UK Golfer Jensen Castle is the U.S. Women's Amateur Champion

Twitter: @KentuckyWGolf

Kentucky athletes continue to blaze the sports scene as UK Women’s golfer Jensen Castle is the 2021 U.S. Women’s Amateur Champion!

The 121st #USWomensAm ᴄʜᴀᴍᴘɪᴏɴ is @jensen_castle! 🏆

From the No. 63 seed to No. 1, @KentuckyWGolf's Jensen Castle gets it done with a birdie on the 35th hole. pic.twitter.com/qlMJrl1Fll

— USGA (@USGA) August 8, 2021

The 2021 #USWomensAmateur champion is @jensen_castle from the 𝕌𝕟𝕚𝕧𝕖𝕣𝕤𝕚𝕥𝕪 𝕠𝕗 𝕂𝕖𝕟𝕥𝕦𝕔𝕜𝕪!!!

Congratulations, Jensen. #BBN is so proud of you!!! pic.twitter.com/XJUOpfmjqv

— Kentucky Women’s Golf (@KentuckyWGolf) August 8, 2021

Castle came into Sunday needing to outbattle Arizona’s Vivian Hou for the top spot in a 36-hole bout. Castle found herself with a three-hole lead in the match-play format with only seven holes left to go. After dropping her next two holes, Castle found a way to fend off Hou down the stretch to become champion.

Calm, cool and collected Jensen 😌@jensen_castle may have lost the last 2 holes but she still has a 1-up lead at the #USWomensAm. pic.twitter.com/nxqseRRrhC

— USGA (@USGA) August 8, 2021

And just like that, @jensen_castle gets back to 2 up.

There are just 3 holes to go in the #USWomensAm Championship Match! pic.twitter.com/uRkSoDQpzA

— USGA (@USGA) August 8, 2021

Castle came in ranked 63rd for the tournament and came out on top. She’s just the third 63rd seed to win a USGA championship.

The most beautiful 🏆 in golf goes to @jensen_castle!

She becomes just the third #63 seed to win a USGA championship. pic.twitter.com/lDcVEVzhcv

— USGA (@USGA) August 8, 2021

Congratulations to Jensen Castle for an AMAZING accomplishment!