Emma Talley

(Alabama athletics)

Emma Talley did her part, sinking a birdie putt to finish at 3-under-par 285 and atop the leaderboard with a two-shot lead.

Talley then had to sit and wait for more than an hour, watching a TV in a tent with her Alabama teammates to see if her lead would hold up.

It did.

Talley is this year's NCAA women's golf champion, becoming the first individual national champion in the history of either Alabama men's or women's golf.

The U.S. Women's Amateur champion in 2013, Talley is just the fifth women's golfer ever to win both the U.S. Amateur and NCAA individual championships.

"It was just an incredible week," Talley said. "I had been playing well up to this point, and everything kind of came together and clocked just at the right time. God's blessed me with so much, and I just took it and ran with it."

Talley led by one entering the final round Monday before closing with a bogey-free final round of 3-under 69.

She finished one shot ahead of Arkansas' Gaby Lopez and Duke's Leona Maguire.

As a team, Alabama finished 14th at 74-over 1,226.