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Conditions of the
Competition
New entry process for 2019
As the field for the Men's Championship
has reached 120 players, all additional entrants
will
enter the pre-qualifier as described below.
MEN'S CHAMPIONSHIP DIVISION PRE-
QUALIFIER
Open to players with a handicap index of 6.4 or
less.
Those entering pre-qualifying will pay an entry
fee
of
$150 for the pre-qualifier to be held March 1,
2019
at
Lincoln Park. Those advancing from the pre-
qualifier
will pay an additional $150 and will play in the
36-hole
stroke play qualifying played at TPC Harding
Park
and Lincoln Park Golf Courses on March 2-3,
2019.
The low
64 will then advance to
the match play phase of the championship.
There will be no refunds after entries close.
ABOUT THE SAN FRANCISCO CITY
CHAMPIONSHIPThe oldest municipal
tournament in the
USA.
Match
play event with scratch men's, senior, women's,
senior women's
and
open flight
divisions. Past champions include Ken
Venturi, Harvie Ward, Juli Inkster, Bob Rosburg,
George Archer, and Dorothy Delasin. Some
of the
'non winners' include Tom Watson and
Johnny Miller.
Click the 'history' tab for more about this
wonderful
event.
Search Terms
Format: Stroke Play
Categories: Men
Regions: Northern California, Pacific
Course
Lincoln Park Golf Course
3139 Clement St
San Francisco, CA 94121
phone: (415) 221-9911
by Pete Wlodkowski
The San Francisco City Championship was
inaugurated in 1917, and is the
Country's
oldest
municipal golf tournament. The Women's
division was
added in 1958. In its early years, the
tournament
was hosted by the Sun-Bulletin
newspaper
and has
had numerous sponsors throughout its
history such
as Bob Varner, Tom Culligan, and Pepsi.
The name of the tournament is deceiving,
as the
field is typically made up of the best
amateurs from
throughout Northern California. As a
matter
of fact,
the 1999 field included Mark Murphy of
Waterville,
Ireland, who made it to the quarterfinals
before
being ousted in a nail-biter by Gary
Vanier.
(Vanier
eventually lost to Randy Haag in what was
called
the best final since Ken Venturi beat
Harvey
Ward in
1956 in front of 12,000 fans.)
Another thing that makes the City
Championship a
unique event is the inclusion of an
"Open"
Division,
allowing for amateurs of varying abilities
to
compete. The top two flights in the Open
Division,
named the "Venturi" and "Susko"
respectively, are
named for two of the tournaments' most
popular
competitors, Ken Venturi and John Susko,
the latter
of whom met an untimely death from
Crohn's
disease in 1983. Susko is remembered as
a
popular
Lincoln Park golfer who won the City
Championship in
1978 and 1980, won the Alameda
Commuters in
1981, and participated in a number of
National
amateur events even with a condition
that
often
sidelined him for weeks at a time.
Those familiar with the City Championship
will tell
you about the tradition of playing the ball
as it lies
at San Francisco's Lincoln and Harding
Park
golf
courses in some often very wintry
conditions.
More
than one player has marched in to the
tournament
office claiming that they will never play
again, but
their applications usually find their way in
the
following year. Conditions are the same
for
everyone; the ability to accept the
occasional
bad
break is paramount to a competitor's
success.
Past champions include 1964 US Open
Champion
Ken Venturi, 1999 US Women's Open
Champion Julie
Inkster, and 1969 Masters Champion
George
Archer. More recently, LPGA Tour player
Dorothy
Delasin* of Daly City (winner of the 1998
US Junior
Girls Championship and 1999 US
Women's
Amateur) claimed the Women's City
Championship in
1998.
PAST CHAMPIONS
2018 Jason Anthony
2017 Brian Ma
2016 Daniel Connolly
2015 Justin Suh
2014 Shintaro Ban
2013 Will Brueckner
2012 Cody Blick
2011 Brandon Hagy
2010 George Gandranata
2009 Carlos Briones
2008 Martin Trainer
2007 Chad Cocco
2006 Will Johnson
2005 Michael Wilson
2004 Steve Sparolini
2003 Rick Reinsberg
2002 Mike Schmitz
2001 James Hay
2000 Nick Ushijima
1999 Randy Haag
1998 Scott Watson
1997 Dave Parsons
1996 Jim Evans
1995 Jim Evans
1994 Gary Vanier
1993 Joey Cabrera
1992 Gary Vanier
1991 Mark Sear
1990 John Groth, Jr.
1989 Aly Trompas
1988 Gary Vanier
1987 Richard Petit
1986 Gary Vanier
1985 Gary Vanier
1984 Aly Trompas
1983 Frank Mazion
1982 Ray Pellegrini
1981 Kurt Posey
1980 John Susko
1979 Frank Mazion
1978 John Susko
1977 Mark Hillsinger
1976 Aly Trompas
1975 Dave Baskins
1974 Tom Culligan
1973 Gilberto Torres
1972 John Cranston
1971 Gary Vanier
1970 Bill Paulson
1969 Mike Moriarty
1968 Ray Leach
1967 Bob E. Smith
1966 Larry Anderson
1965 Walt Gilliam
1964 Ken Towns
1963 George Archer
1962 Tom Dixon
1961 Verne Callison
1960 Bob Sylvestri
1959 Bob Sylvestri
1958 Bill McCool
1957 Tal Smith
1956 Ken Venturi
1955 Harvie Ward
1954 Cy Pennel
1953 Ken Venturi
1952 Bob Sylvestri
1951 Robert Cardinal
1950 Ken Venturi
1949 Ed Castagnetto
1948 Richard Bailey
1947 James Molinari
1946 Ed Castagnetto
1945 William Fritz
1944 Ed Castagnetto
1943 Louis Jennings
1942 James Molinari
1941 Ernest Carli
1940 William Higgins
1939 James Molinari
1938 Frank Toronto
1937 James E. French, Jr.
1936 Dale Goodart
1935 Jack Finger
1934 Charles Ferrera
1933 Edgar Haber
1932 Charles Ferrera
1931 A.G. Sato
1930 Charles Ferrera
1929 Dr. Jack Wolfe
1928 George Ritchie
1927 George Ritchie
1926 James A. Ritchie
1925 Larry Kelly
1924 John F. Neville
1923 John J. McHugh
1922 John F. Neville
1921 John J. McHugh
1920 Charles E. Foley
1919 Sam L. Conlon, Jr.
1918 E. J. O'Brien
1917 Fitzgerald Marx