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USC alum Allisen Corpuz wins Women’s U.S. Open golf championship

The win at Pebble Beach is Corpuz’s first LPGA victory. Many more Trojan conquests are likely to come for the 25-year-old star.

The USC Trojan golf program has produced multiple major champions over the years. Dave Stockton, Al Geiberger, Craig Stadler, and Scott Simpson lifted men’s major championship trophies. Sophia Popov won the 2020 Women’s British Open championship.

Now add USC’s Allisen Corpuz to the list of Trojans to win major golf championships.

Corpuz shot a three-under par 69 in the final round of the Women’s United States Open on Sunday at hallowed Pebble Beach, finishing nine under par and winning the tournament by three strokes over second-place co-finishers Charley Hull and Jiyai Shin, who were six under par for the tournament. The next closest finishers were three under par.

Corpuz won this tournament in four holes. She sank a clutch 16-foot par putt at No. 12 to maintain her advantage. Then she built her lead with consecutive birdies at No. 14 and 15, creating distance from the players who were chasing her.

Corpuz is the second Hawaiian-born golfer to win a major, joining Michelle Wie West, who — interestingly enough — retired from professional golf at this very same Women’s U.S. Open tournament.

Corpuz scored her first LPGA Tour win. She also notched her second top-five finish at a major this year and her third top-15 finish.

This is a career which is only just beginning to take off. Congratulations to Allisen Corpuz. Fight On!

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