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U.S. Women’s Amateur Public Links 7HolePardododdHolePardododdThe Final: Do vs. Dodd1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 184 3 4 4 3 5 4 3 4 4 3 3 4 4 5 4 5 45 3 5 5 3 5 4 3 4 4 3 3 4 4 5 4 6 54 4 4 5 3 5 3 3 4 4 5 4 4 4 5 5 5 419 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 32 33 34 35 364 3 4 4 3 5 4 3 4 4 3 3 4 4 5 4 5 45 3 4 5 3 5 4 3 5 4 4 4 4 4 5 5 4 43 5 3 3 4 6 5 3 4 5 5 3 4 3 5 5 5 5– Won holeWAPL2011 Championship NotesLeadersRound 1 – Kelsey Vines, at even-par 72 on Old Macdonald,by one stroke over Cheyenne Woods and Julie Yang. Round2 – Woods was medalist at 1-under 145, by four strokes overEmilie Burger.CutAt 17-over-par 159, with a 9-for-2 playoff that lasted six holesto determine the final match-play spots.WeatherCloudy, cold and windy for the first day of stroke play onMonday, with afternoon showers. On Tuesday, it remainedovercast, but with diminishing winds and temperatures in theupper 60s. The rest of the week, it was overcast early in themorning, giving way to sunshine and windy conditions, withgusts around 30 mph on Friday afternoon for the semifinals.Temperatures were in the 60s most of the week.NotesThe average age of the competitors was 19.76 … The youngestcompetitor was Angel Yin, 12, of Arcadia, Calif., while58-year-old Kim Everett, of Anchorage, Alaska, was the oldest… 34 states were represented, along with 11 countries outsidethe United States - Canada, Chinese Taipei, Colombia,Japan, Malaysia, Mexico, the People’s Republic of China,Scotland, Sri Lanka, Thailand and Vietnam … There were twoindividual USGA champions in the field: Kristen Park, 18, ofBuena Park, Calif. (2007 U.S. Girls’ Junior), and Emily Tubert,19, of Burbank, Calif. (2010 U.S. Women’s Amateur PublicLinks). Both players fell in the match-play bracket to eventualchampion Brianna Do ... Additionally, Thuhashini Selvaratnam,35, of Sri Lanka, was a member of Arizona’s winning teamat the 2007 USGA Women’s State Team Championship …Two members of the victorious 2010 USA Curtis Cup Teamwere in the field: Stephanie Kono, 21, of Honolulu, Hawaii,and Tiffany Lua, 20, of Rowland Heights, Calif. Sally Watson,19, of Scotland, represented Great Britain and Ireland at the2008 and 2010 Matches … Watson competed for Scotlandin the 2010 Women’s World Amateur Team Championship inBuenos Aires, Argentina. Also competing in that championshipwere Dianne Luke, 20, of Malaysia, and Lisa McCloskey, 19,of Houston, Texas. McCloskey represented her birth countryof Colombia, though she also holds United States citizenship… Six players in the championship field had qualified forthe 2011 U.S. Women’s Open: Mariel Galdiano, 13, of PearlCity, Hawaii; Kono; Xiyu Lin, 15, of Beaumont, Calif.; RachelRohanna, 20, of Waynesburg, Pa.; Kelly Shon, 19, of PortWashington, N.Y.; and Christine Wolf, 22, of Chattanooga,Tenn. … Medalist Cheyenne Woods is the niece of nine-timeUSGA champion Tiger Woods ... The championship was heldin conjunction with the Amateur Public Links Championship,the first concurrent playings in championship history … Thechampionships were played on the Old Macdonald andBandon Trails courses. Old Macdonald hosted the last threerounds of the championships … Bandon Dunes’ owner, MikeKeiser, was the featured speaker at the players’ dinner …Five members of the UCLA women’s golf team competedin the championship – Do, Ani Gulugian, Kono, Lee Lopezand Lua. All five advanced to match play, with Do taking thechampionship title. Kono, Lopez and Lua were members ofthe team that won the 2011 NCAA Women’s Division I GolfChampionship … Runner-up Marissa Dodd was competingin only her second USGA championship. She lost in the firstround of match play at the 2010 U.S. Girls’ Junior.