Before becoming the 92nd champion of the Tennessee Women’s Amateur, Bella Bugg had her work cut out for her. Bugg faced a tough field on a challenging course at the Donald Ross-designed Belle Meade Country Club. Over the course of the tournament, there were only seven rounds under par from the championship division, three of those belonging to Bugg.

Bugg shot a 3-under-par 213 (71-71-71) over the three days and was the only player in the field to shoot under par every round. After the first round, Bugg was tied with reigning back-to-back Tennessee Women’s Amateur champion Lynn Lim of Vanderbilt, but she entered Thursday with a three-shot lead, which came with extra pressure.

“From the walk off the course yesterday to the first tee, I mean, every thought possible went through my head: winning, losing, topping off the first tee,” Bugg said. “I've never felt that pressure before, but it's really nice to know that I can capitalize and I have the game for it.”

While she didn’t top her drive on the first tee, Bugg was 1-over-par on the front nine Thursday afternoon. Meanwhile, Lim was working on a bogey-free, 3-under front nine which earned her the outright lead through the first nine holes of the final round.

After a birdie on the par 3, 10th hole, and a bogey on 13, Bugg still trailed by one stroke with only five holes to play. The Florida State Seminole just needed to get to her comfort zone on the course. In the previous two rounds, Bugg had birdied 14 and 15 and she continued that trend on Thursday while adding a birdie on 16 to take a two-stroke lead over Lim headed to the final two holes.