Mike Ignasiak of Saline hits a ball inches from the hole from a bunker on Hole 18 during a local qualifier for the U.S. Open on Monday, May 13, 2013 at Warwick Hills Country Club. Ignasiak shot a 71 on 18 holes, one under par.
Jake May | MLive.com
Mike Ignasiak of Saline is the last Washtenaw County player standing in the 102nd Michigan Amateur, being played this week at the Muskegon Country Club.
Ignasiak won a Friday morning match to advance to the tournament quarterfinals, scheduled for Friday afternoon, weather permitting.
Ignasiak, a former professional baseball player, won his round-of-16 match 6 & 5, and is now one of eight players remaining of the more than 150 that started the tournament Tuesday.
Three area golfers advanced through stroke play to the 64-player match play portion of the tournament. Casey Baker, the vice president of golf shop operations at Miles of Golf in Ann Arbor, advanced to the round of 16 before losing a close match, 2 & 1, to Brad Bastion. Mark Brinkman of Ann Arbor lost in the first round of match play, 1 up to Jake Losey.
Andrew Tindall of Manchester also participated in the tournament, but did not advance through the two-day stroke play portion into match play.
The biggest upset of the tournament so far was scored by a former University of Michigan golfer, Andrew Chapman, who upset former champion and stroke play medalist Tom Werkmeister in the opening round of match play.
Live scoring for matches is available through the Golf Association of Michigan's website.
Kyle Austin covers sports for AnnArbor.com. He can be reached at kyleaustin@annarbor.com or 734-623-2535. Follow him on Twitter @KAustin_AA.