When Brooke Biermann stood on the 17th tee Wednesday afternoon at PGA National in Palm Beach Gardens, Florida, the Michigan State sophomore insists she had no idea she and her teammates were about to make history.
The Spartans entered the final day of the NCAA Regional with a three-shot lead and needing only a top-five finish to advance to the NCAA Championship finals. That, of course, was the main goal entering the round and it’s all Biermann was thinking about.
And considering coach Stacy Slobodnik-Stoll told her team before the round there was no need for anyone to be a hero, it stands to reason Biermann, who had just saved par out of the sand on No.