Golf: Japan's Saki Baba, 17, wins U.S. Women's Amateur championship

Japanese high schooler Saki Baba won the U.S. Women's Amateur golf championship on Sunday, beating Canadian Monet Chun in the match-play final at the Chambers Bay course in Washington.The 17-year-old Baba became the first Japanese player to win the tournament since Michiko Hattori in 1985 by beating the 21-year-old Chun 11 and 9."The whole round I was thinking, I'm going to win, I'm going to win," Baba said. "I'm so happy to be able to write my name alongside Michiko Hattori's."Baba won the last six holes of the 36-hole final, ending the match with a birdie on the par-3 27th.Playing strongl…READ FULL ARTICLE