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LA QUINTA, Calif. (Dec. 13, 2014) -- The NCGA dominated the final round of play at the Seaver Cup, collecting 20 out of a possible 24 points to beat the SCGA, 33.5-14.5. This is the NCGA’s second straight Seaver Cup. The NCGA also swept all three team competitions against the SCGA this year, also coming out on top at the State Am and Senior State Am.
Jim Knoll, Mike Stieler, Gary Vanier, Danny Paniccia and Jason Anthony swept all three available points in their matches. Points are awarded for the winner of the front-nine match, back-nine match and overall match. (For complete results, click the link at the bottom of this page.)
DAY 1 RESULTS
LA QUINTA, Calif. (December 12, 2013) – Powered by seniors Jim Knoll and Gary Vanier (right), the NCGA has established a three-point lead after the first day of the 8th Annual Seaver Cup at Rancho La Quinta Country Club as some of this year’s top NCGA tournament players faced off against some of the best SCGA competitors in a head to head, two-day battle.
Knoll, the 2013 CGA State Senior Champion, and Vanier, the current NCGA Senior champ, swept all six possible points in their morning four-ball and afternoon foursome (alternate shot) matches. Also heavily contributing to the 13.5-point total was the team of Randy Haag and Jason Anthony, who posted five of a possible six points, only losing the front nine in their afternoon match.
ABOUT THE SEAVER CUP
The Seaver Cup was created in 1998 at the Ojai Valley Inn & Spa as a biennial competition that brings together the best players from Northern and Southern California. The intra-state competition was named in the honor of Charles Seaver, one of the most successful and legendary golfers in California amateur golf lore.
Charlie Seaver is one of two amateurs to hold the NCGA, SCGA and California Amateur titles at the same time, accomplishing this feat in 1933-34 (the other being George Von Elm who pulled out the same feat in 1925). After graduating from Stanford University, Seaver was the shining example of amateur golf in California. Some of his golfing accomplishments included:
Reaching the semifinals of the 1930 U.S. AmateurMember of the 1932 U.S. Walker Cup team1933 California Amateur Champion1932 & 1933 NCGA Amateur Champion1934 SCGA Amateur Champion6-time Fresno City Amateur Champion1949 Northern California Open ChampionPlayed in 39 Bing-Crosby Pro-Ams (now known as AT&T)Seaver’s father served as SCGA president in 1928 and he himself was the NCGA President in 1980. Seaver is also the father of baseball Hall of Fame pitcher Tom Seaver. A charter member of the Stanford Athletic Hall of Fame, Seaver passed on in of all places Pebble Beach in 2004.
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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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