16-year-olds Kristen Gillman, Brooke Mackenzie Henderson reach US Women's Amateur final

Published February 05, 2015

Kristen Gillman and Brooke Mackenzie Henderson won semifinal matches Saturday to advance to the 36-hole final in the U.S. Women's Amateur at Nassau Country Club.

The 16-year-old Gillman, Austin, Texas, beat 15-year-old Andrea Lee of Hermosa Beach, California, 4 and 3. Henderson, the 16-year-old Canadian who is No. 2 in the world amateur ranking, edged 16-year-old Hannah O'Sullivan of Paradise Valley, Arizona, 1 up.

Gillman is coming off an 11-stroke victory last week in the Junior PGA Championship.

Henderson, from Smith Falls, Ontario, is trying to become the third Canadian winner in tournament history, following Marlene Stewart in 1956 and Cathy Sherk in 1978.

Henderson took the lead with a birdie win on the par-4 14th and matched O'Sullivan with pars on the final four holes.

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