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Amy Anderson's run at the U.S. Girls' Junior is right out of a Hollywood script. Small-town girl comes to the big party with all of the stars and possibly walks away with the big silver trophy.
Seriously, it's quite amazing. Her hometown of Oxbow, N.D., doesn't even have a restaurant. It's 10 miles south of Fargo, so we're not talking about some farm in the middle of nowwhere. But the only reason the town exists, Anderson said, is because they built a private golf course (Oxbow C.C.) and put homes around it.
"No restaurants, no gas station," said Anderson, who will play Kimberly Kim in Saturday's 36-hole final.
Earlier this week, Anderson's exploits led off the sports segment on the local news in Fargo. She was asked Friday afternoon if reaching the final in the most prestigious girls championship.
She only could laugh.
What she did get for reaching the final is an exemption into next month's U.S. Women's Amateur. But Anderson is unsure if she'll accept. She's scheduled to play the PGA Junior Championship next week in Ohio and then drive home to North Dakota. Playing in the Women's Amateur would require a slight detour to St. Louis.
"You'll have to ask my dad," said Anderson.
"We'll need to talk it over," he said from the back room of the media center.
No matter what happens on Saturday, Anderson's week at the Girls' Junior is something she'll never forget.
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