DeChambeau, Bard advance to US Amateur final

By foxsports
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OLYMPIA FIELDS, Ill. (AP) NCAA champion Bryson DeChambeau and Derek Bard will meet in the U.S. Amateur final on Sunday.

DeChambeau, the SMU player from Clovis, California, defeated Sean Crocker, a sophomore at Southern California, 4 and 3 Saturday in the semifinal at Olympia Fields.

Bard, a junior at Virginia from New Hartford, New York, beat Kenta Konishi of Tokyo 3 and 2.

DeChambeau and Bard will play the 36-hole championship match on the club's North Course.

As U.S. Amateur finalists, DeChambeau and Bard are expected to receive invitations to next year's Masters.