JACKSONVILLE, Fla. - Megan Furtney and Erica Shepherd atoned for a semifinal loss a year ago by winning the U.S. Women's Amateur Four-Ball on Wednesday with a strong start and a steady finish at Timuquana Country Club.
Furtney and Shepherd, high school seniors who plan to play for Duke next year, made their fourth birdie on the par-5 seventh hole to build a 3-up lead, and lost only one hole the rest of the way for a 2-and-1 victory over Jillian Bourdage and Casey Weidenfeld.
Furtney is from South Elgin, Illinois, and Shepherd from Greenwood, Indiana.
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