CUFF STOPS STEINBERG IN STATE AMATEUR.Byline: Daily News Temecula's Ed Cuff Jr. birdied three of the first six holes Thursday and rode that early 3-up lead to a 1-up victory over medalist Craig Steinberg in the second round of the state amateur golf championship at Pebble Beach. Steinberg, a Van Nuys optometrist optometrist /op·tom·e·trist/ (op-tom´e-trist) a specialist in optometry. Optometrist A medical professional who examines and tests the eyes for disease and treats visual disorders by prescribing corrective who had completed medal play with a tournament-low 141 on Tuesday to lead 32 qualifiers into match play, became the 77th medalist in the tournament's 87-year history to be denied the title. Cuff, 36, continued his strong play at Pebble Beach, where he reached the final in 1994 after defeating Tiger Woods  Editing of this page by unregistered or newly registered users is currently disabled. . Steinberg, 40, who will bid for a record fifth Southern California Southern California, also colloquially known as SoCal, is the southern portion of the U.S. state of California. Centered on the cities of Los Angeles and San Diego, Southern California is home to nearly 24 million people and is the nation's second most populated region, Golf Association championship next month, birdied the 13th hole to get within 1-up before Cuff parred out for the win. Jeff Morrison Jeff Morrison is a professional tennis player from the United States. Morrison is perhaps best known for being the last American male left standing in the singles draw at Wimbledon in 2002. Morrison played his collegiate tennis at the University of Florida. of Castaic, the area's only other survivor in what had started as a field of 13 local entries, also was eliminated Thursday. Morrison lost 5 and 4 to Bermuda Dunes' Scott McGihon, who pulled away with four consecutive birdies on the back nine. In other results Thursday, Pepperdine's Bobby Rodger remained in title contention with a 1-up win over Andy Miller Andy Miller may be:
Rodger will face McGihon in today's quarterfinal. Former state amateur champions Mark Johnson of Helendale and Gary Vanier of Pleasant Hill also were eliminated. Johnson lost 1-up to Patrick Duncan of Rancho Santa Fe. Vanier fell to Mike Blewett of San Carlos on the 20th hole. Matthew Christensen of Fresno defeated Randy Haag of San Francisco in 19 holes; Fresno's Todd Rose held off Chico's James Wilson 2 and 1; and Daniel Arroyo of Berkeley scored a 3 and 2 win over Carlsbad's Donald O'Connor in Thursday's other matches. |
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