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Olympic medals, and memories, last a lifetime (The Associated Press)

RIO DE JANEIRO (AP) -- The moment felt as historic as it gets in women's golf.

Stacy Lewis won the Women's British Open at St. Andrews with a birdie-birdie finish, the last one set up by a classic links shot when she used a putter from 40 yards short of the green to get through the famous Valley of Sin.

She was beaming as she posed with the trophy on the 18th green at the Home of Golf.

And that was the last she saw of it.

''They take your picture, and then they take it from you, and you get a three-quarter sized replica in the mail,'' Lewis said Tuesday morning.