Oregon duo wins U.S. Women's Amateur Four-Ball, earns spots into U.S. Women's Am at Bandon
The kids are alright. For a fifth year in a row, a pair of teenagers has teamed up to win the 2025 U.S. Women's Amateur Four-Ball.
It's only the 10th year for this U.S. Golf Association event but a clear trend has emergerd with this latest win by Natalie Yen, 18, of West Linn, Oregon, and Asia Young, 16, of Bend, Oregon.
The duo won 5 and 3, the second-largest margin in this event's final, over Athena Singh and Keira Yun, both 17, on Wednesday at Oklahoma City Golf & Country Club in Nichols Hills, Oklahoma.
With this final matchup, either team winning would have meant another teenage duo claiming the crowd.
"I think overall, we trust each other to play our games, and we know we're trying our best,' said the Texas A&M-bound Yen. "At the end of the day, I think we both know that we're both able to score.'
After reaching the par-5 fifth in two shots and making birdie, the Oregon pair took a 3 up lead. They followed that with a 30-foot birdie putt on No. 6 to go 4 up.
Singh and Yun won the 14th hole, the only hole they would win in the final. The match ended on the par-3 15th after Young nearly made an ace, the ball almost going jar before rolling out to about 15 feet. Young then made the birdie to close it out.
The pair later posed for photos with the trophy as well as No. 15 hole flags to signify where they won the match.
In addition to being exempt for this event for the next 10 years provided the duo stays together, Yen and Young also have earned spots into the 2025 U.S. Women's Amateur, being played this year at Bandon Dunes in their homestate of Oregon, as well as the U.S. Girls Junior Amateur at Atlanta Athletic Club in Johns Creek, Georgia.
The USGA notes that Yen and Young are the 749th and 750th unique champions in the organization's history dating back to 1895.
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