Blumenherst Wins U.S. Women's Amateur

Amanda Blumenherst, an All-American golfer at Duke, won the U.S. Women's Amateur at Eugene Country Club in Eugene, Ore. Blumenherst staged a rally to beat NCAA Division I champion Azahara Munoz, 2 and 1, in Sunday's 36-hole final.

Blumenherst, a three-time national college player of the year, was 1 down after the morning 18 and a hole behind through 27. But she squared the match with a birdie on the par-4 10th, took the lead with a par on the par-5 13th and pulled two holes in front with a birdie on the par-5 16th. Both players parred No. 17 to end the match.

Blumenherst, a two-time Curtis Cup player, won the tournament a year after a 1-up loss to Maria Uribe in the final at Crooked Stick in Indiana. Munoz, a Spaniard who attends the Arizona State, fell short in her attempt to become the first player to win the NCAA and Women's Amateur in the same season since Georgia's Vicki Goetze in 1992.