EGG HARBOR TOWNSHIP, N.J. (AP) -- Chip Lutz and Tom Brandes advanced to the U.S. Senior Amateur final Wednesday at Hidden Creek Golf Club.
The 60-year-old Lutz, from Reading, Pennsylvania, beat two-time U.S. Mid-Amateur champion Tim Jackson of Germantown, Tennessee, 1 up, and the 59-year-old Brandes, from Bellevue, Washington, topped former PGA Tour player Steven Liebler of Irmo, South Carolina, with a birdie on the 21st hole.
Lutz reached the final for the first time after dropping out in the semifinals in 2010, 2011 and 2013. He swept the Canadian Senior Amateur and Senior British Amateur titles in 2011 and 2012.