The weather, and views were gorgeous at Lincoln Park
(Steve Lewis photo)
SAN FRANCISCO, California (February 18, 2018) -- The youngest player in the field earned medalist honors in the Open division qualifier for the San Francisco City Championship, played at Lincoln Park Golf Course.
Jackson Koivun, at 12 years of age, shot a 72 at Lincoln Park to top the field of 160 players, many of whom carry single digit handicaps and are many times his age.
Koivun is an experienced junior golfer who has won Junior Golf Association of Northern California titles and qualified for his age bracket in the Junior World Championships.
Lincoln Park is the toughest par 68 course anywhere, and as usual yielded very few low scores.
James McGilley, Preston Jeung, Tony Ralph, and Ken Harrington posted 74 to share the second qualifying position.
Harrington, along with John Susko (for who the Susko Flight is named) share the course record of 8-under 60 at Lincoln Park, both using old school equipment.
Alex Woodward and Tyler Burnes were next at 8-over 76.
The field will now be split into flights of 32 players based on qualifying score, with the first round of match play set to commence at Lincoln Park next weekend.
Once down to the semifinals, play will move to TPC Harding Park where the champions will ultimately be decided.
Note: The original article had Robert Holloway as the qualifying medalist, but he was disqualified on Tuesday which made Koivun the medalist.
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ABOUT THE
San Francisco City Open Flights
**Please note -- this is not the
championship
division or pre-qualifier. The Open Flights are
for
players not participating in the championship
divisions and are open to all handicap levels.
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Open to the first 128 entries received. No
index is required.
There will
be no refunds after entries close.
Contestants
will play an 18-hole qualifying round at
Lincoln Park on March 6th.
The qualifying scores will be used
to assign flights of 16 players each, as well
as the seeding for match play. In the case of
ties,
there
will be a card-off to determine who
advances to play in each flight.
Flights will play their first-round matches
on Sat
Mar 15 and second-round matches on Sun Mar 16.
Qualifying, as well as
the first two Open Match Flight rounds (Sat-
Sun Mar
2-3, Sat Mar 16,
will be played at Lincoln Park. The
semifinal (Sat Mar 22) and final (Sun Mar 23)
rounds
will be played at TPC
Harding Park Golf Course.
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 18 will receive
a
refund of their entry fee minus
$50.
There will be no refunds after the
entry
deadline.
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The oldest municipal tournament in the
USA. Match play event with scratch men's,
senior,
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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