Details come from a United States Golf Association writer on site of the 61st U.S. Junior Amateur in Shoal Creek, Ala.:

They are the same age – 17 years old.

They almost have the same last name.

And Olympia's Cameron Peck, and Virginia's Evan Beck will fight it out for the 61st U.S. Junior Amateur champion at Shoal Creek, Ala.

The 36-hole championship match will start at 6 a.m. PDT today.

Peck had the more dramatic outing in the semifinals. The Timberline High product won the last two holes of regulation to tie his match against 17-year-old Dominic Bozzelli, then made par on the 20th hole to sew up the victory.

In fact, with eight holes to play, Peck was 3-down in his match.

The pivotal shot came on the par-5 17th when he hit his second shot – a 4-iron – from 205 yards out on the green, and two-putted for birdie.

"I knew it was either do or die on 17," said Peck. "I knew he was probably going to make at least a par there. And when I won hole 18 I said, 'I’m finally even and I have a chance.'"

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This week: Nationwide Tour's Children's Hospital Invitational, Thursday through Sunday, Ohio State University's Scarlet Golf Course, Columbus, Ohio.

Second-round score: 1-over-par 72.

Position: Putnam (1-under 141) is tied for 17th, four strokes behind leader Peter Tomasulo (137).

Recap: The Tacoma native has spent the past month carving up some of the nicest layouts on the Nationwide Tour as one of the birdie-making leaders on tour. This week, he's been steady – 29 pars and four birdies. His 29 pars are No. 2 in the field. Putnam birdied the third hole to get to 3-under for the tournament, and one shot off the lead, but fell back after back-to-back bogeys on Nos. 10 and 11.

Tee time Saturday: 8:25 a.m. PDT with Bubba Dickerson.

This report from a United States Golf Association writer on site of the 61st U.S. Junior Amateur in Shoal Creek, Ala.:

Fourteen-year-old Jordan Spieth of Dallas, Texas, moved a step closer Friday to becoming the youngest champion in the history of the U.S. Junior Amateur Championship. He won his morning quarterfinal match over Andrew Yun of Chandler, Ariz., 3 and 2, and now will face Evan Beck, 17, of Virginia Beach, Va., in his afternoon semifinal match.

Spieth, who is playing match play for the first time, never trailed against Yun, and held a 4-up lead after nine holes.

"I almost let him back in it," said Spieth, who is looking to unseat Tiger Woods as the youngest champion in the event’s 61-year history. "I was fortunate that he didn’t have enough holes left. I knew he would make a charge. I just wanted to be ahead by enough that it wouldn’t matter."

Woods was 15 years old when he won the first of his three consecutive Junior titles in 1991.

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