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San Francisco City: Connolly and Baumgarten take 5 extra holes
Daniel Connolly (Steve Lewis photo)
Daniel Connolly (Steve Lewis photo)

SAN FRANCISCO, Calif. (Feb. 28, 2016) -- 16 players remain at the San Francisco City after a day of upsets and a 23-hole marathon match.

Dominic Salomone, the top-seed, was upset 3&2 by Ben Peters leaving Noah Shiek as the highest seed left in the field (10). Shiek, a former University of Oregon golfer, took down Christian Banke (brother of last year's women's champion Sara Banke) 4&2.

The match of the day was between two future Division I college golfers; Bryan Baumgarten and Daniel Connolly. Baumgarten, a soon to be University of Illinois Illini -- and a semifinalist last year -- had a stretch of seven birdies in nine holes which put him 2-up with three to play.

Connolly, an upcoming SMU Mustang, battled back and forced extra holes. Amazingly, the high school seniors halved the first three playoff holes with birdies, with Connolly eventually pulling the match out on the fifth playoff hole.

Steve Lewis, of the San Francisco City Championship committee, said of the match:

"It was a slugfest of birdies and eagles. Connolly missed a ten footer on the fourth extra hole to let the match go to the next where he was able to get it up and down from greenside for birdie after two powerful shots."

Another highlight of the weekend's play was 14-year-old Lucas Carper of San Jose, who reached the round-of-16 for the second-straight year. Carper, who attends Leland High School in San Jose, eagled his final hole on Saturday to defeat Alex Chin (see video above). Today he had an easier time of it in a 5-and-4 victory over Alex Park.

The round of 16 will continue on March 5th. You can check out the entire bracket by clicking the results link below.

ROUND ONE STORY

Some of the same characteristics that can make The Presidio Golf Course so tough to play in stroke play -- as some of the field who missed the cut found out last weekend -- make it interesting in match play.

There are some tight holes with O.B., and of course those San Francisco huge Eucalyptus and Monterey Pine trees that might have caused longer hitting players to play cautiously last weekend. But get 2 or 3 down, and the driver is probably coming out.

Today marked the first round of match play, and only one of the co-medalists advanced, Dominic Salomone. He won a close battle over a seasoned mid-amateur golfer from the Olympic Club, Dan O'Connor, 1-up.

Drew Karen wasn't as lucky -- he bowed out against Matt Grush, 2-and-1.

To view the full bracket, click on the results link below.

Results: San Francisco City Championship
WinCADaniel ConnollySan Francisco, CA180
Runner-upCANoah SheikhWoodside, CA120
SemifinalsCABen PetersRedwood City, CA80
SemifinalsORMarcus PotterTualatin, OR80
QuarterfinalsCARoshan ChekuriPleasanton, CA50

View full results for San Francisco City Championship

ABOUT THE San Francisco City Championship

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*An NCGA Points Tournament*

**New Entry Procedure for 2024: Registration opens for all players on October 1. There will be 50 spots held for exempt players under the following categories:

* The past 10 years of the San Francisco City Golf Champions
* 2023 San Francisco City Men’s Championship Match Play Qualifiers
* Top 20 men’s 2022-2023 NCGA Points Lists
* 2023 NCGA Champions (Amateur, Mid- Amateur, Junior)
* The top 3 finishers in each of the 6 AmateurGolf.com Winter Tour events (Dec 2023-Feb 2024)

Registration for exempt players, and for non- exempt players with a handicap index of 6.4 or lower as of the date of entry, opens on October 1 and will remain open until the field limit (120 players including spots reserved for exempt players) is reached. When the field limit is reached, all additional registrants will be entered in the pre-qualifier at Presidio Golf Club on Friday, March 8, 2024.

Once entries close, if there are any unfilled spots in the Men's Championship (due to fewer than 50 exempt players registering or withdrawals), they will be filled by Pre- Qualifier registrants in the order in which they registered.

Players entering pre-qualifying will pay an entry fee of $165 for the pre-qualifier, and those advancing from the pre-qualifier will pay the remainder of the entry fee (must be paid prior to playing).

The 36-hole match play qualifier will be held March 9-10, 2024, with 18 holes played at TPC Harding Park and 18 holes at Presidio Golf Course for a combined 36-hole qualifying score.

There will be 156 players in the qualifying round with 64 players advancing to match play. When all qualifying has been completed, the Men’s Championship Flight will consist of 64 contestants. In the event of a playoff to qualify for match play, a player must be present in order to retain his right to participate in the playoff.

Match play will begin on March 16, 2024. All match play for the Championship Flight (Mar 16-17, 23-24) will be held at TPC Harding Park.

A schedule of all dates of play can be found on the tournament website sfgolfchampionship.com.

WITHDRAWALS AND REFUND POLICY
Players needing to withdraw should do so by filling out the form at sfgolfchampionship.com/con tact/. Players withdrawing before the entry deadline of February 19 will receive a refund of their entry fee minus $50. There will be no refunds after the entry deadline.

CART POLICY
The use of carts is prohibited for players and caddies in the Men’s Championship Flight (Appendix I – Local Rule Applies)

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ABOUT THE SAN FRANCISCO CITY CHAMPIONSHIP
The oldest municipal tournament in the USA. Match play event with scratch men's, senior men’s, women's, senior women’s, and open flight divisions. Past champions include Ken Venturi, Harvie Ward, Juli Inkster, Bob Rosburg, George Archer, and Dorothy Delasin. Some of the “non winners” include Tom Watson and Johnny Miller. Click the “history” tab for more about this wonderful event.

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