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We are just one round away from crowning an RI Amateur champion.

The semifinals are underway this afternoon at Kirkbrae Country Club with the last two standing to play a 36 hole championship match on Sunday.

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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Semifinals

Tom McCormick vs Bobby Leopold – 1 p.m.

Bobby is one up through one.

Leopold off to a hot start, he is two up through 3.

Tommy sticks it close on 4 and wins with birdie, now back to one down.

Tie ball game.

Leopold goes one up on 7 after McCormick misses a short putt.

Play has resumed. Leopold is one up through 13.

McCormick wins 14 with a par. Left his birdie putt a few feet short. Leopold s approach came up short and rolled back off the green.

McCormick makes a 25 footer for par to halve hole on 15. Huge putt for the home “team”

Leopold drives the green on 16, McCormick in the trees. McCormicks ball hits the tree and bounced backward.

Leopold wins with a tap in birdie. He is one up with two holes to go.

They halve 17, Leopold is one up with one to play. McCormick just missed a birdie putt.

Leopold wins it. He will face O’Leary.

Jamie Lukowicz vs Andrew O’Leary – 1:10 p.m.

O’Leary takes the first hole.

O’Leary now two up through two.

Three up through 6 for the Notre Dame star.

O’Leary wins 6&5