NCGA Amateur Match Play: Co-Medalists at Spyglass

15 Aug 2006
see also: Northern California Amateur Championship, Spyglass Hill Golf Course
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PEBBLE BEACH, Calif (August 15, 2006) - Ryan Thornberry of River Oaks and Kaz Hoffman of The Meadow Club seized co-medalist honors and the #1 and #2 seeds respectively Tuesday after two rounds of stroke play qualifying at the 103rd NCGA Amateur Match Play Championship at Spyglass Hill.

Thornberry’s tournament-low, four-under-par 68 and Hoffman’s 69 in the second round of stroke-play qualifying produced five-under 139 totals. By virtue of a draw, Thornberry claimed the top seed and will face Conrad Nilmeier in the first round of match play tomorrow. Nilmeier survived a three-player playoff to grab the #32 seed.

Past champions of notable tournaments who qualified for match play include NCGA Player of the Year Bob Niger, NCGA Amateur Stroke Play champion Erick Justesen, State Amateur runner-up Jeff Gilchrist, Valley Amateur champion Scott Hardy, San Francisco City champion Will Johnson, two-time State Amateur champion Casey Boyns and defending champion Eddie Olson.

Notable players missing the match-play cut at 151 include former champions Randy Haag and Gary Vanier, and 2005 runner-up in this event, Eric Lillibridge.

Two rounds of matches each will be played Wednesday and Thursday and the scheduled 36-hole final will be Friday. Live scoring of all matches will be available on the NCGA website

Qualifying results:

Player	Club	Rd1	Rd2	Tot
Ryan Thornberry	River Oaks GC	71	68	139
Kaz Hoffman	Meadow Club	70	69	139
Casey Boyns	Monterey Bay Golf Club	73	69	142
Zack Miller	Meadow Club	70	74	144
Jon Bettencourt	Sunnyside GC	75	69	144
Matthew Montez	Sierra View CC	70	74	144
Jason McHargue	Mariners Point	71	74	145
Travis Esway	Granite Bay GC	75	71	146
Will Johnson	North Ridge CC	77	69	146
Scott Hardy	Amateurgolf.com	73	73	146
Andrey Mindirgasov	Pacific Grove GL	74	73	147
Jeff Gilchrist	Ancil Hoffman GC	73	74	147
Eddie Olson	Seascape Golf Club	75	72	147
Chris Marin	Caddy Club of Pebble Beach	72	75	147
Garth Watrous	Delaveaga	73	75	148
Erick Justesen	Monterey Pines GC	74	74	148
Matt Marshall	La Rinconada CC	78	70	148
Garett Wagner	Discovery Bay CC	75	73	148
Grant Rappleye	Valley Hi CC	73	75	148
Andrew Damron	B&B A/E	79	70	149
Jason Anthony	Green Valley CC	77	72	149
Matthew Hollinsead	Antelope Greens GC	74	75	149
Jon Dechambeau	Riverbend GC	76	73	149
Todd Angel	Christian GC	75	74	149
John Enright	Olympic Club	77	73	150
Chris Jensen	Sharon Heights G&CC	79	71	150
Nathan Pistacchio	Wild Horse GC	77	73	150
Michael Gillette	Haggin Oaks GC	77	73	150
Bob Niger	Seranno GC	74	76	150
Matt Fagundes	Fort Washington GCC	72	78	150
Ben Scribner	Burlingame CC	77	73	150
Conrad Nilmeier	San Joaquin CC	75	76	151

Failed to Qualify
Reid Scarff	Butte Creek CC	75	76	151
Kevin Wentworth	Pleasanton GC	81	70	151
Patrick Schoettler	Fort Washington GCC	77	75	152
Adam Ichikawa	Castlewood CC	75	77	152
Martin Renaud	The Ranch GC	79	73	152
Randy Haag	The Olympic Club	80	73	153
Gary Vanier	The Olympic Club	77	76	153
Kevin Kobalter	Meadow Club	76	78	154
Michael Miller	San Joaquin CC	80	74	154
Andrew Nottenkamper	Monterey Peninsula CC	74	80	154
Grahame Skytte	Round Hill CC	79	75	154
Giuliano Delecce	Laguna Seca GR	80	74	154
Jared Rankins	Spring Creek GCC	81	73	154
Trevor Carle	Fountaingrove	73	82	155
Andy Nevin	Roddy Ranch	78	77	155
Wayne Kumagai	Silver Creek Valley CC	72	83	155
Al Bello	Rio Vista GC	79	76	155
Mike Stieler	Riverbend GC	74	81	155
Danny Buell	Palo Alto Hills G&CC	73	82	155
Brandon Harkins	Orinda CC	81	74	155
A.J. Shiffert	Valley Oaks Golf Club	76	80	156
Nick Rechedy	Presidio Golf Club	82	74	156
Eric Lillibridge	Green Valley	76	80	156
Bob Rowland	Castlewood (The) CC	81	75	156
Dan Hansen	Spring Creek GCC	76	80	156
John Dunn	Hidden Valley Lake CC	77	79	156
Randal Cross	Sunset Whitney CC	79	77	156
Tim Kellund	Boundary Oak GC	76	80	156
Dave Halvorson	Del Rio CC	78	78	156
Steve Argo	Seascape GC	80	77	157
Patrick Pernice	amateurgolf.com	81	76	157
Paul Balatti	Mayacama GC	78	79	157
Jonathan Reuter	Seascape GC	78	79	157
John Balfanz	Scratch Players GC	76	81	157
Chris Smith	eClub Sacramento	77	80	157
Clayton Davis	Chalk Mountain GC	79	78	157
Russell Humphrey	Woodbridge GCC	82	75	157
Brian Thompson	Bayonet GC	82	76	158
Andrew Moren	Stevinson Ranch GC	79	79	158
Jimmy Cacho	Green Valley CC	83	76	159
Kyle Hansen	Golf Club Of Tierra Oaks	78	81	159
Brett Viboch	Moraga CC	83	76	159
Chad Vivolo	Monterey Peninsula CC	76	83	159
Jose Sanchez	Monterey Peninsula CC	78	81	159
Brian Razzari	Palo Alto GC	79	81	160
Gary Tewell	Tri Valley GC	82	78	160
Kent Yamane	Silicon Valley Capital Club	79	81	160
John Driver	Stevinson Ranch GC	84	76	160
Wes Leith	Wildhorse Players' Club	81	79	160
Tim Cushing	Carmel Valley Ranch GC	79	81	160
Steve Wilson	Discovery Bay GC	76	84	160
Josh Twist	Rancho Murieta CC	80	81	161
Cary Chiappone	Moraga CC	78	83	161
Kevin Lucas	Empire Ranch GC	85	76	161
Jess Stimack	Bennett Valley GC	86	75	161
Mark Miller	Lone Tree GC	79	82	161
Brad Bulcock	Gleneagles Intl GC	80	82	162
Christopher Hall	Greenhorn Creek GC	85	77	162
Arvo Voip	Cinnibar Hills	82	80	162
Kevin Smith	Coyote Creek GC	75	87	162
Edward Newland	Claremont CC	83	80	163
Robert Budenbender	eClub Sacramento	85	78	163
Mike Ridgeway	Southbay GC	82	82	164
Travis Childress	Spring Valley GC	79	85	164
Robert Levin	Wildhawk GC	83	81	164
Matt Oehlschlaeger	Sunnyside Country Club	78	86	164
Colin Peck	Palo Alto Hills GCC	76	89	165
Chris Beeman	Winchester Country Club	83	82	165
Dennis Dachtler	Rancho Murieta CC	84	82	166
Matt Couch	Tracy GCC	85	82	167
Robert Fulton	Las Positas GC	87	80	167
Siva Ramamurthy	HP Silicon Valley GC	87	81	168
Peter Singh	Ridgemark GCC	86	82	168
Dean Tonneslan	Fort Washington	86	82	168
Garrison Rajkovich	Almaden CC	91	78	169
Joseph Schiebold	Santa Rosa GCC	86	86	172
G. Javier Loyola	Spring Hills GC	94	80	174

ABOUT THE NCGA Match Play

The oldest of the NCGA’s major events, the Amateur Match Play Championship, dates back to 1903 when it was first played at San Rafael GC. Varying formats have been used over the 100+ years of competition but today the tournament is 36 holes of stroke-play qualifying, followed by a 32-person seeded match play bracket. Pre-qualifying required for non-exempt players. Players must have a handicap index of 5.4 or less.

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