Los Angeles City: Theegala rolls past loaded field
LOS ANGELES, Calif. (June 15, 2014) -- Sahith Theegala of Chino Hills fired a final-round 65 to close a masterful run at the 97th annual Los Angeles City Championship Sunday.
Theegala, a rising junior golfer, shot rounds of 70-68-67 over the first three days of competition before going low in the final round. It all added up to an impressive eight-shot victory over a loaded field of the region's top golfers.
Jon Levitt, Kyle George and Tim Hogarth, a longtime contender in Southern California events and six-time LA City champ, finished tied for second place. Levitt and Hogarth shot final-round 69s to climb the leaderboard.
Gunn Yang shot a final-round 67 to slide into fifth place.
The Los Angeles City Championship is a 72-hole, stroke-play championship. The championship flight is played at Rancho Park Golf COurse and features a cut to the low 50 players and ties after 36 holes.
ABOUT THE Los Angeles City
72 Hole Stroke Play at Griffith Park (Wilson and
Harding) and Rancho Park Golf Course. The field will
be cut to 48 players and ties for the weekend. To
qualify to play in the Championship Flight you must
have an index of 3.5 or less. If you do not have an
official index number you may play in the
Championship Flight but you must provide a letter
from your PGA Golf Professional or College Coach
stating your ability to play in the Championship
Flight
and you will be placed at the end of the field. The
Maximum number of entries is 148. If entries are
oversubscribed players will be put on standby list in
order of applications received.
Handicap Flights play 54 Holes of Stroke Play. The
field will be cut to 30 players (top 6 in each flight)
for
Sunday’s final round.
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