Anna Davis didn't know many of the players when she arrived for her first Augusta National Women's Amateur. They all know who she is.
Davis got into the mix with two birdies around Amen Corner, closed with a 3-under 69 and took the title Saturday when Latanna Stone collapsed over the final two holes at Augusta National.
Stone, a junior at LSU, appeared to have the tournament in hand when she hit the ridge on the par 3 16th and watched her golf ball trickle down to 2 feet for her sixth birdie of the round, giving her a 2-shot lead with two holes to play.
Stone three-putted for a double bogey from the 17th fairway after he pitched too strong over the Bunker. She pushed her drive into the pine straw on the 18th and then chipped too strong.
Stone had a chance to force a playoff with his par putt. She shot 72.
Davis was the only player under par who made the cut. She was mobbed by a few other teenage friends after she finished at 1-under 215.
Davis, a left-hander from just east of San Diego, never looked intimidated by the stage she was on or the stakes, calmly strolling along as her ponytails spilled out from under her bucket hat.
Davis said that he didn't think he had ever played in front of that many people. I knew I was not favored in the field. I did not have as much pressure to do well. I was having fun.
Davis hit a wedge off the slope to short range on the 13th to make a bogey after he had made a bogey at the 12th. The teenager saved par on the 17th with a perfect pitch to tap-in range.
It was the second year in a row that a contender lost a lead at the Augusta National Women's Amateur.
Stone and Lindblad were both in a tie for second after Lindblad had the best round with a 4-under 68. She had some regrets. Lindblad had a sequence of eagles on the back nine. She missed a par putt on the 18th and hit into a fairway bunker on the 17th.
Wallin, who started the final round tied with Stone at even par, closed with a 73 and was tied for fourth with Moresco and Avery.
Davis is a sophomore in high school who doesn't have a driver's license and can't even talk to college recruiters until June. She made a name for herself last summer when she won the Heather Farr Classic and the Girl's Junior PGA Championship.
She was on the Junior Solheim Cup team.
She was introduced as one of the winners at Augusta National after Fred Ridley presented her with the trophy.
Billy, Davis' twin brother, was watching as his sister kept it together.
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