Jeff Coburn wins Rancho Santa Margarita Amateur in playoff

2/22/2015 | by Conner Penfold of AmateurGolf.com

RSM Amateur winner Jeff Coburn (middle)

Jeff Coburn parred the first playoff hole to beat out Sahith Theegala for the RSM Amateur title at Tijeras Creek Golf Club

RANCHO SANTA MARGARITA, Calif. — Beneath threatening skies on the final day of the Rancho Santa Margarita Amateur, Jeff Coburn and Sahith Theegala found themselves in a sudden-death playoff after both shooting 36-hole totals of 141. Theegala, of Chino Hills, three-putted the 10th hole, giving way to Coburn, of Rancho Santa Margarita, to two-putt from 18 feet and claim the 13th annual tournament. Coburn, the 2013 and 2014 Southern California Public Links winner, shot rounds of 71-70 en route to the weekend victory, though the Sunday 70 came with, at times, difficult playing conditions. "That was ironically when I started playing well," Coburn said of the 30-minute period of rain during Sunday's round. Coburn said it began raining on his 10th hole, a hole he birdied before parring 11 and making back-to-back birdies on 12 and 13. Coburn played in the inaugural RSM Amateur 13 years ago, and says Tijeras Creek Golf Club is just as good now as it was back in 2002, but noted that the course is set up much more difficult now, yielding the three-under winner. Taking third place was Mark Cobey, a CSU Fullerton golfer. The freshman from Woodland, Calif. shot 71-74. The low round of the final day went to Cory Chavez, who after shooting 83 on day one shot the lowest round of the tournament by two shots — a 67 — to tie for tenth place.

Results: Rancho Santa Margarita Amateur

Place	Player	Location	Pts	Scores
1	Jeff Coburn	Rancho Santa Margarita, CA	75	71-70=141*
2	Sahith Theegala	Chino Hills, CA	50	71-70=141
3	Mark Cobey	Woodland, CA	25	71-74=145
T4	Gordon Neale	Trabuco Canyon, CA	25	71-76=147
T4	Byron Busse	La Habra, CA	25	69-78=147

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Gross-only tournament played the last weekend in February that has attracted the best in Southern California for many years. Max Homa, Cameron Tringale, Beau Hossler, and Stewart Hagestad have all competed. Play in threesomes to ensure a nice pace of...

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