Defending Champion Morikawa Leads AGC Silicon Valley Am

1/14/2017 | by Jeremy Gomberg of AmateurGolf.com

Collin Morikawa <br>(Cal Bears Photo)

Morikawa's round included two eagles in a three-hole span, World Amateur No.1 Maverick McNealy sits alone in third after a 4-under 68

MORGAN HILL, Calif. (January 14, 2016) -- Defending champion Collin Morikawa picked up right where he left off last year, firing a 6-under 66 in the opening round of the AmateurGolf.com Silicon Valley Amateur presented by Callaway Golf. Morikawa, a sophomore at Cal, shot 1-under on the front-nine before a stretch of two eagles in three holes on the back-nine. The first eagle came on the par-5 14th followed by a pitching wedge hole-out from 143 on the par-4 16th. A birdie on 18 gave Morikawa a closing 30. Trailing by one is another Cal Bear, red-shirt freshman William Aldred who posted a 5-under 67. The Englishman rode a hot putter on his back-nine, dropping 20 and 30 footers in what his playing partner Sean Yu called an "unconscious" effort. World Amateur No.1 Maverick McNealy sits alone in third after a 4-under 68 which included an astounding nine birdies. His playing partner and teammate Brandon Wu is close behind after a bogey-free 69 which puts him a tie for 4th with Saint Mary's freshman Blake Hathcoat and Daulet Tuleubayev. SENIOR DIVISION Tony Ralph leads the Senior Division by four shots after an opening-round 76 that could have been a lot better had it not been for an unfortunate nine on the par-5 14th. Sung Han and Jeff Britton are the closet pursuers after each shooting an 8-over 80. WOMEN'S DIVISION Fresno State commit Marie Dean leads the women's division by one shot over San Jose State's Alexandra Cooper after a 3-over 75. San Diego State's Daniela Anastasi (80) and Fresno State's Kelsi Stieler (81) round out the division. NET DIVISION Scott Carelli leads the Net division after a 3-over 75 put him eight shots ahead of Mike Sly. Play will begin at 8:00 am tomorrow as the field switches to the difficult Coyote Creek Tournament Course.

Results: AGC Silicon Valley Amateur

Place	Player	Location	Pts	Scores
1	Connor Blick	Danville, CA	150	71-66=137
2	Maverick McNealy	Portola Valley, CA	100	68-71=139
3	Collin Morikawa	La Cañada Flintridge, CA	50	66-74=140
T4	Tanner Hughes	Livermore, CA	50	73-69=142
T4	Brandon Wu	Scarsdale, NY	50	69-73=142

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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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