For the first 18 holes of the final match, Andrea Lee appeared well on her way to the 2016 U.S. Girls’ Junior tile. But the defending champion would not be denied.
Eun Jeong Seong sat 5 down through 13 holes and still faced a three-hole deficit at the halfway point of Saturday’s 36-hole closing duel at Ridgewood Country Club in Paramus, N.J., and then turned on the jets.
The 16-year-old won three of the first five holes in the second 18 to square the match and would win five of eight on the back nine to eventually secure a 4-and-2 victory.