2011 Seaver Cup Teams/Player Bios

15 Dec 2011
by AmateurGolf.com Staff
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2011 Seaver Cup Teams/Player Bios

NCGA

	Name	Bio
	Anthony Barrera	• Reached the quarterfinals at the 2010 U.S. Mid-Amateur Championship and the round of 16 at the 2011 U.S. Mid-Amateur Championship • Quarterfinalist at 2011 NCGA Amateur Match Play Championship • 6th place at 2011 NCGA Public Links Championship • Tied for 8th at the 2011 NCGA Amateur Stroke Play Championship • 6th place at 2011 Stocker Cup
	Casey Boyns	• Attended the University of Utah • 2-time California State Amateur Champion (1989 & 1993) • 2-time NCGA Amateur Champion (1987 & 1996) • 4-time NCGA Public Links Champion (1981, 1983, 1987, 1996) • NCGA Master Division Champion (2007) • NCGA Senior Four-Ball Champion (2011) • Qualified for numerous USGA championships • One of two players to win the NCGA Player of the Year at least four times (1987, 1989, 1996, & 2007) • 2009 California Golf Hall of Fame inductee
	Randy Haag	• Attended San Diego State University • 6-time NCGA Player of the Year (1993, 1995, 1999, 2009-2011) • 2- time NCGA Amateur Champion (1992 & 1993) • 3 –time NCGA Master Division Champion (1999, 2002, & 2009) • Has won numerous NCGA championships • Qualified for numerous USGA championships • Low amateur at the Senior British Open (2010 & 2011) • Only player in the world to qualify for 3 USGA Championships in 2011 (U.S. Amateur, U.S. Mid-Amateur, & U.S. Senior Open)
	Scott Hardy	• Attended Saint Mary’s College and is current Head Men’s Golf Coach • 5-time West Coast Conference Coach of the Year • 3- time NCGA Public Links Champion (2007, 2010, 2011) • 2-time NCGA Amateur Stroke Play Champion (2004 & 2011) • Qualified for numerous USGA championships and is a two-time U.S. Mid-Amateur Semifinalist
	Jim Knoll	• Attended San Jose State University • 2011 NCGA Senior Player of the Year • NCGA Senior Amateur Champion (2011)• NCGA Senior Four-Ball Champion (2011) • NCGA Senior Valley Amateur Champion (2008 & 2011) • Qualified for numerous USGA championships • Qualified for the PGA Tour (1976 & 1978)
	Danny Paniccia	• Attended Fresno State University • 1994 NCGA Junior Amateur Champion • 3-time Fresno City Amateur Champion • Qualified for 4 consecutive U.S. Amateur Championships (1996-99) • Member of the Canadian Professional Tour (2002-06)
	Jeff Burda	• Attended Notre Dame University • 3-time California Senior Amateur Champion (2008-10) • NCGA Senior Amateur Champion (2008 & 2010) • NCGA Master Division Champion (1996, 1997, 2005) • NCGA Senior Four-Ball Champion (2011) • Qualified for numerous USGA championships and reached the semifinals of the 2010 U.S. Senior Amateur • Only player to win an NCGA title in four different decades
	Kevin Wentworth	• Attended Cal State East Bay University • 2007 Division III All-American • Qualifed for 5 USGA championships • 2011 California Amateur Championship – Runner-up • Reached the quarterfinals of the 2010 & 2011 NCGA Amateur Match Play Championship • Member of the winning 2011 Pacific Coast Amateur Morse Cup team

SCGA

	Name	Bio
	Robert Funk	-2003 Trans-Miss four-Ball Champion - 2006 Trans-Miss Amateur Champion - 2006 SCGA Mid-Amateur Champion - 2006 SCGA Four-Ball Champion - 2007 SCGA Foursomes Champion
	Tim Hogarth	• Attended Cal State University Northridge • Two-time NCAA All-American • 1996 U.S. Amateur Public Links Champion • 2010 U.S. Mid-Amateur Championship – Runner-up • 1999 California Amateur Champion• 2004 SCGA Amateur Champion • 4-time SCGA Mid- Amateur Champion (199, 2007, 2009, 2010) • 3-time SCGA Public Links Champion including 2011• 6-time Kelly Cup Champion• 3-time Pasadena City Champion • Played in the 2000 Masters
	Howie Knodt	• Attended Southwestern College • 2009 SCGA Senior Player of the Year • 2009 SCGA Senior Amateur Champion • 2009 SCGA Senior Four-Ball Champion • 2011 SCGA Senior Match Play Champion • 2009 & 2011 San Diego City Senior Amateur Champion
	Kevin Marsh	• Attended Pepperdine University• 2008 & 2010 SCGA Player of the Year • 2008 SCGA Amateur Champion • 2008 & 2009 SCGA Four- Ball Champion • 2005 U.S. Mid-Amateur Champion• Played in 14 USGA Championships and 3 R&A Championships • Played in the 2006 Masters
	Mark Miller	• 2011 SCGA Foursomes Champion • Qualified for the last 4 U.S. Mid-Amateur Championships and reached the round of 32 in 2011 • Qualified for the 2011 U.S. Amateur Public Links Championship
	Justin Warthen	• Reached quarterfinals of 2011 SCGA Match Play Championship • Top 5 finish at 2011 SCGA Mid-Amateur Championship • 2011 Santa Maria Valley Amateur Champion • 2011 San Luis Obispo County Amateur Champion
	Mark Nickeas	• Signed a professional soccer contract after high school and played professional soccer in England and the USA for 14 years • 2011 California Senior Amateur Champion • Qualified for the 2010 U.S. Senior Open Championship • Son, Michael currently is a member of the New York Mets (MLB).
	Dan Sullivan	• Attended the University of Southern California • 2011 SCGA Foursome Champion • 2010 NCGA Master Division Champion • 2009 Santa Barbara County Champion • Reached the round of 16 at the 2009 U.S. Amateur Public Links Championship

ABOUT THE California Amateur Cup Matches

Formerly known as the Seaver Cup Matches, the biennial California Amateur Cup Matches brings together the best male and female players of the Northern (NCGA) and Southern (SCGA) California golf associations for team competition. Each team is comprised of 20 players: 12 males (four Seniors and eight non- Seniors) and eight females. Participating players are to be selected by NCGA and SCGA members of the California Golf Association board with consideration to Player of the Year Standings in both the NCGA and SCGA. The winning team will receive the Seaver Cup, which is named in honor of NCGA Hall of Famer Charles Seaver.

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