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The match play portion of the Rhode Island Amateur is on to the quarterfinals.

As always, GolfNewsRI will have a live blog for every single day of matches right up and through Sunday’s Championship match. 

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Quarterfinals

McKinley Slade vs Tom McCormick – 7:30 a.m. 

McCormick is one up through one hole.

Tommy moves to two up.

He is rolling. Moves to 5 up through 6.

Slade gets one back, McCormick now 4 up through 7.

McCormick’s lead is down to three up through 8. Slade making a push.

Slade now just two down through 10. He was previously 5 down through 6.

Slade is one down through 13. All the momentum is on his side.

So apparently there were some golf genius errors. (Sorry I’m only one guy).

McCormick won the match on 16.

Bobby Leopold vs Brad Valois – 7:40 a.m. 

Brad Valois is one up through one.

Match is even.

Leopold moves to one up in the match.

Valois ties the match through 6.

Leopold is one up as they make the turn.

He remains one up through 12.

Valois goes 1 up on 17.

Leopold ties him on 18. Playoff time.

Leopold wins it in one of the greatest matches you will ever watch.

Andrew O’Leary vs Michael Hamilton – 7:50 a.m. 

O’Leary loses his ball on the second hole. Bad break there. Hamilton will go one up.

Match is now even.

O’Leary birdies five to go one up in the match.

Hamilton wins seven with a par to tie match. O’Leary .

O’Leary wins the tenth hole after a poor drive from Hamilton.

Hamilton gets it back to even par on 11. Match has been back and forth all day.

O’Leary is two up on Hamilton.

Hamilton chips in for birdie on 18 to tie the match. Now in a playoff.

Second playoff hole.

O’Leary wins on second playoff hole.

Jamie Lukowicz vs Harry Dessel – 8 a.m. 

Dessel is one up after Lukowicz loses his ball on 2nd hole. Two players lose balls on two in consecutive groups.

Lukowicz flips the match and is one up through 4.

Dessel pars five to tie the match.

Lukowicz gets back to one up through 6.

The defending champ is three up through 9.

Lukowicz is four up through 12.