Seong makes USGA history with Women's Amateur win

Eun Jeong Seong added to her already impressive summer with a victory at the U.S. Women's Amateur.

Seong, 16, drained a 40-foot birdie putt on the 36th hole to secure a 1-up victory in her final match against Italy's Virginia Elena Carta. The victory comes only two weeks after Seong successfully defended her title at the U.S. Girls' Junior Championship. She becomes the first player in USGA history to win both the Girls' Junior and the Women's Amateur in the same year.

Seong joins Pearl Sinn (1988) and Jennifer Song (2009) as the only women to win multiple USGA titles in the same year, each player having won both the U.S. Women's Amateur and U.S. Women's Public Links in their respective…