Defending champ Nate Dunn

In the upper bracket, Medalist and top-seed J.D. Anderson lost his round of 32 match to Oelwein’s Josh Black, the 33rd seed, in 19 holes. Black followed that up with a big 8&7 win over #48 seed Matt Weresh and returned in the afternoon to beat #41 seed Ruben Sondjaja, 2&1.

Black will face #21 seed Hunter Van Veen of Monroe, who defeated 5th seeded Broc Everett 1-up and followed that up with an equally tough match, beating Myles Pfingsten (Des Moines), 1-up.

Van Veen and Black will tee it up at 7:30 a.m. in the first semi-final match.

In the lower bracket, last year’s defending champion and the #2 seed Nate Dunn, took care of business quickly in his first two matches, winning 6&5 and 5&4. Dunn’s matches today proved to be more difficult, with a first match win over Fort Dodge resident and #15 seed Colin Pearson, 2&1.

He followed that up in the afternoon by eeking out a win over 26th seeded George Qian of Bettendorf. Qian enjoyed a 1-up lead on two occasions in the round, but the match was all-square after 17. Dunn needed a birdie on the last to walk away with a 1-up win.

Dunn will face #6 seed Gene Elliott of West Des Moines. Elliott defeated Marshal Lamb of Bettendorf, 5&4 and followed that with a 1-up win over Jon Brown of Clive. They will tee off second at 7:45.

The winners of the semis will face off in the final match, set to tee off at 12:45 on Wednesday, July 1.

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