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Ashley Lam Wins Utah Women’s Amateur | Salt Lake City News
Ashley Lam, a 20-year-old junior at Westminster University, stunned the golf world by winning the 120th Utah Women’s State Amateur—clinching it in a nail-biting 36-hole final against six-time champion Kelsey Chugg. After a seesaw battle where Chugg erased a three-hole deficit, Lam sealed victory with a clutch pitching wedge on the final hole, sinking it within five feet to win by one hole. Inspired by her brother’s advice to “lock in,” and even buoyed by a Bruno Mars tune, Lam claimed the title and earned an exemption into the U.S. Women’s Amateur. Chugg, though defeated, remains Utah’s…
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