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UCLA's Brianna Do won the Women's U.S. Amateur Public Links on Saturday, rallying to beat Texas high school star Marissa Dodd 1-up in the 36-hole final on Bandon Dunes' Old Macdonald course.
The Associated Press originally reported Dodd won the event.
"It means a lot," said Do, who wasn't a member of the five-player UCLA squad that won the NCAA title in May. "I mean, it's a national championship and not to bring down the win of the UCLA team, but the five that played at that tournament kind of have a different meaning with that national championship, because they were part of it. They played in it, and this one is kind of my own. ... This is kind of my national championship."
The 21-year-old Do, born in Lakewood, Calif., but representing her parents' home country of Vietnam in the event, was 3-down after 22 holes, then won the next three holes to tie it.
"Mentally, I was at that point, I was like, 'OK, let's try not to lose by a really big margin,'" Do said. "It's probably not the way to think, but that's how I was thinking.
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