VietNamNet Bridge - Brianna Do of The University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA) won the Women’s US Amateur Public Links last Saturday, rallying to beat Texas high school star Marissa Dodd 1-up in the 36-hole final on Bandon Dunes’ Old Macdonald course.
The 21-year-old Do, born in California but representing her parents’ home country of Vietnam in the event, was 3-down after 22 holes, then won the next three holes to tie it.

“Mentally, I was at that point, I was like, ‘OK, let’s try not to lose by a really big margin,’” Do said. “It’s probably not the way to think, but that’s how I was thinking.

“I hit some really good shots after I was 3-down, and I had some really good opportunities. I just took advantage and got it back to all square, and then I kept it around being 1-down or 1-up.”

Dodd, the 17-year-old from Allen, Texas, who has committed to play for Wake Forest in the fall, took a 1-up lead on the 30th hole. Do tied it with a 4-foot birdie putt on the 35th and won with a conceded par on the 36th.

“The last two holes are where it counted,” Do said. “My putting kind of showed up on those two holes.”

The tournament is limited to players who don’t hold privileges at any course that doesn’t extend playing privileges to the general public.

Source: Golf Channel