Sands, Hughes advance to match play at U.S. Junior Amateur

Junior standouts Parker Sands of Edmond and Chase Hughes of Oklahoma City have advanced to match play in the U.S. Junior Amateur Championship at Oakland Hills Country Club.

Among the 64 players who advanced to match play, Sands finished tied for 12th with rounds of 70-69 on the Oakland Hills South and North courses. Hughes finished tied for 32nd at 2-over after rounds of 74-68.

Not advancing to match play were Will Hennessee of Tulsa, who shot consecutive rounds of 79, as did Benton Manly of Tulsa. Complete stroke play qualifying scores are here.

Sands lost in the first round of match play to Nguyen Ahn Minh of Vietnam while Hughes defeated Cayse Morgan of North Bend, Ohio in the first round before losing to Tyler Watts of Huntsville, Ala., 4 and 3 in the second round. Live scoring is here. 

Peacock will stream the semifinals and afternoon portion of the Saturday championship match with Golf Channel re-airing the broadcast on tape delay.