University of Arkansas junior Brooke Matthews bogeyed the first playoff hole and lost to NCAA champion Rachel Heck in the last match on the course in the round of 16 at the U.S. Women’s Amateur championship on Thursday.
Matthews held a 2-up lead after a birdie on the 15th and a par on the 16th at Westchester Country Club in Rye, N.Y., but Heck, a freshman at Stanford who won the NCAA individual title this spring, roared back to win three holes in a row and capture the match.
“In match play it’s never over until it’s over,” Heck told the Peacock Network.