Chip Lutz, Tom Brandes reach US Senior Amateur final

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 Tim Jackson of Germantown, Tennessee, 1 up, and the 59-year-old Brandes, from Bellevue, Washington, topped Steven Liebler of Irmo, South Carolina, with a birdie on the 21st hole.

In the morning quarterfinals, Lutz beat stroke-play medalist Randal Lewis of Alma, Michigan, 4 and 2, and Tom Brandes defeated Patrick Murphy of Provo, Utah, 5 and 4.

The tournament is for players 55 and older.