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July 9, 2010
SAN DIEGO — Andrea ‘Andie’ Unson won by three shots despite a shaky windup the 2010 San Diego Junior Masters golf crown in California last week. The 15-year-old Unson, 15, came through with back-to-back birdies from No. 13 to cushion the impact of her three straight bogeys in the closing holes for 76 on last day of the competition and a 148 aggregate over the 36-hole tournament in the girls’ 15-18 division.
She won by three over Cathleen Santoso of Australia, who ran out of holes and finished with a two-over 74 on a birdiebirdie windup for a 151. “I just stayed focused and kept in mind what coach Bong had told me: ‘that I would win,’” said Unson, referring to mentor Bong Lopez, the man at the helm of the ICTSI golf program. Unson actually jumped the gun early on the field, matching par 72 in the first day on a four-birdie, four-bogey stint to build a four-stroke lead over ICTSI teammate Sarah Ababa and Angela de Villa and Thai Suchaya Tangkamolprasert, winner of last year’s Callaway Junior World Championship in the 13-14 age category.
She birdied the opening hole in the final round but sputtered with four bogeys in the next 11 holes before picking herself up again to knock down birdies on Nos. 13 and 14.