Pairings/Results October 24, 2021 Championship Match: Kings River G&CC vs. Santa Rosa G&CC Kings River G&CC didn’t want to touch the NCGA Team Match trophy before play started for fear of jinxing themselves. May have been a great decision. Kings River G&CC won its first overall NCGA Team Match Championship title on a stormy…
Pairings/Results Oct. 11, 2021 Team NCGA used a big early lead to hold on and win the annual NorCal Women’s Cup at Carmel Valley Ranch, defeating Team NCPGA by a final score of 16.5 points-7.5 points. In Monday’s pivotal final round of play, the NCGA outscored their counterparts, 7-5, combined. The NCGA also picked up…
Player Information/Pairings/Results November 17, 2021 Pasadena resident Kathy Kurata came up north, took on a challenging course and tough field, and walked away a California Amateur champion. Kurata fired a final-round 4-over 76 Wednesday at San Jose Country Club to come in at 9-over 225, polishing off what became a wire-to-wire win at the California…
Player Information/Pairings/Results NCGA Hall of Famer Randy Haag already had plenty to stand on. A record six NCGA Player of the Year titles. A co-record 16 NCGA championships. Medalist honors in eight USGA qualifiers. One thing that had always been missing, however, is a California Amateur title–until now. On Wednesday, Haag, a 62-year-old member at…
Player Information/Pairings/Results August 17, 2021 Brett Viboch and two others are on their way to this year’s U.S. Mid-Amateur Championship. Viboch, currently the leader in the race for NCGA Player of the Year honors, was medalist in Tuesday’s 18-hole qualifier at Yocha Dehe, carding a 7-under 65. Michael Jensen also advanced after finishing second…
Player Information / Pairings / Results August 13, 2021 Mission accomplished. Robert Funk, who lives in Canyon Lake near Riverside but is quickly becoming a regular in NCGA events, captured yet another NCGA title, this time the Senior Amateur Match Play Championship after defeating runner-up Casey Boyns, 3 and 2, in Friday’s 18-hole final…
Player Information/Pairings/Results August 13, 2021 When the last putt fell in, Sam Sommerhauser and his caddie, his dad Dave, exchanged a high-five and a long hug. A marathon week had ended in victory. Sommerhauser, a 19-year-old sophomore at the University of Arizona, got his first amateur win in a big way, capturing the…
Poppy Hills Golf Course Pebble Beach CA July 16 – 18, 2021 Player Information Sheet / Pairings / Results July 18, 2021 Daniel Connolly returned to the last place where he tasted victory and got to experience it all over again. Connolly, a 24-year-old resident of San Francisco, shot a final-round 4-under 67 Sunday…
Pairings/Results June 13, 2021 NCGA legends Randy Haag and Casey Boyns have some new company when it comes to the NCGA victory columns. On Sunday, Monterey resident Nick Moore collected his 10th NCGA victory, this one a sudden-death victory over Matt Hansen at the annual Mid-Amateur Championship at Poppy Hills. With the victory, Moore…
Player Information / Pairings / Results June 8, 2021 Big Sur Flight Transit Hackers GC member Michael Hoshida went wire-to-wire, carding a final round 70 to come in at 4-under 138 for a four-stroke win over runner-up Craig Nunes of Hunter Ranch. Nunes shot a final round 69. Third place went to Rich Hunz…