KEYA NAIK
Triumphs in playoff to win the 2025 Women's Eastern Amateur
The 2025 Women's Eastern Amateur concluded with Anna Swan and Keya Naik tied after 54 holes at 218.
The tournament was being contested June 10-12, 2025 at Danville Golf Club in Danville, VA .
Both players made pars on the uphill 354 yard first hole. Play continued on #18. Anna hit her uphill approach shot short of the green then pitched past the hole, barely missing her par putt. Keya's approach landed just over the green alongside the back bunker. While standing in the sand she hit a delicate chip to four feet and calmly knocked in the winning putt.
KEYA NAIK
Keya Naik of Ashburn, Virginia is the 2025 WEGA Amateur Champion. After
firing rounds of 71-77-70 = 218 on Danville, VA Golf Club’s hilly course with
challenging greens she was tied with long-hitting Anna Swan of Northeast, PA.
Keya prevailed in a two-hole playoff, getting up and down for par from a tricky lie
in the rough just beyond the green.
Keya is a recent graduate from Independence High School in Loudon
County, VA. She is a rising freshman at Clemson University and plans to study
Business Analytics. As a star player in high school, Keya helped lead her team to
the Class Five Virginia High School Championship four years in a row. She won
regionals twice and set a high school scoring record of 64.
Keya was introduced to golf at nine years of age by her father. Her family
are members of Dominion Valley CC in Haymarket, VA.
Other golf accomplishments:
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Won the 2024 Mid-Atlantic PGA Jr. Championship to qualify for the PGA
National Jr. Championship at Congressional CC. -
Won the 2021 & 2023 Mid-Atlantic PGA Kingsmill Girls Invitational.
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In 2022, finished 5th in the Virginia State Golf Association Junior Girls
Championship. -
Earned 12 top five AJGA finishes.
FINAL RESULTS
OSGOOD SHIELD RESULTS
Lady Astor Team: 764
Dan River Team: 765
Averett Team: 779
In a hotly contested competition the Lady Astor Team of Mariah Hopkins, Ket Vanderpool, Mia Pace, Kylie Eaton, Riley Kim and Morgan Mussatt erased a six shot deficit after Round 1 to edge the Dan River Team by one shot to win the 2025 Osgood Shield Team Competition.