Thu Jul 24 19:13:41 2008

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Yun takes out medalist at U.S. Junior

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Shoal Creek, AL (Sports Network) - Andrew Yun, 17, parred the third extra hole on Thursday to eliminate medalist Jorge Fernandez Valdes in the third round of match play at the U.S. Junior Amateur Championship.

Yun trailed 2-down with two holes to play, but a birdie at 17 and a par at 18 forced the playoff. Both parred Nos. 1 and 2, then Fernandez Valdes bogeyed the par-five third.

Yun will face Jordan Spieth in Friday's quarterfinals. Spieth won the first five holes against David Persons and barely let up from there. Spieth took the seventh, eighth and 10th holes for an eye-opening 8 & 7 victory.

Evan Beck handed J.J. Spaun a 3 & 2 loss on Thursday and will move on to play Ernesto Marin on Friday. Marin had little trouble beating T.J. Vogel, 4 & 2, in the third round.

Andrew Steinhofer birdied the 17th hole in round three, then hung on to defeat Tom Lovelady, 1-up. Steinhofer gets Dominic Bozzelli in the quarterfinals after Bozzelli beat Gaston De La Torre, 3 & 2.

Cameron Peck destroyed Rak Cho, 7 & 5, to set up a quarterfinal match with Emiliano Grillo, who toppled Robert Galbreath, Jr., 6 & 5, Thursday.

The quarterfinals and semifinals will take place on Friday with a 36-hole final on Saturday.