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Shelly Shin rolls to Australian Women's Amateur victory

Shelly Shin of Sydney crushed Lizzie Elmassian 8-and-7 in Sunday's Australian Women's Amateur final

-Story by Mark Hayes of Golf Australia ROSEBURY, Australia — Sydney schoolgirl Shelly Shin has capped an incredible year to become the women’s Australian Amateur champion.Shin, 16, a member of the white-hot Golf Australia national squad, toppled home-course hero Lizzie Elmassian at The Australian to win the 36-hole final convincingly 8-&-7 in sweltering conditions. Shin, a member at Sydney’s Concord Golf Club, was 2-up after the morning round, but came out after the break and dominated with four birdies in the next six holes to take a stranglehold on the title, eventually winning on the 29th hole with a par. For more, please continue reading at Golf Australia.
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