DeChambeau, Bard advance to U.S. Amateur final

OLYMPIA FIELDS, Ill. - 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.