Sam Foust Medals, Brackets set at Pacific NW Am

CRESWELL, Oregon (July 11, 2017) -- Rising Oregon junior Sam Foust fired a 2-under 70 to finish 5-under and earn medalist honors at the 116th Pacific Northwest Amateur. Playing at Emerald Valley Golf and Resort, Foust started the day three behind Patrick Sato before rallying to the top-seed on Tuesday with a four birdie, two bogey round. Foust, whose best finish for Oregon came as a sophomore when he tied for 27th at the Husky Individual, converted his second round birdies on Nos. 4, 7, 12 and 15. Behind Foust the top-five was rounded out by a trio of players tied for second at 3-under; Edwin Yi (Oregon), Henry Lee (Washington) and Reid Hatley while Carson Berry (2018 Oregon State commit) and Chase Carlson (Colorado Christian) shared fifth at 2-under. First round leader Patrick Sato of Seattle ended up in a tie for ninth at even-par. With two days of stroke play now complete the field has been trimmed to the top-64 for the beginning of match play on Wednesday. ROUND TWO RECAP The Pacific Northwest Amateur is underway at Emerald Valley Golf and Resort, with Patrick Sato of Bellevue, Washington out in front by one. Sato, an incoming senior at Seattle University, fashioned a 6-under 66, feeding off two par-5 eagles, 3 birdies, and just a single bogey. He is chased by Drew McCullough (Richland, Wash.) at 67. Another shot back at 68 are both Derek Bayley (Idaho) and Henry Lee (British Columbia) as 18 players in the talented field managed to shoot under par rounds. The second round of qualifying for the historic match play event gets underway on Tuesday.