Brothers marches through Los Angeles City bracket to claim title

August 11, 2019 | by AmateurGolf.com Staff

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The San Juan Capistrano, Calif., resident defeated some of Southern California’s toughest competitors in a head-to-head format.

A year ago, Blake Brothers only made it as far as the quarterfinals in the Los Angeles City Match Play Championship. This year, Brothers finished it off. The San Juan Capistrano, Calif., resident defeated some of Southern California’s toughest competitors in the head-to-head format to claim the title for himself.

Brothers had no easy path to the final match. Arguably, two of his toughest matches came halfway through the event. As the No. 9 seed, Brothers went the full 18 holes against Jack Sullivan in the opening match, then took 20 holes to defeat Tongun Lako Losarah.

Then he drew the PGA Tour caddie.

Brothers' match against Corby Segal, the former Kelly Cup and SCGA Mid-Amateur winner, was another long one. Brothers defeated him on the final hole. Interestingly, Segal had taken down many-time LA Match Play champion Tim Hogarth the round before, perhaps saving Brothers from that head-to-head showdown. Hogarth was just days removed from finishing runner-up at the SCGA Match Play Championship.

Once through Segal, Brothers met Damon Krause, the reigning SCGA Mid-Amateur champion. He polished off Krause in 16 holes before catching Patrick Wu, who will be a junior at Gardner-Webb, in the final. Brothers won his final match on the 19th hole to claim the title.

Results: Los Angeles City Match Play

Place	Player	Location	Pts
Win	Blake Brothers	San Juan Capistrano, CA	100
Runner-up	Patrick Wu	, Chinese Taipei	65
Semifinals	Damon Krause	Los Angeles, CA	45
Semifinals	Alec Aronson	Simi Valley, CA	45
Quarterfinals	Corby Segal	Santa Clarita, CA	30

View full results for Los Angeles City Match Play

About the Los Angeles City Match Play

Brothers marches through Los Angeles City bracket to claim title

18 Hole stroke play qualifying round from which the low 64 players advance to match play. Players USGA index must not have exceeded 4.2 during the months of May, June, July. The 2025 edition will be played over two weekends Aug. 2-3 and Aug. 9-10, 20...