AGC Silicon Valley Am: Huddy, Rowney post 68 to tie for first round lead

1/16/2016 | by AmateurGolf.com Staff

With four of the top-five players carrying Cal bags, Travis Rowney of San Jose State posts 8-birdies, ties Walker Huddy of Cal for the lead

MORGAN HILL, California (January 16, 2016) -- The Silicon Valley Amateur is a tournament dominated by college players more than any of our "Tour" events. Among the 90 Championship Flight contestants today were more than a dozen Cal Bears, a nice contingent of St. Mary's Gaels, as well as the occasional San Jose State Spartan, Cal Davis Aggie, and more than this writer can remember after a long day at 7:00pm. Tied at the top, with an up-and-down round that included eight birdies, is Travis Rowney. After bogeying the 10th hole (his first) and marking par on No. 11, he scored three birdies in a row on Nos. 13-15; he would go on to duplicate the "hat trick" on his second nine on Nos. 4, 5, and 6. Watch out for this San Jose State Spartan (from Pleasanton, Calif.) if he can steady the bogeys tomorrow on the Nicklaus Tournament Course. Cal player Walker Huddy, who hails from Studio City, posted the same 4-under 68 -- but his was much less eventful, as in bogey-free. That same moniker goes to bogey-free Ben Doyle, Huddy's teammate at Cal who is in a three way tie for third with two other Cal Bears, Sebastian Crampton and 2015 Trans-Miss Amateur winner Collin Morikawa. Doyle, from La Jolla, scored his first AmateurGolf.com trophy at the Christmas Classic last month at Del Monte. The low Mid-Am golfer 25-years and over was Robby Salomon; he fired 70 and this 2015 U.S. Am qualifier from the Monterey Bay should be dangerous tomorrow. SENIOR/NET Steve Donnelly of Salinas posted a solid 74 to lead Jeff Britton by a shot. Britton recently ran away with the Tour Championship; it's possible runner-up Donnelly is looking for some revenge. (Actually we're all friends but what the heck, it should be a great final round.) Abi Vickram has a nice margin in the Net Division after and even par 72.

Results: AGC Silicon Valley Amateur

Place	Player	Location	Pts	Scores
1	Collin Morikawa	La Cañada Flintridge, CA	150	69-69=138
2	Daniel Connolly	San Francisco, CA	100	72-69=141
T3	Evan Knight	Novato, CA	50	70-72=142
T3	K.K. Limbhasut	, Thailand	50	72-70=142
5	Hunter Rappleye	Elk Grove, CA	50	72-71=143

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About the AGC Silicon Valley Amateur

The Silicon Valley Amateur is now a 54-hole, limited-field WAGR points event! The field will consist of 64 scratch players and 18 invited scratch seniors. After 36 holes are contested (one round on Monday, one on Tuesday), the field will be cut to th...

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