BANDON — A lot of home-course knowledge and a great touch around the greens have put Marie Simonds of Coquille into the quarterfinals at the 100th Oregon Amateur at Bandon Dunes.

Simonds beat Charisse Spada, a two-time winner of the event, in a match that was extended to the 19th hole Thursday to stay alive in the event. The other South Coast golfer remaining in the tournament, Jesse Schutte of Florence, won his second-round match Thursday, but came up short in the round of 16, falling 2 and 1 to Jeff Petroff of Tualatin.

Simonds took advantage of extremely windy conditions and her knowledge of the Bandon Dunes layout, a course she has played many times, while beating Spada. It also helped having her husband, Jeff, the resort’s head professional, serving as her caddie.

“He’s fun to have out there,” Simonds said. “We’ve played a lot of golf together.”

The two met on a blind date set up by golfing friends in Idaho, when Marie was the top golfer in the Western Athletic Conference for Boise State and Jeff was a golfer at the College of Idaho. They have been married for six years and played a lot of golf at the resort, which came in handy Thursday, when Simonds was saved by her putting.

“I putted extremely well,” she said. “The greens are in great shape. I felt very comfortable out there.

“Between the two of us, we’ve read a lot of putts out there.”

Simonds only hit three greens in regulation on the front nine, though she birdied two of those holes.

She led 3-up after a birdie on No. 15, then decided to play conservative, knowing a tie on any of the final three holes would give her the match. That move turned out to be a mistake.

“I do a lot better when I have the club in my hands I need to hit an aggressive shot,” she said.

Spada won the final three holes to extend the match, but hit her tee shot left into the tall fescue grass on the playoff hole, leading to a double bogey. Simonds, meanwhile, hit two good shots and was just short of the green. She chipped on and had a two-putt bogey to win the hole and the match.

Spada’s drive on the 19th hole was an anomaly during the match.

“She played very well,” Simonds said. “She was very consistent.”

Spada won the tournament in 1982 and again in 1999.

Next up for Simonds is 2007 champion Kristen Svicarovich of Hillsboro.

“Tomorrow, I just want to go out and have a good time,” Simonds said. “I play well when I have fun and relax.”

One of the other quarterfinal matches features a pair of University of Oregon teammates. Kendra Little will face Erica Omlid, who beat defending champion Kate Hildahl on Thursday. The oldest player in the field, 60-year-old Sandy Woodruff, also advanced to the quarterfinals, along with Caitlin McCleary, No. 2 seed Amy Beth Simanton and Jordan Allyne.

Schutte expected to be among the men in the quarterfinals, but was undone with a shaky putter in his match against Petroff.

“You can’t win if you can’t putt,” he said after his long birdie putt on No. 17 slid just past the cup when he needed a win to extend his match.

Schutte, a three-time state champion for Siuslaw High School, had beaten Jeff Nielson 2 and 1 in the morning match, and twice led by two holes against Petroff.

But Petroff evened the match with a birdie on No. 9 and took a two-hole lead with a birdie on No. 13.

Schutte had a short par putt to win No. 14, but missed, and Petroff made a great save from deep in the bunker fronting the par-3 15th hole to win that one as well with a par after Schutte also was short of the green and hit his pitch well past the hole, leading to a bogey.

“I had hit that bunker shot in my practice round,” Petroff said. “I didn’t think it was that hard. I was confident I could get it up and down.”

Schutte took out some of his frustrations on the downwind 16th hole, hitting his tee shot just off the back edge of the 363-yard par 4, and got a birdie to keep the match alive. But Petroff won the match when both players parred No. 17.

“I played pretty good,” Petroff said of the afternoon round. “The best thing was probably my putting.”

In the morning, Petroff knocked off No. 2 seed Armen Kirakossian 4 and 3.

He actually didn’t have a first-round match Wednesday because Coos Bay resident Tim Tucker, a Bandon Dunes caddie, withdrew after qualifying 34th, reportedly to fly to New Jersey on a business trip, giving Petroff a bye.

Petroff graduated in 2008 from Jesuit High School in Portland and played golf this year for Saint Mary’s College of California. But he is in the process of transferring to Oregon State University, where he hopes to earn a spot on the golf team for the Beavers.

Ironically, Schutte also transferred to Oregon State after spending two years on scholarship at Oklahoma. But he decided this spring that he wants to turn pro, and will give up college to try to qualify for the PGA Tour.

Next up for Petroff is University of Oregon golfer Isaiah Telles, who beat OSU’s Tyler Parker 2 and 1 Thursday.

The other quarterfinal matchup in their half of the bracket includes former McKenzie High School standout Casey King, who was a combined 7-under par for 30 holes in dominant wins Thursday over No. 3 seed Jim Dunlap and University of Portland golf coach Bill Winter, and Oregon’s Andrew Vijarro, who beat teammate Robbie Ziegler 6 and 5 in the round of 16.

Vijarro, who is seeded 11th, is the only player in the top 20 after the two rounds of qualifying still alive in match play.

In the top half of the bracket, 52-year-old Byron Patton will face Sean Callopy and Colin Tucker meets Chris Polski. Polski advanced to the U.S. Amateur Public Links tournament in a 36-hole qualifier on Sunday before arriving at Bandon Dunes for the Oregon Amateur qualifying rounds Monday.

The quarterfinals for the men and women are this morning, with the semifinals this afternoon. The 36-hole final is Saturday, with a lunch break splitting the two rounds.