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Scott Clayton of San Bernardino and Sam Smith of Turlock shot 5-under-par 67 and are tied for the lead after the first round of the 98th California State Amateur Championship on Monday, June 22 at Lake Merced Golf Club in Daly City. Clayton, a senior at UC Riverside, fired five birdies and two eagles on the 6,812-yard layout. The two-time San Bernardino County Amateur champion holed an 80-yard lob-wedge shot on the par-4 17th for eagle and kept the birdies flowing. Smith, who will play for the University of Southern California this fall, made a hole-in-one on the 184-yard par-3 8th hole with a 6-iron to help him to the lead. Although Smith struggled early when four-putted the third hole for a double-bogey then bogeyed No. 4, he collected six birdies during his 18 holes. Decorated amateur Tim Hogarth of Northridge, is tied for third at 3-under par with 2008 San Francisco City champion Martin Trainer of Palo Alto. Four players are tied for fifth at 69: defending champion Nick Delio of Valencia, Tyler Crawford of Rancho Mirage, Steven Chung of Sacramento and Scott Travers of Trabuco Canyon. In the Roger Lapham Challenge Cup, a North vs. South team competition which counts the best five of six scores from pre-selected team members, the SCGA leads by nine shots over its Northern California counterparts. Northern California is the defending champion. After Tuesday's final round of stroke play, the field will be cut to the low 32 players and match play will begin. For full results, go to www.californiaamateur.org. |
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