Chugg, 26, didn’t play flawless golf at Davis Park Golf Club, not too far from the course she grew up playing, Schneiter’s Riverside Golf Course. But her putting was terrific.
Kennedy, a 20-year-old from Parker, Colo., never led in the championship match. Chugg won the fourth hole with a par and never relinquished the lead. She pushed the lead to two holes with a birdie on No. 8 and three holes with a par on No. 13.
Kennedy won No. 15 with a birdie and No. 17 with a par to trim the deficit to one hole, but Chugg sank a putt for par on the 18th green to clinch the championship.