Anna Davis wins Augusta Women's Amateur final

AUGUSTA, Ga. (AP) — The model of calm beneath her bucket hat, 16-year-old Anna Davis cruised her away around the back nine Saturday at Augusta National without a bogey and seemingly without a care.

Only after she finished off a 3-under 69 at the home of the Masters did the nerves kick in while watching the final two groups in the Augusta National Women's Amateur.

She thought her 12-foot birdie putt that slid by the cup might cost her.

And then she watched from the scoring cabin as Latanna Stone threw away a two-shot lead with two holes to play by making double bogey from the 17th fairway and a bogey from the pine straw on the final hole, making Davis the youngest champion at the home of the Masters.

“I don’t think it’s processed yet that I’ve won here, but it’s pretty surreal, to be honest,” Davis said. “I can't even fathom what just happened. It all happened very quickly.”

And to think it was only a year ago when Davis, a left-hander from just east of San Diego, jumped into the national picture with her first AJGA title, followed by the Girl's Junior PGA Championship at Valhalla.

That's where her dad told her to put on a bucket hat because the Kentucky sun was beating down on her nose. Now she wears one all the time — so did the entire Davis clan watching her win on golf's grandest stage with a remarkable closing around and a little help.

That came from Stone, the junior at LSU who looked to have this won with a tee shot that caught the slope on the par-3 16th and fed down to 3 feet for birdie and a two-shot lead.

And then it all came undone. She went with wedge instead of 9-iron from a uphill in the 17th fairway, flared it and left it short. Her tough pitch over a deep bunker came out clunky and ran to the back edge