Knoll, Schroeder to meet in senior final at San Francisco City
Jim Knoll
A giant in San Francisco City Championship lore fell on Saturday in the semifinals, which opens up an opportunity for another player to find a place for himself in the long-running tournament’s record books. Randy Haag won’t be around to defend his senior title on Sunday after losing to another top NCGA senior, Jim Knoll.
Haag fell relatively quickly on Saturday morning at TPC Harding Park. Knoll took down the top-seeded player by a 5-and-4 margin.
Last fall, Knoll won the NCGA Senior for his ninth career senior NCGA title. It was his first individual victory since the 2017 Sonoma Valley Amateur, and marked a resurgence in his game.
On Sunday, Knoll will face Steve Schroeder in the championship match. Schroeder reached that spot by a much smaller margin, taking down Andrew Gabelman on the 18th hole by a 2-up margin.
Schroeder played the 1989 and 1990 U.S. Open, missing the cut both times, and was runner-up at the 2014 San Francisco City Senior Championship.
The final match of the super senior championship will also be played on Sunday. In that division, Frank Pieper will take on Stuart Francis for the title.
ABOUT THE San Francisco City 2020 SENIOR CHAMPIONSHIP
MEN'S SENIOR DIVISION $225
ENTRY
FEE INCLUDES ALL GREEN FEES.
Open to the first 110 entries received.
Participants must have an index of 9.4 or lower as of
December 1 and must have an age of 55 or older as
of the first day of the tournament. Qualifying will
consist of one 18-hole
stroke play round, from which the low 32
scores
will advance to the Men’s Senior Championship
Flight. In case of ties, there will be a card off to
determine the players who will advance to match
play.
Individual scores will determine seeding for match
play.
There will be no refunds after entries close.
All rounds will be played at TPC Harding
Park Golf
Course.
A schedule of all dates of
play can be found on the tournament website
sfgolfchampionship.com.
ABOUT THE SAN FRANCISCO CITY
CHAMPIONSHIP
The oldest municipal tournament in the
USA.
Match
play event with scratch men's, senior, women's,
senior women's
and
open flight
divisions. Past champions include Ken
Venturi, Harvie Ward, Juli Inkster, Bob Rosburg,
George Archer, and Dorothy Delasin.
Some of the 'non winners' include Tom
Watson
and Johnny Miller. Click the 'history' tab for
more about this wonderful event.
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