Biermann Finishes as Runner-Up at U.S. Ladies’s Amateur, Capping Off a Week to Keep in mind

East Lansing, Mich. – When she was 7-years-old, former Michigan State girls’s golfer Brooke Biermann was given a dozen yellow golf balls by her grandfather.

Nearly 15 years later, Biermann teed off at Bandon Dunes Golf Club – the favourite membership of her grandfather, Bill – within the one hundred and twenty fifth U.S. Women’s Amateur Championship utilizing a yellow golf ball.

He handed away quickly after the reward to his granddaughter and in her third profession event, on the Yorktown Golf Course in Illinois, Biermann made a hole-in-one with a type of balls and that was the beginning.

Throughout highschool, junior golf and school, that is what Biermann has performed, a nod to the grandfather that gave her a dozen Callaway Chrome Soft yellow golf balls, together with this week in Oregon as she and her caddy, Brooke’s father Bill, made it to the championship match of the U.S. Women’s Amateur.

“That was when I was seven years old, so I’ve been playing them basically my whole golf career,” Biermann stated. “You know, every time I tee it up he’s with me, and actually this spot, it was his favorite — he was a golfer — favorite golf spot he’s ever been to and he told my dad that before he passed away.

“I needed to native qualify to get into this, and I instructed my dad, I wish to get out right here so unhealthy — it was my dad’s dad — so you possibly can expertise what your dad skilled. Oh, God. Yeah, so however I’m so glad my dad was in a position to see.”

From the start of the U.S. Amateur on Aug. 4, her father, Bill, was by her side, pushing her cart and providing counsel as Brooke tied for 33rd place at 2-under par 142 through two rounds. She then managed through the grind that is match play, winning on Wednesday in the Round of 64, 3&2, and then, perhaps, the most difficult day, winning in 22 holes in the morning on Thursday and then turning around to play in the Round of 16 that afternoon, with a victory in 19 holes.

Biermann won her quarterfinal match on Friday, 3&2, but she went to extra holes in the semifinals – for the third time in five matches – and won in 19 holes.

The championship match was all square through 11 holes before Biermann posted bogies on three-straight holes, something she had not done the entire tournament, and finished the opening 18 holes down 3. She battled in the second 18 but could not cut into Megha Ganne’s lead and closed out at 33 holes, falling 4&3.

“I’m going to recollect this second for the remainder of my life,” Biermann said. “I imply, what a cool spot to be with my household and simply, you recognize, overlook the golf. I imply, what an amazing — what a visit that I’ll at all times bear in mind. Beautiful Oregon, and, yeah, after which remembering the golf.

“Just having my dad on the bag and relying so hard on him throughout the whole week and trusting him, it just shows our relationship and how well we work together. That doesn’t happen in a week. It has taken years and years of focus and grinding.”

Biermann was additionally in a position to share the weekend with buddies, members of the MSU crew, together with Head Coach Stacy Slobodnik-Stoll, teammate Shannon Kennedy and a bunch of West Coast Spartans who got here to the course.

“My college coach and my teammate flew in, and then my boyfriend flew in last night and slept in his car,” Biermann stated. “And, you know, there were a lot of Michigan State fans out here. I feel like the staff was so supportive. I felt so welcome the whole week. That’s pretty important I feel.

“Shannon (Kennedy) and I’ve been roommates all 4 years. They texted me they had been coming fortunately as a result of I believe I’d’ve been in shock after I noticed them.”

Despite not winning the championship, it was a strong finish for Biermann in her final amateur competition before entering LPGA Tour Qualifying School this coming fall. Her resume includes reaching the finals of the 2025 U.S. Women’s Amateur, winning the 2024 Missouri Women’s Amateur, winning the 2023 NCAA Palm Beach Regional and earning All-American honors and All-Big Ten Conference honors this year at Michigan State.

“You work actually arduous, so does everybody, however you’re employed actually arduous so it feels so good to be in positions like that,” Biermann said. “To compete on the highest degree and to beat among the greatest feminine golfers on this planet head-to-head is such a tremendous feeling.

“It sort of the shows that hard work is paying off and dedication to a game that sometimes can be very unforgiving. So I’ll take great strides from this and confidence in my game and my work ethic, and I’ll take it onto whatever the next thing is and just enjoy from there and try to always be in the mentality of having fun.

“That’s what I thought of (towards the tip of Sunday’s match). Take within the views. Enjoy. Love it.”