Malixi completes US Girls’ Junior-Women’s Amateur sweep, beating Talley again in final

TULSA, Okla. (AP) — Rianne Malixi beat Asterisk Talley 3 and 2 to win the U.S. Women’s Amateur on Sunday at Southern Hills, three weeks after routing Talley in the U.S. Girls’ Junior final.

Last month in the U.S. Girls’ Junior, the 17-year-old Malixi — from the Philippines — beat Talley 8 and 7 at El Caballero in Tarzana, California, the largest championship-match blowout in tournament history.

Malixi is the second player to win both events in the same year, joining Eun Jeong Seong in 2016. She has verbally committed to play at Duke, with plans to begin college play in 2025.

The 15-year-old Talley, from Chowchilla, California, led 1 up Saturday after the first 18 holes of the 36-hole championship match were moved up a day because of expected rain Sunday.

Malixi was 3 up after 26 holes, and Talley took the next three holes to it. They halved the 30th with pars, Malixi won the next three with birdies and closed it out with par halve on the par-5 34th.

Talley teamed with Sarah Lim to win the U.S. Women’s Amateur Four-Ball in May in San Antonio.

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