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San Francisco City Championship Open Division Results
Rico Diaz was small but powerful in his match against Ken Cachia
Rico Diaz was small but powerful in his match against Ken Cachia

SAN FRANCISCO, California (Feb. 25, 2018) -- The first round of Open Division match play was contested on Saturday and Sunday, Feb. 24 and 25 at Lincoln Park Golf Course, with it's amazing 17th hole overlooking the majestic Golden Gate Bridge.

The match of the weekend was definitely that between 12-year-old Rico Diaz from the SF First Tee of San Francisco against 33-year-old Ken Cachia. Despite his age (and height) disadvantage, Diaz advanced to the next round by a margin of 2 and 1. It's all friendly competition at "The City" -- and Cachia was happy to pose for a photo after the match.

Several matches went extra holes, including that between 13-year-old medalist Jackson Koivun and longtime Bay Area golfer Rick Shumate. Koivun ousted Shumate on the 20th hole.

One-upping Koivun in terms of length of match, Jason Stephens took 23 holes to defeat Bradley Haskins.

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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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ABOUT THE SAN FRANCISCO CITY CHAMPIONSHIP
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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