Southern Hills Plantation trudged through wet course conditions and suspensions to the Semifinals. The Round of 16 matches were played in the morning where five out of the eight matches lasted until the challenging 18th hole. Both Yuki Fujii and Travis Wells, whom upset the two highest seeds in yesterday’s matches, were defeated by Hou Kuan Choi and Ryan Rozic respectively. Bryce Burke and Andre Leveque went 19 holes in their match. Burke scored a par on the par four, first hole, to win and advance to the Quarterfinals. The Quarterfinal matches were played in the afternoon after the second rain delay of the day. Tyler Dierwechter fought off Hou Kuan Choi to win 1 up and advance to face Colin Kresl in the Semifinals. Kresl defeated Landon Weber 1 up after a par save on the 18th hole. Linus Lo made an impressive six birdies to win his match against Ryan Rozic, 6 & 4. Linus will play Manuel Girona, who defeated Bryce Burke 3 & 1, in the Semifinals. Matches begin at 7:30 Thursday morning.
The Boys 13-15 and Girls division worked through inclement weather again at Carrollwood Country Club but were able to complete the Round of 16 and Quarterfinal matches. Some exciting play took place in each division. Number one seed Tyler Wilkes dominated both of his matches defeating Dalton Plattner in his first match and Taylor John McGerity in his Quarterfinal match. Dhrus Patel advanced to the Semifinals after winning 1 up against Blake Wheeler. Alex Lee and Joseph Pagdin will also play in the Semifinals beginning Thursday morning.
The Girls division experienced many upsets with Ariel (Siqin) Yu, Kelly Harris, Sydney Shrader, and Erika Smith advancing to the Semifinals. Ariel defeated Emma Albrecht in her first match 1 up and Roanne Tomlinson in the Quarterfinals 3 & 2. Kelly Harris and Sydney Sharder both won their Quarterfinal matches 3 & 2 to move onto play Thursday. Erika Smith will play in the Semifinals after winning her quarterfinal match 3 & 1 against Macy Somoskey.
The Semifinal matches will begin Thursday, July 23 at 7:30 AM followed directly by the Finals. Hopefully tomorrow will be full of sunny skies and great golf!
