Superal, Del Rosario make US 4-ball semis

TOP SEEDS Princess Superal and Pauline del Rosario pulled off a thrilling, bounce-back 1-up triumph over Madelein Herr and Brynn Walker of Pennsylvania to crash into the semifinals of the US Women’s Amateur Four-Ball Championship Match Play at Streamsong Resort in Florida Tuesday.

The Country Club bets blew a 2-up lead after 10 holes then fought back from one-hole down after 15 by birdieing two of the last three holes to stay in the hunt for the crown in the second staging of one of the 13 national championships conducted by the US Golf Association.

Del Rosario, 17, birdied the par-3 16th as the Filipinos, who lost three holes in a five-hole stretch from No. 11 to trail for the first time in three matches, forced an all square match in their quarterfinal duel.

Then after both teams parred the 17th, the 19-year-old Superal did what she does best, knocking down a superb iron shot to within nine feet on the 18th then draining the putt for the coveted berth in the Final Four.

“I just told myself to make that putt,” said Superal, the former US Girls’ Junior champion.

The two other TCC bets, Sofia Chabon and Mikha Fortuna, dropped a 3-and-2 setback to No. 31 siblings Nicole and Waverly Whiston in the Last 16.