March 17, 2014 The annual Jim Lathum Salinas City Match Play and Senior Match Play Championships got underway with three of the top four seeds advancing through the first two rounds. Medalist and No.1 seed Will Cross advanced to the quarterfinals with a pair of wins, as did No.3 seed Scott Morris and No.4 seed…
March 10, 2014 While his brother Shintaro Ban was busy winning the San Francisco City Championship, Cal sophomore Shotaro Ban picked up his own victory. Shotaro Ban, the older of the two, shot a final round 5-under 66 and birdied the first playoff hole to win the amateurgolf.com Diablo Valley Amateur Championship at Shadow Lakes…
March 3, 2014 Teammates Jerry Ledzinski and Jeff Britton made themselves too tough to catch. The fellow Tehama Golf Club members shot an opening round 9-under 61 and followed that up with a Sunday 62 to finish at 17-under 123, easily winning the annual amateurgolf.com Monterey County Four-Ball championship at Pacific Grove Golf Links. Ledzinski…
Feb. 16-17, 2014 Great first rounds paved the way to victories in the annual Stockton City Four-Ball Championship at par-72 The Reserve at Spanos Park. In the Championship flight, teammates Mike Steiler and Danny Panniccia shot 16-under 128 thanks to an opening round 63 as the duo went on to defeat runner-ups Kevin Wolf and…
March 10, 2014 Shintaro Ban bagged the biggest win of his amateur career yet, while Casie Cathrea made it two in a row. Ban, a senior at Archbishop Mitty, went 4-under through his first five holes Sunday at Presidio Golf Course and never looked back, capturing the men’s title of the annual San Francisco City…
March 3, 2014 Higher seeds again found themselves heading home as play continued in the annual San Francisco City Championship at Presidio Golf Course. Among them was 2013 Junior Tour of Northern California Player of the Year Justin Suh. Suh, who at No.3 was the highest seed remaining in the Men’s championship, saw his chances…
Feb. 22-23 There were upsets galore as the match play portion of the annual San Francisco City Championship got underway at Presidio Golf Course. Among those feeling the sting of the unpredictability of match play was defending men’s champion William Brueckner of Walnut Creek. Brueckner, who won the title last year at the age of…
Feb. 15-16, 2014 Herb Jensen, who represented the NCGA in last fall’s NCGA-NCPGA Cup Matches, fired a medalist-earning even-par 72 on the Presidio Course to earn the No.2 seed in the Senior division of the San Francisco City Championship. Defending S.F. Senior champion Gary Vanier will be the No. 1 seed when match play begins…
Feb. 15-16, 2014 Over 250 players teed it up Saturday and Sunday at Lincoln Park Golf Course as qualifying got underway for the match play portion of the San Francisco City’s Men’s Open Championship. By the time things were over, 32 players were seeded into eight different flights: the Ken Venturi flight, the John Susko…
Feb. 8-9, 2014 Kristopher Server shot 143 (75-68) to earn medalist honors and the No.2 seed as open qualifying for the annual San Francisco City Golf Men’s Championship got underway this past weekend at Lincoln Park and the Presidio Golf Course. Finishing a stroke behind Server at 144 (76-68) was 2013 Junior Tour of Northern…
