Calfornia State Amateur: Schauffele tops Hossler in final

June 21, 2014 | by Benjamin Larsen of AmateurGolf.com

San Diego State junior Xander Schauffele with his<br>California State Amateur trophy (SCGA photo)

San Diego State's Xander Schauffele beat Texas' Beau Hossler, 2-up, in the 36-hole finale Saturday

CARLSBAD, Calif. (June 21, 2014) -- After a grueling week of stroke-play qualifying and four rounds of match play, San Diego State's Xander Schauffele found a way to muster 36 more solid holes of golf, winning the California State Amateur Championship with a 2-up win over Beau Hossler at Omni La Costa. Schauffele earned the No. 8 seed after 36 holes of stroke-play qualifying and caught fire during match play, ultimately defeating Turlock's Paul Smith in Friday's semifinal to advance to the championship match. On Saturday, Schauffele finished the morning 18 1-up thanks to wins on Nos. 17 and 18. When the afternoon 18 began, he simply didn't look back, winning holes on No. 7 and 10 before closing it out with a birdie-4 on the par-5 18th. Schauffele knocked off No. 16 Sydney Wolf in Friday morning's quarterfinals. Wolf had previously beaten top seed and stroke-play qualifying medalist Jason Anthony in the second round. Hossler, who plays his college golf at the University of Texas, entered the match-play competition as the No. 2 seed. He cruised through his first two matches and showed he can win tight ones as well on Friday. Hossler beat USC's Lorens Chan in 24 holes in the morning quarterfinal before prevailing over No. 22 Matt Hansen in 19 holes in the semifinals.

Results: California Amateur

Place	Player	Location	Pts
Win	Xander Schauffele	San Diego, CA	700
Runner-up	Beau Hossler	Mission Viejo, CA	450
Semifinals	Paul Smith	Turlock, CA	280
Semifinals	Matt Hansen	Los Osos, CA	280
Quarterfinals	Sidney Wolf	Valencia, CA	210

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Calfornia State Amateur: Schauffele tops Hossler in final

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