A typical day at The City: A player's car burns up, he returns to win his match the next day

March 6, 2016 | by AmateurGolf.com Staff

Ben Peters' car burned, but his clubs survived

For Ben Peters, a post-match ride home winds up in a roadside car fire - but he and his clubs survived so he could win his quarterfinal match

SAN FRANCISCO, Calif. (March 6, 2016) -- Out of the four semi finalists surviving two days of match play -- one of them in pouring San Francisco rain -- Ben Peters had the wildest ride. As Peters reported on Facebook: "My white wagon caught on fire on the freeway and as I pulled over it went up pretty quickly. Took the fire department 20-25 minutes to arrive and put it out while 911 gave me a busy signal" ..... "Didn't lose much except for some clothes and a bunch of golf balls. My snowboard was in there too. I did save my clubs tho!" Stirred, definitely, but shaken -- not enough to take his eyes off the prize. Peters returned to the course Sunday and defeated high school senior Raj Chekuri, 4&2. He will play Daniel Connolly in next Saturday's first semifinal, while Noah Sheik will play Marcus Potter on the other side of the bracket.

Results: San Francisco City Men's Championship

Place	Player	Location	Pts
Win	Daniel Connolly	San Francisco, CA	180
Runner-up	Noah Sheikh	Woodside, CA	120
Semifinals	Ben Peters	Redwood City, CA	80
Semifinals	Marcus Potter	Tualatin, OR	80
Quarterfinals	Roshan Chekuri	Pleasanton, CA	50

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A typical day at The City: A player's car burns up, he returns to win his match the next day

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