Professional golfer Katie Brenny was awarded $359,000 this week from a Minnesota judge after he ruled overwhelmingly that the 33-year-old had been sexually discriminated against while serving as head coach of the women's golf team at the University of Minnesota.

The victory came three years after Brenny's original lawsuit was filed and stemmed from accusations made against John Harris — a 61-year-old pro golfer who played on the PGA Tour and the Champions Tour — the man who hired Brenny in 2010, but almost immediately demoted her and tried to make her quit after finding out she was a lesbian.

COURT DOCUMENTS: Katie Brenny Awarded $359,000 In Sexual Discrimination Lawsuit — Read The Ruling

On March 18 Hennepin County Judge Thomas M. Sipkins declared in a 38-page ruling in Brenny's favor based on the evidence and testimony given at the trial.

Living in North Carolina at the time, Brenny was recruited by Harris, who was the Director of Golf, in 2010 to relocate and take a position as the head coach of the women's golf team at the University of Minnesota.

"Harris represented to Brenny that the position was a head coaching position and would involve traveling, recruiting, instruction and all coaching responsibilities," the court documents read, noting it was a job description identical to that of the head men's golf coach.

According to the testimony and findings, the head coaching position was available because the school's golf Direction of Instruction, Ernie Rose, had suggested to Harris that the current coach, Kris Wessinger, "lacked golf specific expertise and was better at mentoring and managing student athletes" and should ultimately be demoted.