It didn't really last all the way for Maja Stark.
When the US Open was to be decided in San Francisco, the Swedish amateur went out as a split nine, just a couple of strokes from the top battle.
18 holes later, Stark had lost something, but can still look back on a good competition.
Skåne's 74 strokes, two over par, were finally enough for a shared 16th place - her second straight top 20 placement in the US Open.
Sagström finished well
Sunday offered varied bogeys and birdies and Stark just showed strength when she came back several times after a series of bogeys.
With a total of 288 strokes, Stark was one stroke ahead of Madelene Sagström, who with one of Sunday's best scores, -1, finishes in a shared 20th place.
Stark, on the other hand, missed the medal that is awarded to the competition's best amateur, the American Megha Ganne was a stroke better.
Further down the field, Anna Nordqvist and Pernilla Lindberg were inseparable.
They went on the last day in the same ball, both went around on 73 strokes and both finish with +13 in a shared 49th place.
Cunning Olympic Club, just a few well-beaten drives from downtown San Francisco, offered fierce resistance to all the players, and only five of them went the entire competition under par.
And at the top, it became unexpectedly dramatic.
Philippine victory
What with only a few holes left to play looked like a triumphant walk up to the clubhouse for experienced Lexi Thompson became a battle until the last short putt.
With three bogeys in the last five, Thompson lost his lead, which for a while was up to five strokes, and missed special games.
Instead, the Japanese Nasa Hataoka and the Filipino Yuka Saso, who both lined up birdies on the final holes, had to make up.
There, Saso, who turns 20 in two weeks, was the strongest.
When she rolled in a two-meter putt for a birdie on the third special hole, she secured the victory and thus became the youngest ever to win the US Open.
According to the organizers of the day, she is as young as Inbee Park was when she won in 2008.