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Righties Left Out of Men’s Final; History to be Made in Women’s Final
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WOMEN’S MATCH TREE
Canby, Ore. (June 25, 2010) - At Willamette Valley Country Club, the day began with morning quarterfinal matches at the 101st Oregon Amateur Championship followed by afternoon finals semi-final contests for the winners in order to determine who would compete for the state’s ultimate amateur golf crown.
Like last year’s amateur, there would be two Oregon Ducks in the finals with Jack Paton of Hillsborough, Calif. taking on Oregon State’s Paul Peterson of Salem, Ore. in the Men’s final. On the Women’s side, it will be senior Erica Omlid of Springfield, Ore. who will have a match of historic proportions against Monica Vaughn of Reedsport, Ore.
With two historically significant matches in the balance, the Women’s Quarterfinals concluded with Tiffany Schoning dispatching 13-year-old Gigi Stoll with a 1up victory, but 15-year old Monica Vaughn was able to outlast Lara Tenant with a birdie on the 19th hole to advance to the semi-finals.
In the Men’s quarterfinals, Oregon State senior Paul Peterson easily advanced with a 4 & 2 win over Brandon Taylor and the Oregon Duck’s Isaiah Telles of Tualatin, Ore. dispatched University of Portland golfer Jake Wagner to set up a civil war semi-final. The bottom half of the bracket was not vandalized by the University of Idaho players as neither Damian Telles of The Dalles or Justin Kadin of Corvallis were able to advance. Samuel Kloenne of West Linn, Ore. rolled over Kadin 6 & 4 shooting 4-under par through the 14-hole played. Telles put up a valiant fight, but despite shooting 1-under par, he could not overcome Paton’s 3 birdies in a 5-hole stretch. A bogey on the 21st hole ended his run.
In the afternoon semi-final matches, history was assured as Vaughn outlasted former Idaho Vandal Amanda Jacobs in a 22-hole marathon outing to become what may be the youngest finalist in Oregon Amateur history. The youngest champion it the 101-year history of the event was Jonathan Moore, who won the Men’s event in 2001 at the age of 16.
“Today’s matches were tough,” said Vaughn. “Lara Tennant is very intimidating. She can just stick it from just about anywhere, and I am just not that accurate yet with my irons. It was my putting that saved me,” she added. In fact, it was a 30-foot putt on the first extra hole that won that morning match for Vaughn, and it was long putts on many other holes that saved me today.”
Despite shooting 1-over par for the 22-holes played, Jacobs’ mistakes came at costly moments. A birdie on the par-4 ninth brought the match to all-square, and three wins in the next 4 holes gave Jacobs a commanding lead. Vaughn, with a par win in the 14th hole, went birdie-birdie on the 17th and 18th holes to bring the match to all-square.
“I was hitting it left all day,” noted Jacobs, who had pulled three shots into the trees on the 17th hole to give up her lead. But it was her putter that let her down on 18, missing a 3-foot par putt forcing extra holes. On each extra hole, Vaughn was hitting her drives long and center, while Jacobs was still pushing shots left. Scrambling approach shots kept allowing her to a chance to win, as long as Vaughn continued to miss putts. It was only when she put her tee shot into the trees on the fourth extra hole that she was really in trouble. Not able to get to the green, she punched her next shot into the fairway but her approach shot landed just inside of Vaughns’. With a two-putt on the final hole, Vaughn made history and will now face Erica Omlid, the 2006 Oregon Junior Amateur champion who presently plays for the Oregon Ducks.
A civil-war like battle was taking place in the Men’s semi-finals with the southpaw Peterson taking on the Isaiah Telles. Telles had an incredible run in the quarterfinals, shooting 4-under par for the 14-holes played, but it was a run that would end in the semis. A bogey on the par-3 8th hole and par-5 11th coupled with Peterson’s birdie on 9, placed Telles 3-down ultimately awarding the win to Peterson.
The story was different for Paton, also a lefty, who was down most of the match to Kloenne. It was an incredible run, beginning on the 165-yard, par-3 14th hole that propelled Paton to the finals. In the last six holes, Paton was 3-under par shooting three successive birdies on the final three holes to turn the tide in his favor and advance to the finals.
The 36-hole championship finals will begin with the Women teeing off at 8am and the Men following at 8:15am. The afternoon continuation of the matches will commence at 12:30pm. The public is welcome to attend.
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