Two golfers punched their tickets to Sunday’s Kansas City Boys Match Play Championship finals in two very different fashions.
Joe Bultman, the tournament’s No. 1 overall seed, wasted little time or holes Saturday, notching victories of 7 and 6, as well as, 8 and 7 in the quarterfinals and semifinals, respectively.
Bultman squared off with Andrew Cunningham, the No. 8 seed, in the quarterfinals and built a 3 up lead through eight holes. The top seed went on to win the next four holes to close out the match after 12 holes.
His semifinals match followed nearly the same script against No. 7 seed Jack Seiler. Bultman never trailed in the match and had a 3 up lead through six holes before claiming the next five holes and yet another victory.
Awaiting Bultman in the finals is Sam Parrott.
Parrott pulled the upset card in the quarterfinals, where he edged No. 3 seed Garrett Clark 2 and 1. Each golfer held a 2 up lead at one point in the match, but Parrott eventually swayed momentum back in his favor after 16 holes. Parrott sealed the match on No. 17, and set up a semifinal match up with No. 7 seed Christian Ghilardi.
Ghilardi and Parrott needed 19 holes to settle the semifinal match.
Parrott never trailed in the match, but was never able to build more than a one hole advantage.
Ghilardi managed to get the match back to all square on the eighteenth hole, but Parrott ended the match on the very next hole, sealing his trip to the final match against Bultman.
Bultman and Parrott square off Sunday for the championship match.
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