U.S. Girls Junior Amateur - I've Seen That Girl Before!

My Saturday was kinda busy so I only got to see the last couple of minutes of the Evian coverage.  With nothing else pressing to watch, I left the channel tuned to GC and the finals of the U.S. Girls Junior Amateur from Pinehurst, NC came on.  The two finalists were 17-year-old Doris Chen and 15-year-old Katelyn Dambaugh...

That second name rang a very loud bell in my head.  Two years ago I attended the Ginn Tribute near Charleston, SC.  While riding the shuttle to the course for the Wednesday pro-am, I started talking with the only other person on board.  He was there to watch his niece Katelyn Dambaugh play in the pro-am with Lorena Ochoa.  Unfortunately Lorena withdrew that morning (her uncle had passed away) so Katelyn got to play with Sophie Gustafson instead.  I passed by that group on #5 and found her tee shot lying in the middle of the fairway very close to Sophie's ball.  I found KD's uncle in the rather sizeable gallery - he said both of them had taken 3-wood.  Not too bad, a 13-year-old matching Sophie Gustafson off the tee.

Dambaugh played very well Saturday but 36 holes in the sweltering heat seemed to wear her down as she lost to Chen 3&2.  She will be playing in the U.S. Women's Amateur in Charlotte August 9-15 (like Pinehurst, not too far from her home) so watch for her.  One more thing - Katelyn is a lefty!  If she only wasn't a Duke fan...