Seb Crookall-Nixon
(San Francisco Athletics Photo)
SAN FRANCISCO, CA (March 18, 2017) -- After
weeks of play the finals of the San Francisco City
Championship's at TPC Harding Park have finally
been set. In
the Championship Division the final will feature No.
32 Brian Ma and No. 6 Seb Crookall-Nixon.
On Saturday the Championship Division
featured the quarterfinal and semifinal matches with
the winners now set to meet in Sunday's 36-hole
final.
Ma made his way to the title match thanks to a
6&5 quarterfinal win over No. 9 Grayson Huff. To
begin the
match Ma won the first two holes to go 2 up and
then never looked back wrapping things up on the
13th.
In his semifinal tilt Ma was able to take down
52-seed Ned Jensen 2&1 and punch his ticket into
the Sunday final.
His opponent, former University of San
Francisco golfer, Seb Crookall-Nixon started is day
day with 3&2 triumph over No. 19 Jason Anthony in
the quarters. In the match
Crookall-Nixon fell behind early and after nine holes
he was 2 down but he would win the 10th hole and
then Nos. 12-15 to take the lead before closing out
the
match on the 16th hole.
Things were a little bit easier in the afternoon
for Crookall-Nixon as he led 2 up after two holes and
never trailed in the match. His opponent, No. 7
Brandon Jacobs, squared the match on the 8th hole
but Crookall-Nixon responded by winning the next
three holes.
He then closed out the match with a 17th hole
win.
WOMEN'S CHAMPIONSHIP
Defending champion Sabrina Iqbal continued
her march towards a repeat with quarterfinal and
semifinal wins on Saturday. In the quarters she
bested No. 9 Sammy Lee 3&2 and then 13-seed
Jasmine Chen 5&4 in the semifinals.
Iqbal will now face No. 15 Kiran Sangha in
Sunday's 36-hole championship match after she
battled her way through two tough matches on
Saturday.
In the quarterfinals Sangha escaped with 2&1
win over 10-seed Aishvarya Bedi and then in the
semifinals she survived a 20 hole marathon match
against No. 14 Ashley Shim.
The Women's Championship Division also
includes the
Julie Inkster Flight and the title match will see No. 5
Cynthia Zhang face No. 10 Marie Dean.
SENIOR CHAMPIONSHIP
Top-seed Gary Vanier moved on once again
after his semifinal win and he will now square off
against 26-seed Rich Rowley in the finals.
Vanier had to battle to punch his ticket to the
next round as he outlasted No. 20 Bob Burnett in 19
holes. After Vanier lost the final hole of regulation,
Burnett knocked his approach shot on the first extra
hole to four-feet. However, Vanier answered with a
shot to 12-feet and he promptly knocked in the putt
to apply some pressure on Burnett. Now facing a
putt to extend the match, Burnett rolled his putt by
and Vanier was able to move on.
For Rowley it was a 2 up win over No. 22 Jeff
Britton.
SUPER SENIOR CHAMPIONSHIP
The final in Super Senior Championship will be
between nine-seed Ron Johnson and three-seed
Tom O'Grady.
On Saturday Johnson pulled off a 4&3 semifinal
victory over No. 9 Jack Bieber while O'Grady moved
on with a 2&1 win over No. 7 Mark Miller.
OPEN DIVISION
*Played at Lincoln Park GC
Ken Venturi Flight
No. 4 James McGGilley vs. No. 6 Ken
Harrington
John Susko Flight
No. 8 Kevin Nalty vs. No. 11 Drew
Walker
George Archer Flight
No. 16 Shoe Sugiyama No. 14 Abi
Vickram
Harvie Ward Flight
No. 5 Daniel Sheridan vs. No. 3 Andrew
Pinkerton
Ray Pellegrini Flight
No. 9 David Simmons vs.No. 3 Phil
Pineda
Sandy Tatum Flight
No. 16 Michael Redman vs. No. 6 Matthew
Didden
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*An NCGA Points Tournament*
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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)
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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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