Here are the final statistics from the championship match. Kang made 11 birdies, three of which were conceded, while Jutanugarn had five birdies, one of which was conceded.
Kang hit 23 of 26 fairways over the 31 holes. She also hit 25 of 31 greens in regulation and totaled 48 putts, with the usual match-play concessions.
Jutanugarn managed to hit 17 of 26 fairways and 22 of 31 greens in regulation. She totaled 49 putts, with concessions.
Hole 31 - 432-yard par 4
Jutanugarn's approach found the left greenside bunker. She had an awkward stance but was able to blast to 8 feet. Kang was on the green with her approach, 15 feet from the hole. Her birdie putt hung on the edge of the hole and was conceded.
Danielle Kang wins the match, 6 and 5. She is the first player to successfully defend her Women's Amateur title since Kelli Kuehne in 1996. More information, including a complete story and photos of the championship final, will be coming shortly.
Once the match ended, Kang was doused with water from friends and fellow Women's Amateur competitors Amy Anderson, Emily Tubert and Austin Ernst, the latter of whom was eliminated in Saturday's semifinals by Jutanugarn.
Hole 30 - 345-yard par 4
Kang and Jutanugarn halve the hole with conceded pars. Kang hit her approach to 30 feet below the hole and her birdie putt was just left of the hole. Jutanugarn's approach shot landed 20 feet from the hole, hole-high. Her birdie putt just slid by on the right. Kang is 6 up and dormie.
Hole 29 - 522-yard par 5
Kang and Jutanugarn both opted to lay up short of the water hazard in two. Kang hit her third shot from the fairway to 5 feet behind the flagstick and she made the putt for her 11th birdie of the match. Jutanugarn hit her third shot to the green, 16 feet hole-high. Her birdie putt was too firm to the right and rolled 3 feet past the hole. Kang is now 6 up.
Hole 28 - 193-yard par 3
Kang stuffed her tee shot with a fairway metal to 3 feet above the hole and her birdie putt was conceded. Jutanugarn's tee shot found the left greenside rough. Her ball was below her feet for her pitch, and she left her flop shot short, on the green but 40 feet from the hole. Kang is now 5 up.
Hole 27 - 415-yard par 4
Jutanugarn hit her approach from the fairway to 12 feet hole high. Her birdie putt was 18 inches short and her par was conceded. Kang hit her approach from the fairway to 50 feet below the hole. Her birdie try went 4 feet past the hole and her confident par putt found the hole. Kang remains 4 up.
Hole 26 - 481-yard par 5
Jutanugarn hit her second shot with a 3-wood into a left greenside bunker. She blasted out to 13 feet right of the hole and missed her birdie putt on the high side. She made her 3-foot par putt. Kang, also hitting her second shot with a 3-wood, was just short of the green, 60 feet from the flagstick. She chunked her chip to the fringe, 20 feet below the hole. Her birdie putt went 4 feet past the hole and she made her par putt to halve the hole. Kang remains 4 up.
Hole 25 - 428-yard par 4
Kang's long-iron approach from the fairway landed 35 feet below and left of the hole. Her birdie putt slid by the right side of the hole and her par was conceded. Jutanugarn hit her approach with a 5-wood to 45 feet below the hole. She lagged her birdie putt to 3 feet short of the hole and made her par putt. Kang remains 4 up.
Hole 24 - 220-yard par 4
Kang almost drove the green with a 3-wood on the short par 4. Her tee shot found the greenside rough. She pitched to 2 1/2 feet and made the birdie, her ninth of the match. Jutanugarn's tee shot, also with a 3-wood, found the front-middle greenside bunker. She blasted out and her ball rolled just over the edge of the hole and stopped 5 feet past the hole. Her birdie putt burned the left edge of the hole and her par was conceded. Kang regains a 4-up lead.
Hole 23 - 162-yard par 3
Jutanugarn hit her tee shot to 6 feet below the hole and made the birdie putt. Kang's tee shot was just long and left of the putting surface in the rough, 12 feet from the flagstick. She left her pitch 4 feet short. Kang is now 3 up.
Hole 22 - 351-yard par 4
Kang hit a wedge from the fairway to 5 feet left and above the hole but missed her birdie putt to the right. She tapped in from 2 feet for par. Jutanugarn's approach from the left rough landed short of the green in the fringe, 40 feet from the hole. She almost pitched in for birdie and her par from 6 inches was conceded. Kang remains 4 up.
Hole 21 - 349-yard par 4
Kang hit her approach from the fairway to 24 feet below the hole. Her birdie attempt slid to the right. Jutanugarn hit her approach from the left rough to the green, hole-high and 16 feet from the flagstick. She made her birdie putt to cut the deficit to 4 down. Kang is now 4 up.
Hole 20 - 390-yard par 4
Jutanugarn hit her drive into the left rough. She hit her approach shot to 18 feet below and left of the hole. Her birdie putt slid to the right and her short par putt was conceded. Kang's drive was in the fairway. She hit her approach shot 35 feet below the hole. She left her birdie putt 4 1/2 feet short and made the par to maintain her 5-up lead. Kang remains 5 up.
Hole 19 - 379-yard par 4
Jutanugarn hit her approach from the fairway to 20 feet left of the hole on the fringe. She missed her birdie try to the left and her par was conceded. Kang hit her fairway approach to 12 feet below the hole and she made the birdie putt to win the first hole of the afternoon round. Kang is now 5 up.
Some quick stats from the first round of the 36-hole final. Danielle Kang made seven birdies against one bogey. She hit 13 of 15 fairways and 14 of 18 greens. She took just 28 putts.
Moriya Jutanugarn hit 10 of 15 fairways and 13 of 18 greens. She registered 29 putts, with concessions.
The two golfers combined for 10 birdies against just two bogeys. Some remarkable golf.
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Moriya Jutanugarn shot the equivalent of 2-under-par 69 in the morning 18 of Sunday's 36-hole Women's Amateur final, but finds herself four holes down at the break to Danielle Kang. (Steven Gibbons/USGA)
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Hole 18 - 392-yard par 4
Both players hit the fairway with drivers and landed their approach shots on the green. Kang's birdie try from 21 feet hole-high just slid by on the left. Her par was conceded for a 6-under 65 in the morning round. Jutanugarn's birdie putt from 18 feet hole-high was inches short. Her par was conceded for a 2-under 69. Kang is 4 up at the break.
The championship final will resume at noon.
Hole 17 - 132-yard par 3
Kang hit her tee shot on the short par 3 17th hole to the right fringe, 15 feet above the flagstick. Her birdie putt stopped inches from the hole on the right and her par putt was conceded. Jutanugarn missed the green to the right, and her ball landed in the rough above a greenside bunker. She pitched to 4 feet past the hole and made the comebacker for par. Kang is still 4 up.
Hole 16 - 395-yard par 4
Jutanugarn's drive found the left rough. Her approach from the rough came up short and landed in a greenside bunker. She blasted to 2 feet for a conceded par. Kang's approach from the left side of the fairway stopped 21 feet above the flagstick on the green. She lagged her birdie putt to a foot, which was conceded. Kang remains 4 up.
Hole 15 - 380-yard par 4
Kang's approach shot sailed into a greenside bunker. Her blast out of the bunker rolled 18 feet past the hole and her par putt raced 4 feet by the hole. It is her first bogey of the day. Jutanugarn hit her approach from the fairway to 10 feet above the hole. Her birdie putt slid 3 1/2 feet past the hole but she made her par to win her second consecutive hole. Kang is now 4 up.
Hole 14 - 364-yard par 4
Kang's birdie streak ends when she watches her 12-footer for birdie on No. 14 slide to the right of the hole. Jutanugarn won the hole with a conceded birdie when she stuffed her approach shot from the fairway to a foot. Kang is now 5 up.
Hole 13 - 432-yard par 4
Kang's right-to-left long approach shot bounced to the green and stopped 11 feet above the hole. Jutanugarn was short of the green with her approach from the left rough. She chipped up to 3 feet. Kang made her putt for her third consecutive birdie. Kang is now 6 up.
Hole 12 - 345-yard par 4
Kang hits another laser approach shot, this time to 2 feet for another conceded birdie. Jutanugarn was also on the green in two but was 25 feet below the hole. She putted over a small mound and the ball fell off to the right of the hole. Kang is now 5 up.
Hole 11 - 522-yard par 5
Both players decided to lay up short of the water hazard in two shots. Kang hit her approach 15 feet below and left of the hole. Jutanugarn hit her approach to 27 feet, slightly right and below hole-high. Her birdie putt slid 3 feet past the hole. Kang made her birdie putt, pumping her right fist just before the ball dropped into the hole. The defending champion is now 5 under through 11 holes. Kang increases her lead to 4 up.
Hole 10 -193-yard par 3
Both players hit fairway metals to the green. Jutanugarn was 25 feet below the hole; Kang was 7 feet nearly hole high to the right of the flagstick. Jutanugarn raced her birdie putt 4 feet past the hole and made her par putt. Kang lipped out her birdie and made a 2-footer for par. Kang remains 3 up.
Hole 9 - 415-yard par 4
Kang hit her approach from the fairway to the green, 15 feet below and left of the flagstick. She left her birdie putt 6 inches short, which was conceded. Jutanguarn hit her approach from the fairway 15 yards right of the green in the rough. She flopped her pitch to 9 feet and missed her par putt to the left. It is the first time in the match that either player has won a hole with a par. Kang is now 3 up.
Hole 8 - 481-yard par 5
Kang's approach with a 3-wood was on the green, 30 feet above the hole. She lagged her eagle putt to a foot. Jutanugarn's second shot with a fairway metal from the right rough found the water hazard. After taking a drop, she hit her fourth shot to 9 feet below the hole and conceded Kang's birdie. Kang is again 2 up.
Hole 7 - 428-yard par 4
Kang's fairway approach trickled over the green. She hit her pitch past the flagstick to 3 feet below the hole and made her par putt. Jutanugarn hit her approach from the fairway with a long-iron onto the green, 45 feet below the hole. She lagged her birdie putt to 1 foot, which was conceded. Kang remains 1 up.
Hole 6 - 220-yard par 4
With the tee moved up to 220 yards instead of its usual 304 yards, Kang's drive landed in the front middle greenside bunker. She blasted out to 6 feet above the hole and she pulled her birdie putt to the left. Jutanugarn's drive also found a greenside bunker. She hit out to 10 feet and made birdie with a right-to-left breaking putt. Kang is now 1 up.
Hole 5 - 162-yard par 3
Kang hit her tee shot to 5 feet above the hole and made the putt for her third consecutive birdie. Jutanugarn hit her tee shot to 45 feet below the hole. Her birdie try just missed to the left. Kang is now 2 up.
Hole 4 - 351-yard par 4
Kang hit her approach from the fairway to 9 feet above the hole and made her birdie putt. Jutanugarn hit a wedge from the fairway to 6 feet below the hole. Her birdie putt did a 360-degree lipout. Kang is now 1 up.
Hole 3 - 349-yard par 4
Kang hit her approach from the fairway to 18 inches and her birdie putt was conceded. Jutanugarn hit her approach from the fairway to 8 feet, slightly above the hole. She missed her birdie putt. The match is all square.
Hole 2 - 390-yard par 4
Kang hit her approach from the fairway to 8 feet below the hole. She missed her birdie putt to the right and par was conceded. Jutanugarn hit her approach from the fairway to 24 feet below the hole. She just missed her birdie try to the left. Jutanugarn remains 1 up.
Hole 1 - 379-yard par 4
Danielle Kang hit her approach shot from the fairway to 12 feet, hole high. She missed her birdie putt on the left side and her par was conceded. Moriya Jutanugarn hit her approach from the left rough to 8 feet above the hole. She converted her birdie putt to win the hole. Jutanugarn is 1 up.
After four days of idyllic New England summer weather, it appears Championship Sunday at the 111th U.S. Women's Amateur won't be so blessed. The day has begun with overcast skies, a brisk breeze and a light drizzle of rain. One reason the starting times for the 36-hole final were moved up an hour was to get ahead of a possible serious storm that could hit Rhode Island Country Club and the Barrington/Providence area late this afternoon. We'll keep our fingers crossed that the match will be completed before the storms arrive.
The finalists are defending champion Danielle Kang, 18, of Westlake Village, Calif., and 17-year-old Moriya Jutanugarn of Thailand. Kang is vying to become the first repeat champion since Kelli Kuehne in 1996. Karma could be with her as two of the three winners of the three previous Women's Amateur winners at Rhode Island C.C. have been repeat champs, including Kay Cockerill in 1987. Cockerill successfully defended her title that year before turning pro. Kang plans to turn pro shortly after this event.
Jutanugarn would like to join her 15-year-old sister, Ariya, as a USGA champion. Ariya won the U.S. Girls' Junior last month. If she does win, it would be the first time siblings had claimed USGA titles in the same year. Harriot and Margaret Curtis combined for four U.S. Women's Amateurs, while Hollis Stacy won six USGA titles (three Girls' Juniors and three Women's Opens) and her sister, Martha Leach, won the 2009 U.S. Women's Mid-Amateur.
Previous Thai-born USGA champions include Aree Song Wongluekiet (1999 U.S. Girls' Junior) and Virada Nirapathpongporn (2003 Women's Amateur). Russamee Gulyanamitta (2000 Women's Amateur Public Links) and Nirapathpongporn (2003 WAPL) were also runner-ups in USGA championships.
Kang and Jutanugarn come into the final battling maladies. Kang sought medical treatment on Friday night after re-aggravating a rib injury. Jutanugarn has been battling a sore wrist since earning low-amateur honors at last month's U.S. Women's Open. She withdrew from the Girls' Junior and caddied for her sister. Ariya is now serving as Moriya's caddie after she was eliminated in the second round on Thursday morning.
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