Burnham: “I belong out here. I
know I can hang with the pros.”
smoother than during those final nine holes. As
her playing companions struggled, Burnham
hit fairway after fairway.
“I figured if I could stay with my game, I
had a good chance to win,” she said. Even in the
couple instances when she missed fairways—
finding bunkers with her tee shots on the 11th
and 14th—she birdied. Her last birdie came at
the par-3 18th when she holed a 20-foot uphill
putt, but by then there as no doubt.
Burnham’s plans are to finish school—
she’s got a semester left—and head to LPGA Q
School in August.
“This definitely gives me confidence
going forward,” said Burnham, who hopes to
play on the Symetra Tour on the way to the
LPGA. “I think I belong out there, and I defi-
nitely know I can hang with the pros,” she said.
Among other things, she now has a $4,000
check to prove it.
Bambola (top)
shot 67 on Day
One and took
Low Amateur
honors. Diaz
(right) opened
with 66 but
found trouble
in round two.
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