Brian Ma to face Seb Crookall-Nixon in SF City Championship Final
3/18/2017 | by AmateurGolf.com Staff
see also: View results for San Francisco City Men's Championship, TPC Harding Park Golf Course
Included in the story are results from the Women, Senior, Super Senior and Open Divisions
On Saturday the Championship Division featured the quarterfinal and semifinal matches with the winners now set to meet in Sunday's 36-hole final.
Ma made his way to the title match thanks to a 6&5 quarterfinal win over No. 9 Grayson Huff. To begin the match Ma won the first two holes to go 2 up and then never looked back wrapping things up on the 13th.
In his semifinal tilt Ma was able to take down 52-seed Ned Jensen 2&1 and punch his ticket into the Sunday final.
His opponent, former University of San Francisco golfer, Seb Crookall-Nixon started is day day with 3&2 triumph over No. 19 Jason Anthony in the quarters. In the match Crookall-Nixon fell behind early and after nine holes he was 2 down but he would win the 10th hole and then Nos. 12-15 to take the lead before closing out the match on the 16th hole.
Things were a little bit easier in the afternoon for Crookall-Nixon as he led 2 up after two holes and never trailed in the match. His opponent, No. 7 Brandon Jacobs, squared the match on the 8th hole but Crookall-Nixon responded by winning the next three holes.
He then closed out the match with a 17th hole win.
WOMEN'S CHAMPIONSHIPDefending champion Sabrina Iqbal continued her march towards a repeat with quarterfinal and semifinal wins on Saturday. In the quarters she bested No. 9 Sammy Lee 3&2 and then 13-seed Jasmine Chen 5&4 in the semifinals.
Iqbal will now face No. 15 Kiran Sangha in Sunday's 36-hole championship match after she battled her way through two tough matches on Saturday.
In the quarterfinals Sangha escaped with 2&1 win over 10-seed Aishvarya Bedi and then in the semifinals she survived a 20 hole marathon match against No. 14 Ashley Shim.
The Women's Championship Division also includes the Julie Inkster Flight and the title match will see No. 5 Cynthia Zhang face No. 10 Marie Dean.
Top-seed Gary Vanier moved on once again after his semifinal win and he will now square off against 26-seed Rich Rowley in the finals.
Vanier had to battle to punch his ticket to the next round as he outlasted No. 20 Bob Burnett in 19 holes. After Vanier lost the final hole of regulation, Burnett knocked his approach shot on the first extra hole to four-feet. However, Vanier answered with a shot to 12-feet and he promptly knocked in the putt to apply some pressure on Burnett. Now facing a putt to extend the match, Burnett rolled his putt by and Vanier was able to move on.
For Rowley it was a 2 up win over No. 22 Jeff Britton.
SUPER SENIOR CHAMPIONSHIPThe final in Super Senior Championship will be between nine-seed Ron Johnson and three-seed Tom O'Grady.
On Saturday Johnson pulled off a 4&3 semifinal victory over No. 9 Jack Bieber while O'Grady moved on with a 2&1 win over No. 7 Mark Miller.
OPEN DIVISION*Played at Lincoln Park GC
Ken Venturi Flight No. 4 James McGGilley vs. No. 6 Ken Harrington
John Susko Flight
No. 8 Kevin Nalty vs. No. 11 Drew Walker
George Archer Flight
No. 16 Shoe Sugiyama No. 14 Abi Vickram
Harvie Ward Flight
No. 5 Daniel Sheridan vs. No. 3 Andrew Pinkerton
Ray Pellegrini Flight
No. 9 David Simmons vs.No. 3 Phil Pineda
Sandy Tatum Flight
No. 16 Michael Redman vs. No. 6 Matthew Didden
Results: San Francisco City Men's Championship
| Place | Player | Location | Pts | Scores |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Win | Milpitas, CA | 180 | ||
| Runner-up | , England | 120 | ||
| Semifinals | San Francisco, CA | 80 | ||
| Semifinals | Thousand Oaks, CA | 80 | ||
| Quarterfinals | Eagle, ID | 50 |
About the San Francisco City Men's Championship
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