LONG-RUNNING TOURNAMENT IS 106 YEARS OLD: SCGA AMATEUR HAS LOCAL FLAVOR MORE THAN A DOZEN LOCAL GOLFERS AMONG 91 IN CONTENTION.Byline: Dave Shelburne Staff Writer Brandon Beck of Oak Park, Brian Edick of Valencia and Mark Modglin of Simi Valley Simi Valley (sē`mē, sĭm`ē), city (1990 pop. 100,217), Ventura co., SW Calif. in an oil, fruit, and farm region; laid out 1887, inc. 1969. received news of their qualification by phone call. Palmdale's Erik Jarvey got in by shooting under par. So did Brad Uptgraft of Valencia, Danny Hoffenberg of Simi Valley, Doug Miller of Thousand Oaks Thousand Oaks, residential city (1990 pop. 104,352), Ventura co., S Calif., in a farm area; inc. 1964. Avocados, citrus, vegetables, strawberries, and nursery products are grown. and Amit Nat of Northridge. Gregg Gauvin of Valencia and Mike McCabe Jr. of Thousand Oaks advanced with rounds of par. Amateur golf veterans Michael Turner of Sherman Oaks, Craig Steinberg of Oak Park and defending champion defending champion n (SPORT) → defensor/a m/f del tÃtulo defending champion n (Sport) → champion(ne) en titre Tim Hogarth of Northridge are in the field as exempted starters. So is recent high school graduate Brett Kanda of La Crescenta - the 17-year-old Daily News boys' Golfer of the Year, who qualified by winning last month's CIF/SCGA championship for Flintridge Prep of La Canada Flintridge. They comprise one of the largest area contingents in years for the 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, which runs Friday through Sunday at Tijeras Creek Golf Club in Rancho Santa Margarita Santa Margarita ("Saint Margaret") may refer to:
``It's got a lot of quality,'' said Mike Peck, assistant editor of the North Hollywood-based SCGA's Fore Magazine and longtime observer of area amateur golf. ``Fourteen guys in a field of less than 100 is a lot. And when you're talking about Hogarth and Steinberg, they are always a threat. Those are guys who can put up a good score and will be respectable in any field of amateur golf at this level.'' Hogarth, who won the U.S. Public Links championship in 1996 and the State Amateur title in 1999, won last year's SCGA SCGA Southern California Golf Association SCGA Software Carrier Group Alarm Amateur with a 72-hole total of 279 at Hillcrest Country Club Hillcrest Country Club is a country club in Boise, Idaho, in the bench area of southwest Boise, just northwest of the Boise Airport. History Established in 1940, Hillcrest added its second nine holes to its golf course in 1957, at the south end of the property. of Los Angeles Los Angeles (lôs ăn`jələs, lŏs, ăn`jəlēz'), city (1990 pop. 3,485,398), seat of Los Angeles co., S Calif.; inc. 1850. . Steinberg has won four SCGA Amateur titles - in 1988, 1991, 1992 and 1997 - and won the SCGA Mid-Amateur (age 25 and over) in 1996 and 2001. They'll be playing on a 15-year-old course that has yet to yield a score under 65 and a field including some of the top players in Southern California amateur golf. Past SCGA Amateur champions John Pate (1999) and Scott McGihon (2000) will compete, as will 1998 State Amateur champion Ed Cuff and reigning State Amateur champion Don DuBois, who won at Pebble Beach last month and is bidding for a rare SCGA-State Amateur double in the same year. Hogarth, who has competed in several United States Golf Association The United States Golf Association (USGA) is the United States' national association of golf courses, clubs and facilities and the governing body of golf for the U.S. and Mexico. Together with The R&A, the USGA produces and interprets the Rules of Golf. national championships, including last summer's U.S. Amateur, completed a unique triple crown by winning last year's SCGA Amateur after winning State Amateur and SCGA Mid-Amateur (1999) titles. Other area entries at Tijeras Creek include recent Highland High of Palmdale graduate Jarvey, whose 3- under-par 69 on his home course, Antelope Valley Country Club, was the lowest score by any area SCGA finalist at a qualifying tournament. Uptgraft, a Cal State Northridge product and 2004 U.S. Amateur finalist (2-under-par 69 for medalist honors at Robinson Ranch of Santa Clarita), current CSUN CSUN California State University Northridge players Miller and Nat and recent Royal High of Simi Valley graduate Hoffenberg (all 1-under-par 70) had the area's other top qualifying scores. Oak Park High alumnus ALUMNUS, civil law. A child which one has nursed; a foster child. Dig. 40, 2, 14. Beck, honorable mention All-Pacific-10 Conference as a California sophomore this year, shot 1-under-par 71 in his qualifying bid but needed help from a former high school rival to secure an SCGA berth. Beck finished first alternate in a qualifier at SCGA Golf Club in Murrieta but got into the championship field when Pepperdine freshman Colin Wilcox - a two-time Daily News Player of the Year at Camarillo High - withdrew to play in the Sahalee Players Championship at Sahalee Golf Club near Seattle. Former Simi Valley High golfer Modglin, who won a tournament for Fresno State this year, and ex-Valencia High star Edick, the 2001 Daily News Player of the Year, who was All-Big West Conference for UC Irvine this year, joined Beck as alternates called up to the SCGA field. Dave Shelburne, (818) 713-3609 dave.shelburne(at)dailynews.com CAPTION(S): photo, 5 boxes Photo: Tim Hoggarth of Northridge opens defense of his SCGA championship Friday at Tijeras Creek. Daily News Box: (1) BOOK REVIEW By Dave Shelburne (2) HOLE OF THE WEEK (3) TRACKING LOCAL PROS (4) CALENDAR (5) AREA SCGA ENTRIES |
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