Kyle An defends his Pasadena City title in tough conditions at Brookside
Kyle An (Pasadena City photo)
UCLA freshman Kyle An went wire-to-wire to win the 87th Pasadena City Men's Golf Championship, successfully defending his title.
The course was wet on the first day after over four inches of rain fell in the preceding three days in what has been a historically wet season in Southern California. Fortunately, the tournament was blessed with three dry, mostly sunny albeit cool days.
Players contended with unusually low temperatures and high afternoon winds each day, particularly on Sunday when only one player in the field, runner-up Mitchell Fedorka, was able to match par.
With high winds, fast greens and deep rough on the last day, the famous CW Koiner course was an extraordinary challenge. In the end, An persevered with a 75 to finish the 54 holes at one under par, two shots ahead of Fedorka.
Ryan Kyaw finished third at 2 over, while Jesse Arian and Scotland Schmidt tied for fourth at 5 over par.
Eight-time champion Tim Hogarth, 56, finished 19th.
ABOUT THE
Pasadena City Championship
The Pasadena City is a historic championship
that
dates back to 1929 and has
long been one of
Southern California's most prestigious
tournaments.
A WAGR counting event
and
SCGA Player of the Year points tournament.
Proceeds
from the Championship will support youth
development
programs for the First Tee of Greater Pasadena.
The Championship Flight is an open flight (no
age
limit) conducted over 54 holes. The field will be
cut to the top 30% and ties after 36 holes, to
play
the finals on Course #1 Sunday.
Net Flights are open to all players 18 or older
with
12-month low handicap index ranging from 2.7
to
31.5. The field will be divided into
six flights to play over 54 holes. Cut after
Saturday
rounds to 30% and ties for all flights. Finals for
all
Net Flights are to be played on Course 1 on
Sunday.
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