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2014 champ Scott Harvey reaches US Mid-Amateur final (The Associated Press)

ELVERSON, Pa. (AP) -- Past champion Scott Harvey outlasted Dan Sullivan in 19 holes Wednesday to advance to the U.S. Mid-Amateur final at Stonewall Links.

The 38-year-old Harvey, the 2014 winner from Greensboro, North Carolina, will face 25-year-old Stewart Hagestad of Newport Beach, California, in the 36-hole final with a Masters spot at stake.

''It's pretty exciting,'' Harvey said. ''It's what you come here for, and the prize is worth it.''

Hagestad beat Scott Strickland of Birmingham, Michigan, 4 and 2 in the event for players 25 and older.

In June, Harvey beat Hagestad in a playoff in the George C.