With an up-and-down par on No. 15 and a two-putt par on No. 17, however, Overson closed to within a hole heading to the par-5 18th. But he never got the chance to force extra holes when Daniels drained a 20-footer from the fringe for birdie on the final hole.

Horner, actually, dodged a few bullets in reaching the final. In his morning match Saturday he was all-square heading into the par-5 18th, where Carl Jensen had a 15-foot birdie putt to win the match. But the putt power-lipped out and then Carl Jensen missed the 6-footer coming back — giving Horner the win.

In his semifinal match, Horner and Christian Jensen were all square before Horner slipped in a delicate downhill 12-footer for birdie on No. 16. His opponent then missed a shorter putt for birdie, three-putted No. 17 and No. 18.

"For me, it just came down to a couple of missed putts," Christian Jensen said.

Horner, who missed a short putt on No. 18 to win the match, still got the job done when he tapped in a 4-foot birdie on the first extra hole.

In Saturday morning's other quarterfinal matches, Christian Jensen ousted 51-year-old Steve Poulson 4 and 3. Overson sent former Delta High star Casey Fowles packing with a 2 and 1 victory.

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