RI Amateur LIVE Blog – Round of 32
The match play portion of the Rhode Island Amateur is underway.
As always, GolfNewsRI will have a live blog for every single day of matches right up and through Sunday’s Championship match.
The live blog will consist of detailed updates, photos, videos and more.
Follow the action below:
(Matches are listed in order of tee time)
Chris Roloff vs McKinley Slade – 8 a.m.
Match is tied through one hole.
Roloff takes the second hole to go one up.
Match is tied through 4.
Slade moves to two up through 15.
Slade wins 3&2.
Tom McCormick vs Rob Grossguth – 8:08 a.m.
Grossguth is one up through four.
The match is even through five.
McCormick drops a long birdie putt on seven to go one up. Bombs a drive on 8
He pushes his lead to two up through 8.
The 2005 champion is three up through 13.
McCormick wins 4&3.
Kevin Silva vs Kolby Simmons – 8:16 am.
Straight from a playoff to the first match, Simmons and top-seeded Kevin Silva are tied after one hole.
Simmons is one up through 2.
Two up through three.
Match is even through 4.
Silva has flipped the script. He is two up through 7.
Now three up through 9.
Silva wins the match 3 & 2.
Lance Gillett vs Alex Parente – 8:24 a.m.
Gillett is two up on Parente through 6.
Three up through 8 now for Gillett.
5 up for Gillett.
Gillett wins 4&3.
Bobby Leopold vs Joe Tucker – 8:32 a.m.
Leopold takes a one up lead through one.
Tucker is one up on Leopold.
Tucker is now two up on Leopold through 12.
Leopold wins on 19th hole.
John Auclair vs Will Hall – 8:40 a.m.
Auclair is one up through three.
The match is even through 6.
Hall wins 7 with a par, goes to one up.
Still one up entering the back nine. Auclair made a huge putt on nine to halve hole.
The Kirkbrae veteran takes a one up lead through 11. He is now two up through 12.
Auclair wins 2&1.
Tyler Cooke vs Derek Audette – 8:48 a.m.
Derek Audette is two up through 4. He was part of that massive playoff Wednesday night.
Cooke is one up on Audette after winning the 8th hole. Cooke put his second shot to about three feet, Audette was in trouble after his second shot.
Audette ties the match on 10.
Audette pulls back ahead, now one up through 12.
Match is even on 17.
Tyler Cooke wins 17 to go one up. Audette three putted to lose the hole.
Cooke wins 1-up.
Brad Valois vs John Baldwin – 8:56 a.m.
Baldwin strikes first, takes a one up lead on Valois.
Valois ties the match on the third hole.
Through 4, Baldwin is one up.
Valois takes his first lead of the match, goes one up after the 8th hole.
He is now three up through 12.
Valois wins 5&3.
Andrew O’Leary vs Kevin Blaser – 9:14 a.m.
O’Leary birdies the first hole to go one up. He had about a five footer.
The Notre Dame star moves to two up through 3.
O’Leary is four up through five.
Andrew O’Leary wins 5&4.
Jon Cooper vs Ryan Tomaso – 9:22 a.m.
Cooper is one up.
Cooper is one up on 17.
He holds on to win 1 up.
Austin Cilley vs Larry Lafauci – 9:30 a.m.
Cilley wins the hole with a par after Lafauci was in trouble off the tee.
Cilley is two up through seven holes.
Three up through nine for Cilley.
Lafauci had a lost ball on 10. He concedes the hole. Cilley is now four up.
Cilley wins match 6&5.
Mike Hamilton vs Matt Phillips – 9:38 a.m.
Hamilton goes one up with a birdie on the first hole. Just had a few feet. Phillips was in trouble off the tee.
Hamilton is two up through six holes.
This match is over, Hamilton wins 4&3.
Jamie Lukowicz vs Tim Picard – 9:46 a.m.
Lukowicz goes one up with a birdie on the first hole.
The defending champ is four up through seven holes.
Lukowicz is 7 up through 10.
Lukowicz wins 7&6.
Richard Audette Jr. vs Pat Healey – 9:54 a.m.
Healey is two up through five holes.
Healey is three up through 9.
Pat moves it to four up.
Healey wins on 16.
Harry Dessel vs Cam Moniz – 10:02 a.m.
Dessel is one up through three.
Match is back to even through five.
Dessel gets back to one up.
Harry Dessel wins 1 up.
Max Jackson vs Jordan Amorin – 10:10 am.
Match remains tied through three holes.
Amorin is two up in the match.
Jordan wins one up.