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08/11/2007 - Carmel, IN (Sportsbook Betting Lines) - Amanda Blumenherst collected eight birdies Saturday to knock off 2006 champion Kimberly Kim and advance to the final of the U.S. Women's Amateur.
Blumenherst will face off again Maria Jose Uribe for the title after trouncing Kim, 5 & 3, in Saturday's semifinals. Uribe held on for a 2 & 1 win over Ha Na Jang to advance to the finals.
The 20-year-old Blumenherst, who was the oldest semifinalist, rolled in a clutch eight-foot putt to save par at the first and took off from there.
She drained a 10-foot birdie try on two, then two-putted from the fringe for birdie on the par-five fifth at Crooked Stick. Those birdies gave Blumenherst a 2-up cushion.
Kim was unable to save par on the sixth and also bogeyed the eighth to fall 4- down. Blumenherst pushed her lead to 5-up with a tap-in birdie on the 10th, kicking off a stellar stretch of golf.
The 15-year-old Kim pitched to 12 feet at the par-five 11th. Blumenherst blasted from a greenside bunker to within a foot of the cup and was conceded birdie. Kim responded by making her 12-footer to remain 5-down.
At the 12th, Blumenherst dropped her second shot three feet from the hole and Kim responded by knocking her approach to seven feet. Both made their birdie putts.
Blumenherst nearly aced the par-three 13th, leaving her shot inside a foot. Kim, once again, answered in fine fashion. She left herself three feet for birdie and made the putt.
After four straight birdies, Blumenherst finally blinked as she missed a seven-foot birdie try on 14. Kim won the hole after her second shot stopped within a foot, but she was still 4-down with four to go.
Kim found a greenside bunker with her second to the par-five 15th. She blasted some 20 feet from the hole, but three-putted for bogey to give Blumenherst the victory.
"It was a lot of fun. I played really solid, hit the ball well and the putts were falling," said Blumenherst, a two-time ACC Player of the Year at Duke. "It was a combination of everything and it worked out. That was a lot of fun not having to putt, but I'm putting well too so it would have been OK either way. Kimberly never gave up, that was nice to see. It was lot of fun. We were giving each other birdies and having to make them. It was a great round."
"There was really nothing I could do about it. Putts weren't falling, I was getting bad bounces, but there is nothing you can do on days like that," admitted Kim, who became the youngest tournament champion ever last year at 14. "I tried and made a lot of birdies, but so did she."
There was far less action in the Uribe-Jang match. Uribe drained a long birdie putt on the third to go 1-up, Jang was conceded par on the fifth and that squared the match. They traded wins at eight and nine as Uribe bogeyed eight and Jang bogeyed the ninth.
Uribe took the lead for good with an eight-foot birdie putt on 10. At the 15th, Uribe made another eight-footer for birdie to move 2-up. The 17-year-old Colombian ran in a long birdie putt to seal the 2 & 1 win.
"I just need to keep doing what I'm doing (in the final)," Uribe said. "I need to make more putts because it is match play and putting is everything here."
The 36-hole final will be contested Sunday.
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Let’s take a look at the Super Bowl 2009 betting odds and the betting line and figure out where they’ve been and where they are going to go.
MySportsbook.com put up the Super Bowl 2009 betting odds late on Sunday night with the Pittsburgh Steelers favored by 6.5 points and a total betting line at 47.5 points.
Since then, however, the Super Bowl 2009 betting odds have seen a good deal of movement and you’ll want to be on top of where they are likely to move to make sure you get the best line value for the big game.
Since opening, the Super Bowl 2009 betting lines went to Steelers -7 in the span of roughly 3 hours but were quickly bought back down just minutes later to 6.5 again.
After that is took about 5-6 more hours before the betting line went back to -7 where it has sat for a while now and is likely to remain. The opening betting total of 47.5 was bet down right after the line became available and went to 47 within minutes.
Roughly a day later it has been bet even further down to the 46.5 tally it currently is set at.
Roughly 60% of gamblers seem to be on the Cardinals here so the point spread will be bet down and a 7.5 would not last very long at all with many taking the early 6.5 in hopes of finding a potential middle in the Super Bowl 2009 betting odds.
If you like Arizona and see a 7.5, I’d take it as soon as possible because it’s unlikely to last. For Pittsburgh backers, the -7 might be the best you’ll be able to find but a 6.5 is definitely possible close to game time.
Regarding the Super Bowl 2009 betting odds for the total, most tracked gamblers are already on the over and with those who took the under 47.5 already securing a middle on the over 46.5, the only way I see it moving is back up to 47 so if you like the over, I’d recommend betting now.
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