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Defending champion Kevin Marsh of Henderson, Nev., headlines this year’s 110th SCGA Amateur Championship, as he and several other decorated golfers tee it up July 17-19 at Wilshire Country Club in Los Angeles. Marsh, 36, is a two-time SCGA Amateur champion, winning the 1996 playing of the event as well as the 2005 U.S. Mid-Amateur. That Mid-Amateur win earned him an invitation to play in the Masters the following year. He ended 2008 on a hot streak when he won the SCGA Four-Ball with George Downing and earned 2008 SCGA Player of the Year honors. Marsh will contend with 2009 SCGA Mid-Amateur champion Tim Hogarth of Northridge, the most decorated amateur golfer in the Southland with a resume of titles that precede him. Marsh and Hogarth played together in the final group at last year’s event at Saticoy CC in Somis, but Marsh held off his competitor by two shots for the win. Fresh off a historic win at the 2009 California State Amateur Championship, rising Cal Poly San Luis Obispo senior Geoff Gonzalez of Diablo will join the field at Wilshire. Gonzalez was the first player in 15 years (and only the 12th overall) to win both medalist honors and the championship, breaking the “medalist curse.” Gonzalez defeated Jeff Wilson of Fairfield, the 2008 SCGA Mid-Amateur champion, 3 and 2 in the 36-hole finale at Lake Merced GC June 26. Past champion John Pate of Santa Barbara also is in the field. Pate, who won the SCGA Amateur in 1999, also has six various additional SCGA titles and was the 1995 California Amateur runner-up. Other players to look for include: Jeff Wilson of Fairfield, the 2008 SCGA Mid-Amateur champion; Don DuBois of Newport Beach, the 2005 California Amateur champion and 2009 SCGA Foursomes champion; Boyd Martin of Corona del Mar, the 2008 SCGA Senior Match Play champion; Harry Rudolph of La Jolla, the 1991 California Amateur champion; and Jordan Nasser of Anaheim Hills, the 2007 California Amateur champion. This year’s championship also wil feature the SCGA Amateur Championship Junior Golf Clinic presented by the SCGA Foundation on Thursday, June 16. With amateur golfers and professionals from Wilshire CC and SCGA staff, the club will host 60 young golfers from The First Tee of South Los Angeles, The First Tee of Pasadena, Tregnan Golf Academy and Urban Golf League, who will participate in golf skill drills as well as listen to speakers discuss their golfing experiences. The clinic runs from 2:30-5:30 p.m. at the club. Wilshire CC, host of five SCGA Amateur Championships and two SCGA Senior Amateurs, has recently completed a restoration of its Norman Macbeth layout, at the hands of famed architect Kyle Phillips. Phillips, who had put his name on Kingsbarn Golf Links in St Andrews, Scotland, and 10 courses in the U.S., including Incline Village courses in Nevada, brought back Macbeth’s vision to the 1919 layout. For more information and tournament results, visit scga.org. |
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