Winners from the Northern California
Golf Associaton (NCGA photo)
LA QUINTA, Calif. — The NCGA continued its recent run of dominating its neighbors from the Southland.
After taking a big lead early, team NCGA was on its game again, claiming its third straight title in the Seaver Cup with a 44-28 over Team SCGA on another sunny day at Rancho La Quinta Country Club.
With the win, the NCGA takes a 4-3-2 lead in the bi-annual event, which is played in honor of late California amateur great Charles Seaver.
Holding a 21.5-14.5 lead after Thursday’s opening rounds, the NCGA just kept the pedal to the metal, winning Friday’s Singles Front-Nine, 6.5-5.5. The NCGA went on to win the Singles Back-Nine, 8.5-3.5, and also claimed a 7.5-4.5 win in Singles Overall.
The Cup utilizes a format similar to the Ryder Cup– three points are available for each match, one point for the front nine, one point for the back nine and one point for the overall match (any matches that are halved earn a 1/2 point).
2015 NCGA Player of the Year Nick Moore again swept each portion of his match, defeating Joe Doody, 5 and 3. Also sweeping was five-time reigning NCGA Senior Player of the Year Jim Knoll, who finished with a 5 and 4 win over Jeff Burda.
Also tallying three points for the NCGA was Ben Peters.
Seaver is one of only two amateurs to hold the NCGA, SCGA and California Amateur titles at the same time, accomplishing the feat in 1933-34 (the other player to complete the Golden State Slam was George Von Elm in 1925. Seaver’s father, Everett, served as SCGA President in 1928. Seaver himself, meanwhile, served as NCGA President in 1980.
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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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