AGC Silicon Valley Am: Morikawa and Donnelly Claim Titles

January 17, 2016 | by AmateurGolf.com Staff

Cal Bear Collin Morikawa with the Golden Bear

Collin Morikawa bests the field of primarily division one college golfers; Steve Donnelly takes the senior title

MORGAN HILL, California (January 17, 2016) --Collin Morikawa showed why he's the reigning Trans-Miss Amateur champion, firing his second straight round of 69 in wet and cold conditions at the difficult Coyote Creek Tournament Course. Morikawa trailed first round leaders Travis Rowney and Walker Huddy by a shot heading into the round and was the only player in the final group to break par. The Cal Berkeley freshman from La Canada Flintridge, Calif. credited his straight driving and excellent chipping around the greens as keys to his success. "It’s always great to come out with a win," said Morikawa, spoken as someone who's had this satisfaction once or twice before. Daniel Connelly of San Francisco, Calif. took solo second honors, also firing an impressive 69. The high school senior is a past AGC Christmas Classic champion and will be attending SMU in the fall. The low Mid-Am golfer 25-years and over was Robby Salomon. The 2015 U.S. Amateur match play qualifier fired rounds 70 and 77 to take the honor along with a top 15 overall finish. SENIOR/NET As we promised it would, the senior division produced a great battle between Steve Donnelly and Jeff Britton. Donnelly edged Britton by one shot in the first round but Britton's final round 76 nicked Donnelly by a shot, forcing a playoff. After tying the first playoff hole, Donnelly found the green and two-putts were enough to take the title. Abi Vickram squeezed out a victory in Net Division by one shot over Scott Carelli. Vickram had a sizable lead after round one which he watched Carelli quickly diminish by the end of the front nine. Vickram remained unphased, shaking off a couple bad holes and getting the job done.

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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AGC Silicon Valley Am: Morikawa and Donnelly Claim Titles

2026 TOURNAMENT PORTALThe 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 f...