Asterisk Talley comforted by DeChambeau, Sorenstam after 'little meltdown' costs her ANWA title

AUGUSTA, Ga. — Saturday could have been the crowning moment for 17-year-old phenom Asterisk Talley’s amateur career. But the 12th hole at Augusta National — and the bite that gives Amen Corner its name — did not let that happen.Talley, a high school junior from Chowchilla, Calif., came into the final round of the Augusta National Women’s Amateur with a one-shot lead over her closest pursuers, Meja Ortengren and Maria Jose Marin. She ended it six strokes behind the eventual champion, Marin, after carding a quadruple-bogey seven at the infamous par-3.Advertisement