CITY OF INDUSTRY, Calif. (Nov. 6, 2007)--After a three-way tie for first and a five-hole playoff to determine the winner, Bakersfield's Bryan Hogan and Tyler Hurst shot a 12-under-par 132 and vindicated three years' worth of close losses to end as 2007 SCGA Four-Ball champions at Industry Hills Golf Club in City of Industry, but not without true championship excitement.

While the eventual champions, as well as first-round leaders Joe Sanders and Bill Albers of La Quinta and 2006 champions Robert Funk of Canyon Lake and David Bartman of Los Angeles, all parred the first two holes in the initial three-hole aggregate playoff, Hogan-Hurst and Albers-Sanders both birdied the third playoff hole to oust Funk-Bartman. Hogan-Hurst and Albers-Sanders went into sudden death after the tie in the three-hole aggregate playoff, where after Hogan and Albers tied the first playoff hole with an eagle three, Hogan birdied the second hole with a 6-foot putt to win the playoff.

Hogan, a 19-year-old CSU Bakersfield golfer, individually went birdie-eagle-birdie on those final three playoff holes with 22-year-old Hurst; after sinking a 10-foot putt on the par-5 18th to match Sanders' 6-inch birdie putt, he then chipped in from 25 feet off the green for eagle on the par-5 first hole in the playoff rotation to equal Albers' 3-foot eagle opportunity.

"On 18 [the third playoff hole], I hit driver, 3-wood, and lob wedge to hit the 15-foot birdie putt," Hogan said. "I had that exact same putt in the regulation round, so Tyler and I knew the line to take and how it would break."

That was the same putt the duo had missed earlier in regulation, one which could have left them with sole possession of the championship: after a birdie attempt fell mere inches short, Albers and Sanders birdied their attempt to force the tie and the playoff.

Hogan and Hurst were tied for second coming into the final day of play, one shot back from the lead at 6-under 66, while Funk and Bartman were tied for fifth at 5-under 67 and used seven birdies and no bogeys for a 7-under-par finish on the day. Albers and Sanders, who splits his time between La Quinta and Nevada and played for the Northern Nevada Golf Association team during the Pacific Coast Amateur Championship, bogeyed two holes in their final round to shoot a 5-under 67. This is the fourth year that Hogan and Hurst have played in the event together, after coming in second place in 2004 and 2005, they came in fourth place last year.

"Any hole he was having trouble on, I was there," Hurst said. "Any hole I was having trouble on, he was there. We really played well together. It was the first time we had played the course and it wasn't easy-there was a lot of target golf. It's so exciting to finally win it though."

Mark Etue of Escondido and Donald O'Conner of Carlsbad shot a 10-under-par 134 for fourth place, while past California Amateur champion Don DuBois of Newport Beach and Jeff Wilson of Fairfield ended at 9 under par for fifth place.

Full results follow:

	Team	Rd.1	Rd.2	Tot.	Par
1	Hogan/Hurst	66	66	132	-12
2	Albers/Sanders	65	67	132	-12
3	Bartman/Funk	67	65	132	-12
4	Etue/O'Connor	67	67	134	-10
5	DuBois/Wilson	70	65	135	-9
T6	Almquist/Franey	69	67	136	-8
T6	Agate/Sato	67	69	136	-8
T6	Havro/Mack	66	70	136	-8
T9	Hogarth/Pate	70	67	137	-7
T9	Bittick/McGihon	69	68	137	-7
T9	Bell/Brockermeyer	68	69	137	-7
T9	Crawshaw/Payne	66	71	137	-7
13	Plotkin/Reiland	69	69	138	-6
14	Fuchs/Morrison	67	72	139	-5
T15	Duncan Jr/Duncan	71	69	140	-4
T15	Rice/Stewart	70	70	140	-4
T15	Edick/Nasser	70	70	140	-4
T15	Jennings/Lebowitz	69	71	140	-4
T15	Johnston/Steinberg	68	72	140	-4
T15	Kunkel/Wilkinson	76	64	140	-4
T21	Burke/Mansuwan	71	70	141	-3
T21	Bogan/Richardson	70	71	141	-3
T21	Huber/Stearns	69	72	141	-3
T21	Baguio/Denesha	69	72	141	-3
T25	Adams/O'Sullivan	72	70	142	-2
T25	Aubry/Schweikert	73	69	142	-2
T25	Anderson/Pavletich	74	68	142	-2
T25	Binkley/Gesser	74	68	142	-2
T25	Beans/Manwaring	75	67	142	-2
30	Neish/Petke	71	72	143	-1
T31	Camaione/Nubel	72	72	144	E
T31	Ujihara/Wing	74	70	144	E
T31	Baugh/Wiese	75	69	144	E
T31	Linklater/Linklater	75	69	144	E
T35	Cylke/Gabbara	72	73	145	+1
T35	Hakes/Robyn	73	72	145	+1
T35	Carrigan/Lawlor	74	71	145	+1
T35	Pircher/Ream Jr	74	71	145	+1
T39	McDonald/Nolan	72	74	146	+2
T39	Hetzer/Pierce	74	72	146	+2
T39	Daniels/Thornes	76	70	146	+2
T39	Crosier/Egge	76	70	146	+2
T43	Breitfeller/Gonzalez	74	73	147	+3
T43	Fieri/Taylor	74	73	147	+3
T43	Eddy/Sugimoto	75	72	147	+3
T46	Chiurazzi/Rector	74	74	148	+4
T46	Hill/Dehdashtian	76	72	148	+4
48	Barshick/Sullivan	73	76	149	+5
49	Combs/Nichols	68	84	152	+8
50	Donovan/Reese	76	77	153	+9

 

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