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Matthews advances at U.S. Amateur

( Thomas Metthe)

Arkansas golfer Brooke Matthews tees off on the ninth hole during the final round of the Arkansas State Golf Association's Women's Stroke Play Championship on Wednesday, June 17, 2020, at Chenal Country Club in Little Rock.

Brooke Matthews didn’t lose a hole during a 5-and-4 rout of Brittany Shin in the match-play round of 64 at the U.S. Women’s Amateur Championship on Wednesday at Westchester Country Club in Rye, N.Y.

The Rogers native, a junior at the University of Arkansas and the No. 3 seed, won consecutive holes on Nos. 4-6 to grab the early lead over Shin, a sophomore at Cal State Fullerton.