Randy Haag rolls one in his match with Gary Vanier (Photo by Mike Benham, for AmateurGolf.com)
After a weekend of matches, the San Francisco City Senior Championship is down to the final four, with two past champions still alive at TPC Harding Park.
The players have been treated to ideal course conditions as Harding Park prepares to host its first-ever major championship, the PGA Championship in May.
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Jim Knoll (Mike Benham photo)
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The defending champion
Jim Knoll won two matches over the weekend to book his place in the semifinals, first beating Kevin Kobalter 1 up and then taking out Mark Martin 2 and 1. He will next face qualifying co-medalist
Scott Anderson, who needed only 27 holes to win his two matches, including an 8 and 7 romp on Sunday.
Randy Haag, who like Knoll is a two-time winner in this event, beat Jeff Mertel 2 and 1 and then took down four-time champion
Gary Vanier 5 and 3 to reach the semis. He will face
Larry Salk, who like Anderson got his work done in only 27 holes.
Another two-time champ,
Jim Williams, lost his first-round match 2 up to Thomas Beer. The other qualifying co-medalist,
Joey Ferrari, won his first match but lost to Salk on Sunday.
Related: Ferrari, Anderson pace San Francisco City senior qualifying
SUPER SENIOR DIVISION
Herb Jensen won his two matches over the weekend, including a 4 and 3 win on Sunday over the qualifying medalist
Robbie Thompson, to reach the semifinals of the Super Senior division. He will next face
Neil Duffy, who won his quarterfinal match over David Hemrick by the same 4 and 3 score.
A third quarterfinal match ended on the 15th green, with
David Bosley defeating the defending champion
Frank Pieper 4 and 3. Bosley will face
Dan Bieber, who won his two matches 5 and 4; and 2 and 1.
WOMEN'S SENIOR DIVISION
Stroke play medalist Erika Corradi reached the semifinals of the Women's Senior division, with a 5 and 4 win over Helen Lee on Sunday. She will face Kelly Simpson, who was a 3 and 2 winner over Elizabeth Hobson.
Diana McInnis and Soran Lim make up the other semifinal matchup, after defeating Pamela Palmieri and Kazumi Monaco, respectively.
Play continues next weekend at TPC Harding Park, with the champions crowned on Sunday.
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ABOUT THE San Francisco City Senior
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TOUR
PORTAL
*An NCGA Points Tournament*
Open to the first
84 entries received.
Participants
must have an index
of
9.4 or lower as of the date of entry and
must be 55 or older as of the first day of
the tournament. Qualifying will consist of one 18-
hole stroke play round (Tue Mar 12) after which the
Senior Men's
Championship Flight will
consist of 32 match-play contestants.
In case of ties, a card-off (see SF City Golf
Championship Playoff Procedures) will determine the
players who
will advance to match play. Players’ scores will
determine seeding for
match play. All rounds will be played at
TPC Harding Park
Golf Course.
Match play starts Wed Mar 13, with
matches scheduled for Sat-Sun Mar 16-17 and the
semis and finals on Sat-
Sun
Mar 23-24.
A schedule of all dates of
play can be found on the tournament website
sfgolfchampionship.com.
WITHDRAWALS AND REFUND POLICY
Players needing to withdraw should do so by filling
out the form at
sfgolfchampionship.com/contact/
. Players withdrawing
before the
entry deadline
of
February 19 will receive a
refund of their entry fee minus
$50.
There will be no refunds after the entry
deadline.
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divisions. Past champions include Ken
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George Archer, and Dorothy Delasin.
Some of the 'non winners' include Tom
Watson
and Johnny Miller. Click the 'history' tab for
more about this wonderful event.
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