Area roundup : Prugh ousted at U.S. Amateur

Alex Prugh of Spokane finished second in stroke play at 2-under-par, but fell in the first round of match play at the U.S. Amateur Golf Championship at the Olympic Club in Daly City, Calif., Wednesday.

Prugh lost on the 19th hole to Jon Curran.

Prugh trailed Curran from the third hole to the 18th when he squared the match.

Because of a fog delay Monday, the final 64-man match play field wasn’t set until early Wednesday morning after 315 golfers finished the 36 holes of stroke play.

The former Ferris High School and University of Washington golfer finished stroke play at 138, a stroke behind medalist Jason Kokrak.

The tournament concludes Saturday.

“Savana Bezdicek, 13, of Colbert took Rui Li of Kent, Wash., to the final hole before falling 1-up in the championship flight quarterfinals of the PNGA Junior Girls’ Amateur Championship at Ocean Shores (Wash.) Golf Club.

Bezdicek, down three holes early, rallied to tie at the 11th, fell one back at 16 after missing a short putt and couldn’t make up the deficit on the final two holes.

Li, a sophomore at Kentwood High, defeated medalist Lauren Sewell of Renton, Wash., to advance to today’s 36-hole final against Seo Hee Moon of Mukilteo, Wash.

Sierra Bezdicek, 12, who lost to her sister on the first day of match play, won her first flight quarterfinal 3 and 2 over Taylor Babcock of Lake Oswego, Ore., before losing 1-up in the semifinals to Kristin Tan of Seattle.

Cross country

The Eastern Washington women are picked sixth and the men seventh in the Big Sky preseason coaches’ polls. Northern Arizona was chosen first in both polls. EWU opens its season Sept. 8 at the Grizzly Invitational in Missoula.