S.Korean schoolgirl beats pros to win Australian Masters

0 Comments | AFP, February, 2006

GOLD COAST, Australia (AFP) — South Korean schoolgirl Amy Yang upstaged the professionals to win the Australian Ladies Masters at Royal Pines on the Gold Coast.

The 16-year-old, who attends a high school not far from the Gold Coast, beat American Catherine Cartwright with a seven-metre birdie putt in a sudden-death play-off.

Yang (69-66-70-70) had to regroup after tying on 13-under 275 with Cartwright (70-67-70-68) after pulling her six-iron approach to the final 72nd hole and making bogey.

When Yang hit her winning putt she put her hands to her face and burst into tears as her father-caddie James hugged her.

Yang became the first amateur to win a major women's tournament in Australia and the first to win on the European tour since Britain's Gillian...