#23 Am Winners
U.S. Amateur winner Danny Lee.
Neither New Zealand's Danny Lee nor America's Amanda Blumenherst let the favorite's label
weigh them down while winning the U.S. Amateur and U.S. Women's Amateur titles. Both used it,
instead, to fuel their confidence and fashion their legacy.
Fresh off a victory at the Western
Amateur, Lee channeled his inner putter boy, finding the hole from all distances on Pinehurst
No. 2's fabled greens.
By week's end, the 18-year-old hadn't just made his ball disappear, but
also Tiger Woods' claim as the Havemeyer Trophy's youngest recipient. After losing in the
event's final a year earlier, Blumenherst, 22, earned something at Oregon's Eugene CC that
three college player-of-the-year awards at Duke hadn't yet provided: a singular triumph on the
game's biggest stage.
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