US WOMEN'S AMATEUR FINAL

KIMBERLY (14) BEATS KATHARINA IN FINAL
OF US WOMEN'S AMATEUR CHAMPIONSHIP

Germany's Katharina Schallenberg was beaten by one hole in the 36-hole final of the United States women's amateur championship over the Witch Hollow Course at Pumpkin Ridge Golf Club, Oregon on Sunday.
At 14, Kimberly Kim of Hilo, Hawaii, became the youngest champion in the 111-year history of the tournament.
Kim rallied from being five holes down after the 15th hole of the 36-hole match. She did not take the lead until the 30th hole. The match ended on the 36th. On the final hole, after Schallenberg made a 25-foot birdie putt from the fringe, Kim ran in a 5-foot birdie putt to win.
“I was shaking so much,” said Kim of the putt. “I don’t even know where I aimed or anything. I just, like, hit it. It’s like, whatever, just hit the ball.”

Kim. earlier this year, was the runner-up at the U.S. Women’s Amateur Public Links Championship.
"I just made a couple of mistakes, maybe, or the balls…could have bounced better, I guess,” said Schallenberg, who was trying to become the first German player to win a USGA title. “And we weren’t reading the greens as well as Kimberly and Frank did.”