Defending champ and 10-time city champ Gary Vanier (NCGA photo)
SAN FRANCISCO, CA (March 7, 2018) - The day after stroke play qualifying set the match play bracket of 32 players, the first set of matches in the San Francisco Senior City Championship were played at TPC Harding Park.
Related: San Francisco Senior & Super Senior Qualifying Results
The stroke play medalist Greg O'Malley of Sonoma advanced with a hard-fought 1 up win over John Friend of Los Altos, who earlier proved himself to be a tough out by winning a 12-for-1 playoff to earn the final match play qualifying spot.
Winners of the last six San Francisco Senior City Championships are still alive and into the final 16. The defending champion Gary Vanier of Pleasant Hill, who also won in 2015, 2013, and 2009, advanced with a 3&2 win over Ken Helwig of San Jose. Vanier is the all-time leader in San Francisco city titles with 10, six in the regular division and four in the senior.
2016 champion Randy Haag of Orinda, who also won the regular City Championship in 1999, defeated Victor Campbell of Hercules 5&4. 2014 and 2012 champ Jim Williams of Orinda took out Steve Hendrick of Vallejo, 1 up.
Haag and Williams will face off in the round of 16.
Other winners on Wednesday include Corey West, Mike Benham, Bruce Hanavan, Dean Prince, Mel Collins Jr., Steve Donnelly, Scott Anderson, David Ujihara, James Camaione, Steve Hoyt, Bob Burnett and Ray Kong.
The match play round of 16 will be played this Saturday at TPC Harding Park.
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ABOUT THE
San Francisco City Senior
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TOUR
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*An NCGA Points Tournament*
Open to the first
84 entries received.
Participants
must have an index
of
9.4 or lower as of the date of entry and
must be 55 or older as of the first day of
the tournament. Qualifying will consist of one 18-
hole stroke play round (Tue Mar 18) after which the
Senior Men's
Championship Flight will
consist of 32 match-play contestants.
In case of ties, a card-off (see SF City Golf
Championship Playoff Procedures) will determine the
players who
will advance to match play. Players’ scores will
determine seeding for
match play. All rounds will be played at
TPC Harding Park
Golf Course.
Match play starts Wed Mar 19, with
matches scheduled for Thu-Fri March 20-21 and the
semis and finals on Sat-
Sun
Mar 22-23.
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/contact/
. 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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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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