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 The 113th Western Amateur at Rich Harvest Farms in Sugar Grove has reached the Match Play Stage and the Sweet 16. The Gog Blog by Rory Spears, Editor and Director of Content. Follow Rory on Facebook, Linkedin and Twitter @GogBlogGuy.                     ______________________________________________________________________

(L-R) Jerry Rich, Robbie Shelton Medalist and WGA Chairman Dennis O’Keefe. Photo Courtesy of WGA.

The first half of the Western Amateur Championship is in the books, the first half means the stroke play part of the championship is done. When the putts all quit falling, Robbie Shelton of the University of Alabama Golf Team was the medalist. Shelton will advance to the match play part of the tournament as the No.1 seed.

The eight sweet sixteen matches start at 8 AM today, the eight winners will play quarter finals in the afternoon, leaving the final our to battle it out on Saturday. With the 18 hole championship match starting at just after noon time on Saturday.

The Par 3 7th hole at Rich Harvest Farms.

Shelton went out and made several birdies early in his second round on a day of 36 holes that boosted him into the lead. He ended up at 11 under par (277) that was good enough to win by two strokes even with two late bogeys.

Shelton says he used his knowledge of Rich Harvest Farms, much of it which was gained during the Palmer Cup in June to help him around the golf course.

Jack Maguire the final player into the match play that earned him the #16 seed, gets to play Shelton in the first match this morning. The following matches are as follows.

8:15 Ryan Ruffels #8 vs Luke Toomey #9                                                                           8:30 Jordan Niebrugge #4 vs Adam Wood #13                                                                   8:45 Dawson Armstrong #5 vs Harrison Endycott #12                                                       9:00 Gavin Hall #2 vs Jonathon Garrick #15                                                                       9:15 Charley Danielson #7 vs Jake Knapp #10                                                                   9:30 Aaron Wise #3 vs Alex Franklin #14                                                                           9:45 Sam Horsfield #6 vs John Coutlas #11

The only Illinois player that was left in the 45 player field that tee’d off on Thursday was Daniel Stringfellow of Roselle who plays out of Medinah and Auburn University, but he did not make the cut. Danielson who plays for the University of Illinois is from Osceola Wisconsin.

Click here to hear interviews with Robbie Shelton, Charlie Danielson and Jordan Niebrugge.

Good friends Danielson and Niebrugge both from Wisconsin enjoyed playing together on Wednesday, but now of they play together again, one of them will go home. That is unless they play in the championship match, because when that’s over both players will go home. They are hoping they don’t see much of each other, until Saturday afternoon.

The Gog Blog will be at Rich Harvest farms to continue it’s coverage later today. Stay clicked in.