Houston • Once she qualified for match play, Salt Lake City’s Kelsey Chugg had an easier time winning a United States Golf Association championship than she did in claiming any of her four Women’s State Amateur victories.
Chugg never played Champions Golf Club’s 18th hole in her six matches, including Thursday’s 3-and-1 victory over Mary Jane Hiestand of Florida in the finals of the tournament for golfers 25 and older.
Chugg, 26, is a former Weber State golfer who works for the Utah Golf Association. She’s the third Utahn to win a USGA national title in this century, following Annie Thurman in the 2002 U.