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THE GOG BLOG BY RORY SPEARS, Editor and Director of Content. Follow Rory on Facebook, Linkedin and Twitter @GogBlogGuy. With the Western Amateur Sweet 16 Trophy.

It started at 156 players and now it’s down to the Final Four and championship Saturday at the Knollwood Club in lake Forest.

Match play is now the format and medalist Sam Horsfield is still alive after a couple of close matches in the Sweet 16 and Elite 8.

In his Elite 8 match, Horsfield lead JJ Grey 4 UP after just 10 holes, but by the time they were on the 17th tee box, the match was All-Square (AS).

With Horsfield 1 UP on 16, he blocked his tee shot on the Par 5, and it landed Out of Bounds.

“I played good this morning and on the front nine this afternoon,” said Horsfield. ” then on the back side this afternoon I struggled. I made a couple of bad decisions on the bad nine that lead to bogeys.”

But after Grey missed the green on the par 3, 17th and could not get up and down. Horsfield went 1 UP, on 18 with both players in the fairway. Horsfield hit the green and Grey flew it over, then hit a long chip and missed a par putt. He conceded to Horsfield at that point.

Match 2 saw Davis Riley defeat John Coultas 1 UP, Riley won his morning match against local favorite Nick Hardy 4&2.

Match 3 had William Gordon defeat Braden Bailey 1 UP, in a match that stayed close all the way around the course.

Match 4 saw two players will local ties battle it out. Dylan Meyer from Indiana and a member of the University of Illinois Golf Team, defeated Doug Ghim from Arlington Hts. Illinois by a 5&4 score. Ghim admitted he was fortunate to get this far, since he didn’t feel he had his game all week, on what he called a tough Knollwood course.

The Par 3, 12th hole at Knollwood.

Meyer called the key to his success was the way he has been hitting his driver.

Meyer called the only disappointment of the day, was the morning loss of fellow Illinois teammate Nick Hardy.

Meyer said he and Hardy were really “cheering hard for each other” because they wanted to play each other in the championship match.

Click here to hear interviews with Dylan Meyer, Doug Ghim and Nick Hardy.

The Semi-final matches will tee off at 8 AM and 8:15, with the championship match teeing off 45 minutes after the morning matches are complete. The Gog Blog will have full final day coverage. So stay clicked in.