September 22, 2014 Edward Hackett had a comeback to remember. Hackett fired a second round 68 to come from eight strokes behind and win the annual Mountain View City Championship held at Shoreline Links. In his first round, Hackett had opened with a 79, putting himself eight shots behind leader Joey Russo, who had opened…
Full Results September 10, 2014 Vista resident Kyle Souza didn’t waste much time in settling the matter at hand. Souza, a former standout at Chico State, eagled the first hole of a sudden death playoff–the par-5 1st–to defeat Matt Hansen and win this week’s Northern California Open on Wednesday at par-72 Almaden Country Club. With…
Full Results September 16, 2014 Shawn McEntee made it a wire-to-wire win at the annual Northern California Senior Open Championship. McEntee, a PGA instructor at Chardonnay Golf Club, shot even-par 70 Tuesday at par-70 Clear Creek Tahoe to finish at 1-under 139 and defeat runner-up Stuart Smith by one stroke in the event, which featured…
Sept. 2, 2014 Runaway Pacific Coast Amateur winner Corey Pereira held off Jonathan De Los Santos to win the 90th California State Fair Amateur Championship at Haggin Oaks. Pereira closed with a 5-under 67 to finish at 16-under 200 and win by two. Pereira and De Los Santos entered the final hole tied at 15 under,…
Sept. 2, 2014 Sunnyvale’s Jim Knoll added to a remarkable 2014 season with a two-shot win at the California State Fair Senior Championship. Knoll shot 68-69 at Mather Golf Course over Labor Day weekend, beating out second-place finishers Scott Anderson and Greg O’Malley. Knoll had already won two big California events entering the State Fair,…
August 25, 2014 Steven Chung shot identical rounds of 68 to finish at 8-under 136 and win the Antioch City Amateur title by one over Mac Marr. Chung, winner of the NCGA Valley Amateur in both 2008 and 2009, shared the first round lead with Zack Sims. Scott Olds, a member of the Antioch Hall…
August 25, 2014 The San Jose City Championship became an duel between Aggies. Nicolas Noya, a redshirt sophomore at UC Davis, and Patrick Soli, who’s headed to Davis, went back and forth in the final round before Noya pulled out a one stroke win. Hosted by Santa Teresa GC, Noya had rounds of 65-70 to…
August 25, 2014 This year’s event was not held. Look for the championship to return June 2015.
August 11, 2014 Aaron Beverly of Paradise Valley GC used his home course knowledge, shooting 140 with rounds of 70-70 to win the annual Fairfield City Amateur Championship held at Paradise Valley GC and Rancho Solano GC. Beverly defeated runner-up Peyton Smith of Peninsula G&CC (70-73–143) by three shots. Regan Kilpatrick and John McCord finished…
August 11, 2014 Sean Dyer shot a final round 66 to come from behind and win the annual Santa Cruz City Amateur Sunday at DeLaveaga Golf Course in Santa Cruz. Dyer, who played for nearby Cabrillo College in 2002 and 2007, finished the 36-hole event with a score of 2-under 138. “It’s a load off…
