9 Year Old PinayWins Kids World Golf Championships
Mia Legaspi of the Philippines shot a final round one-under-par 35 on Sunday to win the girls’ 9-under division of the United States Kids World Championships at the Longleaf Golf Club in Pinehurst, North Carolina.
Legaspi, a fourth-grader at St. Paul’s College in Pasig City, rebounded from a lethargic second round 39 to total a level 108 and posted a two-stroke victory over American Haley Moore.
It was the third world crown for the precocious Legaspi, who also has titles in the Callaway Junior Worlds (2006) and in the 8-under division of this same tournament last year.
The annual event saw players coming from a total of 35 countries and other American states, making Legaspi’s triumph even sweeter as it erased the stigma of a disappointing joint seventh place finish in the junior world.
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