U.S. WOMEN'S AMATEUR CHAMPIONSHIP

August 8, 2025

Brooke Biermann

Bandon Dunes Golf Resort

Quick Quotes

Played in the wind today again. I think it was windier today than even yesterday?

BROOKE BIERMANN: I think this is by far one of the windiest days I played in a long time, yeah.

Q. What was the difference in clubs today? Just talked to Ella and she was a five club...

BROOKE BIERMANN: Totally, even when you punch into the wind, like whatever you do, it's just going to come back at you basically.

So out there I was just like trying to focus on what I could control, and that's just like solid contact and like trying to pick the best club for me.

Yeah, so that's what I try to do. I tried to say steady out there and, yeah, I don't know.

Q. Was there a hole where you like -- I know I talked to Ella. She said 11 she hit a wedge into that hole in the playoff and today she said 7-wood. Was there a hole like that?

BROOKE BIERMANN: Yes. No. 4. I had a pitching wedge in in the round the 64 and today I hit a 3-wood and I knew it wasn't probably wasn't going to get to that hole.

Q. Second shot?

BROOKE BIERMANN: Yeah, sorry. 4? No, 5. Five is the shoe hole, right? And I was just like, okay, try to get this to the middle of the green. I got it to the front. Two days ago I had a pitching wedge in.

Like, crazy. So, yeah.

Q. Is it easy to make those adjustments, or no?

BROOKE BIERMANN: I'm very glad I have my dad on the bag. I think he's like -- picks a lot of great things and he seems to have a good eye and feel for that stuff practice.

So I usually make the decision, but like he's also a great like person to bounce ideas off. Okay, what do you think? Five clubs up or four?

So, yeah.

Q. You beat the 64 seed. I know she's 64 seed only in seeding. She is 50 ranked player in the WAGR.

BROOKE BIERMANN: Yeah, she's pretty dang good. Yeah, very good. She's going to a great team. Northwestern, right? Okay, yeah. Big Ten team. They're great. Of course they just won the national championship.

Great player and it was a very competitive match. I thought she played great and, you know, she chipped in for eagle on 9 and I went 1-down. I'm like, well, that's something I'm not too -- you know, I'm used to that. Almost every match I've gone into the back nine down, so that was a great shot.

I was just like, told myself try to stay in my lane and just focus on what I can control, that's once again, try to hit the best shots I can.

Q. You told me you never made match play prior to this week. Now in the semifinals.

BROOKE BIERMANN: Yeah.

Q. Can you put that in perspective?

BROOKE BIERMANN: Yeah, I mean, pretty cool, pretty awesome. Feel very thankful to be in this position once again.

You know, I have played in a bunch of match play events and have made the cut. USGA took me a little while to warm up, but it's okay.

I have proud of myself in a lot of great matches, and I'm leaning hard on those experiences and taking them out here.

Q. Possibly you can face Lyla Louderbaugh. How familiar are you?

BROOKE BIERMANN: I am. Very familiar. We played a couple times with her. I don't live that close to her, but being from Missouri you know people of course. She's a very nice girl.

I played with her head on head last year in the Missouri Amateur. Yeah, so that was fun.

Q. You beat her?

BROOKE BIERMANN: Yes. That's why I qualified for Southern Hills last year.

Q. Right. She qualified this year.

BROOKE BIERMANN: Exactly. So -- yeah. So it's nice; she gets to play. But, no, she's very nice girl. Great player.

Q. I'm sure you know Kiara era from the Big Ten.

BROOKE BIERMANN: Yeah, we went head-to-head at the Big Ten Championship this year. She ultimately won. She's a great player. I mean, of course she's very solid.

Q. I have to ask you, it seems like you almost use your putter to will your putts in. Do you feel like that's a good luck charm for you? Tell me about that.

BROOKE BIERMANN: No. I probably shouldn't do that. It's like I'm very -- I graduated now, but my whole team was like, the body language you have out there is insane. You're going to hurt yourself.

But even with like a lot of iron shots, I'm like, this and this. You know what? I don't know. I can't control it. I have a lot of movement out there. I guess I tell myself Scottie Scheffler has it too, so...

He doesn't do that on putting, but I don't know. I have a little bit of movement, I know.

Q. Have you always been like that?

BROOKE BIERMANN: Yeah. I mean, I guess it's rolling. I worked really hard on my putting the last couple years, and it's improved quite a bit.

So I guess I'll just, I don't know -- but I do see videos of myself and I'm like, oh, I am moving a lot more than I thought.

Q. Do you work like with a sports psych regularly?

BROOKE BIERMANN: Not really. Believe it or not, my dad would love to hear this, but I lean hard on him for like mental like -- he's always -- I think I told you yesterday, always telling me you got this, you can do this. So like I lean hard on that. Of course he's been with me through my whole life and golf career, so he knows knee better than I probably know myself.

There has definitely probably been times just like everyone's life where you question things. Like why am I playing golf or should I do this major? Is this even what I want to do? Both my mom and dad, but my dad is very good at mentally preparing me for whatever is coming ahead, school, golf, life, whatever.

So...

Q. Don't kids normally butt heads with their parents?

BROOKE BIERMANN: Sometimes. Trust me, there are a couple times on the course(indiscernible.) But we're a good team. You know, I wouldn't let anyone else on my bag right now because he knows me so well and he just knows how like to handle my emotions and what to say in different moments like to pump me up and.

Like when she chipped in for eagle today on 9, that's not something you fully expect when you have a chip, too. He told me, he's like, move on to the next hole. Well, 1-down is what we're used to going into the back nine because you've been down -- like almost every match I've been down going into the back nine.

Yeah, just roll with the punches.

Q. What do your parents do your work?

BROOKE BIERMANN: So my dad is -- he's a lawyer. He wears a lot of hats to put us in position to be here. He works really hard.

He's a municipal judge and also a real estate developer. He has a law degree so he does a lot of law stuff on the side.

This morning he was in the bathroom and I was like, are you okay? Are you sick? No. He was on his computer working. He does everything he can to support us of course and make sure the opportunities like this can come and we can play in things like this and travel the world and play against the best in my country.

And then my mom is a physical therapist, which is also great with stuff like this. She's great. I mean, both of them work very hard.

Q. Does your dad wear like the robe?

BROOKE BIERMANN: Yes. I remember going to see him. He's like don't tell people I do -- not that it's a bad thing, but people are going to think I'm Judge Judy. He thinks it's fun and he's sort of helping out people. Like people that are in rough spots, maybe have a couple things on their -- have not gone their way in life, maybe made a bad decision, like how can I help them figure it out.

So, yeah. He always comes home with some crazy stories which is very interesting.

Q. What's your fondest golf memory with your dad? I imagine this week could supplant it, but before this week.

BROOKE BIERMANN: There are so many cool ones. One of the coolest ones I would say maybe at the Drive, Chip & Putt when he was my caddie for that. Just he's such a golfer and so am I, but he just got to take in Augusta and that was really, really cool.

And then I would say another one -- gosh, there are so many.

Q. Does he take like golf trips?

BROOKE BIERMANN: Not really. Mostly tournaments. My dad is like -- he jokes. He loves to play golf, but he jokes. He's like, I've never been to so many golf courses in my entire life and played so few rounds of golf. That's okay. I'm going to change it.

That's probably my favorite. What a special place to like experience with your parents, you know. Pretty cool.

Q. How old were you, like ten?

BROOKE BIERMANN: 12. I think. Yeah. Need to confirm that. I think was the oldest age you could be. I do remember it.

Q. 14 maybe?

BROOKE BIERMANN: Maybe, yeah. That sounds right.

Q. I think it's 13, 14 maybe. I don't know.

BROOKE BIERMANN: Yeah.