Former Michigan State women's golfer Brooke Biermann outlasted Kansas junior Lyla Louderbaugh in 19 holes on Saturday, Aug. 8, to advance to the 125th U.S. Women's Amateur final at Bandon Dunes Golf Course in Bandon, Oregon.

Biermann led by three strokes after the first 15 holes, but Louderbaugh won the final three to force a extra holes. There, on the par-4, 351-yard 10th hole, Biermann reached the green in two shots, and after a putt left Biermann just inches from a par, Louderbaugh conceded.

“Lyla (Louderbaugh) is a great player. She gave everything she had today, and so did I,” Biermann said in a post-match interview with The Golf Channel. “Being in extra holes a couple of days ago, I just leaned extra hard on that and just remembered how calm I was, and I just tried to carry that in

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