Duke trio helps U.S. capture Curtis Cup

Duke's Amanda Blumenherst beat out Arkansas' Stacy Lewis for NCAA women's golf player of the year honors this season.

On Sunday in St. Andrew's Scotland, Lewis returned the favor -- but it was a victory both players could enjoy.

Lewis earned a 3-and-2 victory over Liz Bennett moments before Blumenherst closed out Jodi Ewart with a 2-and-1 triumph, clinching the United States' 13-7 win over Great Britain & Ireland in the Curtis Cup.

About the only flaw to the day was hardly anyone was around to watch Lewis clinch the cup. The Americans had built a 7 1/2-4 1/2 lead after two days of team matches, and they needed only three points from eight singles matches to win. Most of the team was around the 17th green, where Blumenherst was on the verge of winning her match. Lewis ended her match first, however, on the 16th green.

"I knew we had won two matches already, but I wasn't sure if Amanda was done or if I was done," Lewis said. "It was an awesome feeling just to win my match there. And I turned around to celebrate and there was nobody there. ... a couple of minutes later, they drove up in the cart."

Duke's Jennie Lee halved her match with Michele Thomson, and the Blue Devils' Mina Harigae lost to Krystle Caithness, 2 and 1.

(From AP, USGA, Duke News Releases)

ALSO SUNDAY

PRINCIPAL CHARITY CLASSIC: Jay Haas shot a 6-under 65 to repeat as champion in West Des Moines, Iowa, and move into first place on the Champions Tour money list.

Haas, who won the Senior PGA Championship last week, finished at 10-under 203, one shot ahead of Andy Bean.

GINN TRIBUTE: Seon Hwa Lee rallied from nine back in the final round to win the LPGA Tour event in Mount Pleasant, S.C.

Lee two-putted from about 45 feet for par on the lone playoff hole, the 18th, then watched Karrie Webb miss a 3-footer that would have extended the playoff.

Sophie Gustafson, who had a six-shot lead at the start of the final round, had five bogeys and two double bogeys in her last 15 holes for a 7-over 79 that left her three shots from the playoff.

LADIES GERMAN OPEN: South Korean teenager Amy Yang shot a 5-under 67 to win the event by four strokes, and Michelle Wie had a solid final-round 67 to place sixth in Munich, Germany.

Yang finished at 21-under 267 for her first pro victory. Wie ended up 14 under, the first time since the Evian Masters in July 2006 -- 13 tournaments -- that she finished an event under par.

WALES OPEN: Scott Strange got his first PGA European Tour win by leading from start to finish, shooting a 7-under 64 to win by four strokes in Newport, Wales.

The 31-year-old Australian finished at 22-under 262. Robert Karlsson of Sweden was second after a final-round 64.

BANK OF AMERICA OPEN: Kris Blanks shot a final-round 68, holding off Bob May for a one-shot victory in the Nationwide Tour event in Glenview, Ill.

May shot a bogey-free 64, the low round of the day.

(The Associated Press)

PRO-JUNIOR INVITATIONAL: Wake Forest-Rolesville senior Jordan Walor shot a 2-under 69 for a one-shot victory at TPC Wakefield Plantation, earning him a spot in this week's Nationwide Tour event, The Rex Hospital Open.

Walor beat a field of 54 boys and 18 girls high school golfers.

(From Event News Release)