAYS GIANNA CLEMENTE."

SPEAKING OF NUMBERS, NEARLY FIFTEEN MILES SEPARATE THIS COURSE AND THE AUGUSTA NATIONAL GOLF CLUB, WHERE THESE PLAYERS WILL PICK UP FOR ROUND THREE SATURDAY.
AT CHAMPIONS RETREAT. I'M CHIEF METEOROLOGIST JAY JEFFERIES, FOX54 NEWS NOW.

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