Booth Wins Girls’ Junior Golf Title

Kellee Booth of Coto de Caza sank a 20-foot putt from the fringe for her only birdie of the round and won the 45th U.S. Girls’ Junior championship Saturday at Mesa Verde Country Club in Costa Mesa, 1-up over Erika Hayashida of Peru.

Booth was 1-up as the finalists went to the par-three 18th. Her tee shot on the 159-yard hole missed the green. Hayashida’s shot nearly went in the hole but left her seven feet away. Booth then made her put for the victory.

Booth took the lead with a par on the par-four 17th. Hayashida hit her second shot short of the green and then failed to make a 14-foot putt for par after she chipped past the pin.

Booth, 17, had lost in the semifinals twice.