Cardinal and Blue meet on the green at U.S. Women’s Amateur
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The semifinals of the prestigious U.S. Women’s Amateur golf tournament will have a distinctly Southern California feel on Saturday. And a taste of crosstown rivalry.
USC sophomore Jennifer Song (pictured at left) tees off against Tiffany Lua, an incoming UCLA freshman, in match play at Old Warson Country Club in St. Louis.
Not that they’re acting like arch-rivals, not with Lua referring to Song as ‘a good player.’
And Song shooting back: ‘I’ve talked with her a lot in the dining area and she’s a nice girl.’
If that seems fairly tame when compared to the barbs that fly back and forth between the Trojans and Bruins in football and basketball, well, Song might have something else on her mind.
After winning the U.S. Women’s Amateur Public Links in June, she can become only the second woman in history to capture two USGA championships in the same year.
For Lua, there is the equally pressing matter of entering college.
‘School starts on Sept. 26, but I’m supposed to be there on Sept. 6,’ she said. ‘Just to be there early and keep up.’
Maybe then she’ll learn to talk trash about the Trojans.
-- David Wharton