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Seong rallies to repeat as U.S. Girls’ Junior champ
- Updated: July 24, 2016
8:56 PM ET
PARAMUS, N.J. — Eun Jeong Seong rallied to beat Andrea Lee 4 and 2 on Saturday in the U.S. Girls’ Junior to become the first player to successfully defend the title since Hollis Stacy in 1971.
The 16-year-old South Korean overcame an early five-hole deficit to join Stacy (1969, `70, `71), Judy Eller (1957 and `58) and Nancy Lopez (1972 and `74) as the only multiple winners. Admitting that she had not heard of Stacy, Seong noted, “My mom was born in 1971.”
Seong won last year in Tulsa, Oklahoma.
“It’s a little bit different feel than last year,” Seong said. “Last year, it was a little bit hard. But I trusted myself today, and I have confidence. This morning was so hard because I was losing 5 down, but it’s OK because I had a lot of holes (left).”
The 17-year-old Lee, from Hermosa Beach, California, will be a freshman at Stanford this fall.
“It was …
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