Northern California Public Links: Hardy by 5

03 Jul 2007
see also: Northern California Public Links Championship, Poppy Hills Golf Course
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Champion Scott Hardy

PEBBLE BEACH, Calif. (July 3, 2007) -- Becoming a new father had a motivating effect on Scott Hardy as he claimed the NCGA Public Links Championship at Spyglass Hill.

With a one-stroke lead at the start of the final round, Hardy, the golf coach at Saint Mary’s College, would expand that margin in the final round, concluding with a five-stroke win. After an impressive two-under-par 69 and two-day total of 140, Hardy had eliminated the rest of the field. The coach stated "I knew (on the 18th) I was four-up on the guys I was paired with and figured a 67 would tie, so I liked my chances."

Hardy, and his wife/caddy Nancy, welcomed their first child recently and playing golf is no longer a priority. "This is only the fifth tournament I’ve played and I practice less than that," Hardy stated about his approach to the game. It was a birdie on the 15th and another from the deep bunker on 16 that sealed the deal for Hardy. The Public Links Championship is the fourth NCGA title for the Pleasant Hill resident as he has also won the Valley Amateur, Stroke Play Championship and the Four-Ball Championship.

As for runner-up Bill Moore of Monterey Bay Golf Club, a three-over-par 74 was not enough to overcome the short game of Hardy. "I got myself into a hole - you can’t chase a guy like Hardy at Spyglass unless he makes bogey. Today he wasn’t making bogey," Moore stated. Draining a 15-footer at the 15th hole after sinking a birdie at 14, it looked as if the two would play it out till the end. However, with Hardy’s final birdie at the 18th, Moore knew he had given it his all, but came up short. Defending champion Arvo Voip and Riverbend’s Michael Stieler tied for third with a two-day total of 149.

Ron Aivazian of Sherwood Forest was able to come back from a one-stroke deficit to first-day leader David Fletcher and win the President’s flight. With a two-day, net five-under-par 137, Aivazian beat Fletcher by six strokes. In a three-way tie for third, Rocky Wolf of Palo Alto, Jack Dominguez of Rancho Solano and David Cox of Eagle Ridge all shot an impressive net 144. As the weather got cooler, the Director’s flight produced a two-hole playoff for first place between Manteca Park’s Roy King and San Jose Muni eClubhouse’s Quy Pham with King prevailing. Both men finished with a two-day net 129. Wayne Hoffer of Bennett Valley claimed third with a net 143.

Final results follow:

Championship
Player	Club	Scores
Scott Hardy	amateurgolf.com	71-69--140
William Moore	Monterey Bay GC	72-73--145
Arvo Voip	San Jose Municipal GC	74-75--149
Michael Stieler	Riverbend GC	74-75--149
Jeremy Moreno	Riverbend GC	78-73--151
Bobby Powers	Spring Hills GC	76-75--151
Steve Pacheco	De Laveaga GC	75-77--152
Matthew Costello	The Bridges	74-78--152
Brady Myers	Colusa GCC	76-77--153
Kent Yamane	Silicon Valley Capital Club	79-74--153
Wes Leith	Wildhorse GC	81-72--153
Casey Boyns	Monterey Bay GC	73-80--153
Brian Swenson	The Bridges	78-76--154
Jason Simonetti	Salinas Fairways GC	76-78--154
Andrew Damron	B&B A/E GC	78-77--155
Robert Pereira	Vallejo GC	79-77--156
Jon Rosa	Porterville GC	80-77--157
Jeff Hoffman	Empire Ranch GC	75-82--157
James Hay	Diablo Grande GC	82-75--157
Jess Stimack	Bennett Valley GC	78-80--158
Jeffrey Hollis	Brighton Crest CC	80-78--158
Peter Lansburgh	Davis GC	81-77--158
Nick Rechedy	Presidio Players	77-82--159
Jason McHargue	Mariners Point Linksters GC	77-84--161
Charles McDonald	Shoreline GL	79-82--161
Richard Ramsay	Windsor GC	81-81--162
Luis Gandara	Golflinkster	81-84--165
Jake Geyer	Arbuckle GC	82-83--165
John Driver	Stevinson Ranch GC	85-80--165
Jared Wise	The Bridges	84-83--167
Robert Heaton	Antioch GC	81-88--169
Jasper Gill	Wildhawk GC	87-84--171
Yutaro Sakamoto	eClub South Bay	91-89--180
Jon Burkard	Alameda Junior GC	94-86--180

President
Player	Club	Scores
Ron Aivazian	Sherwood Forest GC	69-68--137
David Fletcher	The Reserve at Spanos Park GC	68-75--143
Rocky Wolf	Palo Alto GC	73-71--144
Jack Dominguez	Rancho Solano GC	73-71--144
David Cox	Eagle Ridge GC	71-73--144
Michael Connerley	Rancho Solano GC	72-74--146
Richard Ely	Rancho Canada GC	74-73--147
Kelly Kendle	Agilent Technologies GC	72-75--147
Terry Jones	Dry Creek Ranch GC	71-76--147
James Reid	eClub San Francisco	72-76--148
Greg Zipp	Par 5 Club	76-74--150
Craig Philipps	The Ridge	79-71--150
James Malkiewicz	Dry Creek Ranch GC	76-76--152
Chris Snyder	Rasta Cruz GC	80-72--152
Harold Taylor	Antioch GC	72-80--152
Bill Johns	Sea Ranch GC	76-77--153
Larry Fillmore	Rio Vista GC	79-74--153
Joe Del Razo	Creekside GC	76-78--154
Steve Oase	Pacific Service Emp GC	76-78--154
Dave Thur	Santa Teresa GC	78-76--154
Jerome Minkoff	Windsor GC	77-78--155
Steven Harris	Callippe Preserve GC	79-76--155
Joseph Winkel	Windsor GC	74-81--155
James Haas	Eagle Ridge GC	80-75--155
Frank McClung	Spring Valley GC	78-78--156
Ted Wong	Sacramento Vagabonds GC	75-82--157
Wayne Iyer	eClub East Bay	85-73--158
Todd Miszner	Whitehawk Ranch	78-81--159
Eric Hansen	Bolado Park GC	84-76--160
Rishi Prasad	Fiji - US GC	77-84--161
Matthew Wagoner	Santa Teresa GC	83-79--162
Dwayne Dennis	Spring Valley GC	82-81--163
Rick Tersini	Eagle Ridge GC	85-85--170
Kelly McAhren	Paradise Valley GC	94-83--177
Tony Masone	Roseville GC	95-88--183
Shad Winter	Creekside GC	95-101--196

Director
Player	Club	Scores
Roy King	Manteca Park GC	64-65--129
Quy Pham	San Jose Muni Egolf Clubhouse	64-65--129
Wayne Hoffer	Bennett Valley GC	74-69--143
Robert Godfrey	Poplar Creek GC	69-75--144
Lahn Horton	Wente Vineyards	70-77--147
Frank Jarman	Company Club at Pebble Beach	68-79--147
Ariel Corpus	Santa Teresa GC	79-69--148
David Nelson	IBEW 595 & Friends	74-76--150
Albert Haygood	PGG Laguna Seca GC	74-77--151
Gary Rojas	Roseville GC	78-74--152
Jay Jensky	Synergy GC	75-78--153
Anthony Dencarnacao	The Golf Mart-San Francisco	74-80--154
Roark Weber	La Contenta GC	77-77--154
Gordon Chang	Benicia GA	72-83--155
David Takashima	Ancil Hoffman GC	75-81--156
Glen Esquivel	Silicon Chippers GC	76-80--156
Lynne Houghton	Agilent Technologies GC	75-81--156
Ron Farino	Windsor GC	77-81--158
Bill Woodard	Tournament Players GC	77-81--158
Raymond Wong	East Bay Hackers	83-75--158
Zac Cohen	District 04 GC	85-74--159
Donald Orlando	Bay Area Pinseekers GC	78-83--161
Robert Long	Dry Creek Ranch GC	78-84--162
Jay Glenn	The Ridge	71-92--163
Mark Mignano	Santa Teresa GC	83-80--163
Warren Voyce	Synergy GC	79-85--164
Paul Kumli	Lincoln Park GC	74-92--166
Roger Sublett	Summitpointe GC	74-92--166
Jack Kish	Alameda County GC	89-77--166
Maureen Hughes	Fore Women GA	82-90--172
Oscar Yee	The Ranch GC	88-89--177
Morris Martinez	Fresno MAGA	90-90--180
Bart Vanvolkinburg	NAS GA	97-83--180
Gordon Cox	Pacific Service Emp GC	93-89--182
Robert Santana	Sakura-Sacramento GC	101-98--199

ABOUT THE NCGA PubLinks

The NCGA Public Links Championship began in 1966 at Spyglass Hill and is the premier event for the public-course player. The tournament has always included a championship flight for players with handicap indexes of 5.4 or less and two handicap divisions for players with no handicap limit. Contestants must be bona fide public course players who do not hold playing privileges in any course from which the general public is excluded.