Taiwan's Doris Chen advances to US Women's Amateur semifinals

CHARLESTON, S.C. — Taiwan's Doris Chen beat Lauren Diaz-Yi 4 and 3 on Friday in the U.S. Women's Amateur quarterfinals, avenging a blowout loss in the Public Links final.

In June in the Public Links, Diaz-Yi, from Thousand Oaks, Calif., routed Chen 10 and 9.

"I did pretty well," Chen said "I just changed my practice approach a bit. I'm happy it worked out."

The 20-year-old Chen, a member of Southern California's NCAA championship team, will face 17-year-old Yueer Cindy Feng of Orlando, Fla., on Saturday at the Country Club of Charleston.

Feng, born in China, beat Annie Park of Levittown, N.Y., 6 and 4. Park won the NCAA individual title this year as a freshman at Southern California.

In the other quarterfinals, 18-year-old Alison Lee of Valencia, Calif., beat Katelyn Sepmoree of Tyler, Texas, 4 and 3; and 19-year-old Emma Talley of Princeton, Ky., edged Su-Hyun Oh of Australia with a par on the 19th hole.

Talley is coming off freshman season at Alabama. After she holed a 4-foot par putt on the 18th hole to keep the match alive, some fans chanted "Roll Tide! Roll Tide!"

Talley advanced when the 17-year-old Oh, No. 2 in the Women's World Amateur Golf Ranking, missed a 4-foot par putt on the 19th hole — No. 10 on the course.

"I know everything I need to do," Talley said, "So, now when I come out here, I just want to have fun and do my best because I can't do anything else."

Lee will be a freshman at UCLA. She holed out from 75 yards for eagle on the par-5 ninth.