VULCAN’S KATHY GAGNON lines up a putt Sunday with the help of her husband Larry in the 92nd annual UP Ladies Golf Association Championsips at Oak Crest Golf Course. (Burt Angeli/Daily News Photos)

NORWAY — Oak Crest Golf Course, site of the 92nd annual UP Ladies Golf Association Championships, will be guaranteed a representative in the tournament semifinals.

Oak Crest members Kathy Gagnon and Annie Greenwood both emerged with first-round victories Sunday and advanced to this morning’s quarterfinals. It just so happens they’re paired against each other.

“That will be fun,” said Greenwood, who played in the same foursome Sunday with Gagnon.

Greenwood needed 20 holes to outlast Niagara’s JoAnn (Thibert) Poncino while the other hard-fought match saw Gagnon rally from a two-hole deficit to best Karen McCorkle of Pembine, Wis., 1-up.

In the other first-round matches Sunday, medalist Zoe Woodworth of Lake Linden downed Cathy Shamion of Ontonagon 3-2; Hancock High School junior and runner-up medalist Payton Dube defeated Tammy DeBakker of Vulcan 4-3; former champion Becky Cecconi of Iron Mountain edged Leah Skoglund of Kingsford 1-up; Escanaba High School star Paxton Johnson dispatched Barbara Rossi of Chassell 4-3; former champion Karen Plaisier of Ishpeming spilled Lisa Dionne of Davison 2-up; and Nancy Osier of Wakefield tripped Amy Johnson of Iron River 4-3.

ANNIE GREENWOOD of Crystal Falls tends the pin on the first hole Sunday. (Burt Angeli/Daily News Photos)

The other quarterfinal matches this morning pit Cecconi against Johnson, Woodworth versus Osier and Dube against Plaisier.

“The oldest player (in championship flight) against the youngest,” quipped Plaisier, who won the 2015 UP title at age 65.

In the Greenwood-Poncino battle, neither golfer could achieve more than a one-hole advantage. Greenwood’s seven-foot putt on the second extra hole for par decided the match.

“JoAnn is a great competitor and great opponent,” Greenwood said. “It was exciting and nerve-wracking but still fun.”

The 13th-seeded Greenwood credited her chipping for upsetting the No. 4 Poncino.

“My wedges were hitting pretty good to the green,” Greenwood said. “I wasn’t skying any.

“I only had about three holes that were disappointing in how I hit it. I just hit the ball well today.”

Greenwood, in her first UP tournament, posted a 91 in qualifying Saturday — two strokes above the cut line. Woodworth led championship flight with a 79 and Dube followed with an 81.

“I just figured let’s just go out and play some golf and see what happens,” she said. “I really didn’t know if I would make championship flight.”

Gagnon started her comeback on No. 14 after McCorkle built a two-hole advantage with “excellent” putts on 11, 12 and 13.

“I started goofing up on the back nine,” Gagnon said. “I was over-swinging and she was starting to make her putts.”

Gagnon came back to take 14, 15 and 16 for the one-hole margin. They both halved the final two holes.

“I didn’t play as well as I did yesterday,” said Gagnon, who qualified fifth with an 83. “I was more steady Eddy. Today I was more up and down.”

Advice from her husband and caddie Larry — “relax and play your game” — helped Gagnon make her move to the quarterfinals for the first time.

“You get so nervous that you’re choking the club,” Gagnon said.

Gagnon, a 16-time Oak Crest club champion, started playing Oak Crest in the 1980s.

“I think I’m pretty seasoned,” said Gagnon, who missed the 2005 UP tournament at Oak Crest when her mother, Theresa, passed away the day before the tournament.

Kathy wears an angel pin in memory of her late parents, Theresa and Leslie Lovato, and in-laws, Jenny and Larry Gagnon.

“My mother and dad used to always come out and watch me,” Kathy said. “Jenny always told me to never give up. I wear the pin for both of our parents.”

Tournament semifinals will be played Tuesday morning, with the championship match in the afternoon.